Re: [Harp-L] Harp-L] Toots

[Slim Heilpern <slim@xxxxxxxxxx>]

That was great Rob, you really captured his feel beautifully!

- Slim.

On Dec 5, 2013, at 7:00 PM, Rob Paparozzi wrote:

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> One of my Biggest Challenges in the studio was actually a dumb Karaoke session! They wanted me to play on a few Billy Joel songs…no problem, I figured Piano Man some dumbed down chord diatonic licks…'piece of cake',-)….ahhhh but when I finished that they said, "Rob we have one more before you go"…it was "Leave a Tender Moment Alone"…..oh boy I wasn't getting off THAT easy!!!!!
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> Luckily the Engineer set up a Mic he thought would capture that Phil Ramone session from the early 80's in NY…..I had my work cut out for me learning the Toots solo on the spot as it wasn't written out and my reading isn't THAT good even if is was charted! The Original session had some sweet sounding Toots and at the time I hadn't a clue what mic it was…..for this session we used a Neumann 87 and I stood about 6 inchs back it was a large wood walled studio and he configured the patterns just so…..
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> But Having a great engineer made all the difference…..here are the results….the original and my version….let me know if I got close,-) Why couldn't they just call Toots!!!…….session work like this can be frustrating but you use the tools you have and hope for the best……
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> As my friend and Boss in the Original Blues Brothers Band, Sax Player Lou Marini always sez……"Strive for Tone!"
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> Toots w/ Billy Joel
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bAKX2DIooA
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> Me Faking Toots w/ a Session Singer,-)
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIEwT-Mm9JM
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