Re: [Harp-L] Re: videos-- heavy metal rock harmonicas - YouTube

[Mike <mikefugazzi@xxxxxxxxx>]

"Roots matter.  But so do blooms.  If the blooms go stale, the roots die 
too."

Best. Quote. Ever.

I just bought an Eventide Pitchfactor (used).  I am horrible.  I got it for 
the Crystals effect, but hope to use it for some other things too.  It was 
an impulse buy and I already regret it, but I am currently playing in an 
duo and I don't even want to listen to three hours of just clean and dirty 
harmonica tone, lol.  We rehearsed yesterday, before buying the PF, and I 
used a Zoom G5 for different effects on almost every song. I am awful. 
 Sounded badd @$$, though.  We play rock covers.

On Monday, May 20, 2013 10:23:47 AM UTC-5, Richard Hunter wrote:
>
> Randy Singer wrote: 
> <well written richard!!!!!!!!!!! 
> <This harmonica genre is not for everyone...but I really loved it as well. 
> <Great to hear people adapting to the present day of music to keep us from 
> going extinct...... 
> <I am doing a lot of work with top DJ's in miami beach. It is really 
> surreal to be playing harmonica on top of house music in <packed nightclubs 
> at 3am in the morning....... 
>
> The modern view of any instrument is that it's not just a sound-producing 
> artifact, it's a controller--a tool that the musician uses to access and 
> control a wide range of electronically generated tones.  That's how it 
> works for guitars, keyboards--and now harmonicas. 
>
> In this view, the harmonica's role is to initiate and shape tones for 
> further modification.  The microphone translates these tones into 
> electronic signals, which gives the player access to anything and 
> everything that can be connected to the mic, not just an amp (which was the 
> electronic sound-shaping tool of the 1950s).  And the fun begins.  (It must 
> be BIG fun to see a crowd of 20-somethings jumping up and down in a Miami 
> nightclub at 3 AM to an electronic 4-on-the-floor beat with altered harp 
> floating on top.  Wow!) 
>
> Before someone jumps up to say that they'd rather just play old-timey 
> music on an unamplified harp, I'm fine with that.  Roots matter.  But so do 
> blooms.  If the blooms go stale, the roots die too.  It's pointless to 
> argue about whether the stuff that was laid down in Chicago in 1950 (or 
> Mississippi in 1920) was better.  It was great.  It inspired us all and 
> changed our lives.  But we're here now, and the challenge is not solely to 
> recreate the former glories, it's to make new ones. This guy Hakan Ehn is 
> making some new stuff.  More power to him. 
>
> Regards, Richard 
>
>
>
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