[Harp-L] Michael Peloquin - Harmonica Collective Expert Guide

[Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

Jason Ricci shares his appreciation of Michael Peloquin, one of six Expert Guides for the Spring 2013 gathering of the Harmonica Collective in Indianapolis, April 24-27:

====Jason:

I
learned how to overdraw from Michael Peloquin. I learned from him how to play
all my bends more in tune, and MichaelÂ
taught me to think about positions, and playing modes and scales
differently! M.P. can play blues with the best of them, as he has done with EC
Scott, and off and on with Tommy Castro for years. Everyone in San Francisco that plays jazz and blues knows
Michael Peloquin as a sax, harp, or chromatic harmonica player. He is a
well-known band leader, sideman and session fusion. 
I used Michael at both Rocker in the Rockies
seminars and he was amazing! His ability to teach theory, and harmony â and
make it funny and exciting â are brilliant. He has been overblowing as long as
Howard Levy has, and it shows. He bends those tones up whole steps and further
and uses those pitches! He has a way of explaining difficult ideas
with metaphors personalized to each individual. He gets inside the mind and
thought patterns of his students and wonât give up till he reaches them. He is
a demonic player and downright evil executioner of furious techniques mixed
with passionate expression when playing and a kind, sweet, comical and
nurturing man when teaching. Some are great players but not great teachers, and
some vice versa, but Michael Peloquin is both.


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The Spring 2013 Harmonica Collective will gather April 24-27, 2013 in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Registration for the event is $450, payable via PayPal to harmonicainfopress@xxxxxxxxxx

The event will be held at:

Clarion Waterfront Hotel
2930 Waterfront Pkwy W Dr, Indianapolis, IN 46214
Phone:(317) 299-8400
This is a nice three-star hotel. The Harmonica Collective discounted rate of $69 per night includes a breakfast buffet and is available only by phone at 317-299-8400, not on the web.
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Winslow Yerxa
Author, Harmonica For Dummies, ISBN 978-0-470-33729-5
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ Harmonica Basics For Dummies, ASIN B005KIYPFS
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ Blues Harmonica For Dummies, ISBN 978-1-1182-5269-7
Resident Harmonica Expert, bluesharmonica.com
Instructor, Jazzschool for Music Study and Performance