Re: [Harp-L] Subject: Deak Harp In the Groove at SPAH 2013- Videos

[The Iceman <icemanle@xxxxxxx>]

Not used to agreeing w/EGS, but she is right on regarding groove.


My interpretation...


Downbeat is played by bass drum...notice clapping coincides w/downbeat.


The secret is that solid connection to the upbeat that Deak feels. 


If you were to eliminate the downbeat and only focus on that upbeat sound, you would definitely feel and hear the groove.


I've noticed that white audiences clap on the downbeat while black audiences clap on the upbeat. Perhaps it is their natural attraction to this that makes their music so dance-able and compelling.



-----Original Message-----
From: EGS1217 <EGS1217@xxxxxxx>
To: harp-l <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Fri, Sep 13, 2013 8:33 am
Subject: [Harp-L] Subject: Deak Harp In the Groove at SPAH 2013- Videos


Deak Harp --SO deep in the 'groove' at this past SPAH 2013 (and taking  his 
audience with him)..to the point many of us came from halfway around the  
Hotel just to be part of it--and dance in the corridor outside because the 
room  was so packed. 
 
If anyone needs any further understanding about what groove  is after this 
and you didn't feel it here? --perhaps music isn't really your  forte. ;)
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAo_0WW2vZQ
 
 
Another version of Deak performing at SPAH: this one from Hohner:
 
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRMTqflDVt8
 
 
Elizabeth
PS: We met up outside afterwards for the first time and it turns out we  
have a lot in common. He's a most interesting man and very artistic in other  
ways besides playing music. I thoroughly enjoyed our conversation. DO check 
out  his CD and other youtubes. The guy is good.