[Harp-L] chromatic solo (rob)

[JON KIP <jon@xxxxxxxxxx>]

regarding david's response...
The "rule"  certainly doesn't mean that as a sideman, you play less well during your solo bits (I'm told that Bluegrass folk call it a "break", but that's probably only to confuse the rest of the world when the leader tells them to take a break) ....it's more pointed at the stuff like Rob showed us , where he's playing behind a vocalist...the fills..... those things need to have their place behind the soloist..... nobody is saying that your top bluegrass virtuosos should hold back, unless,( and this would be interesting indeed)  you are singing, and they are doing fills behind you.... while I've not heard you sing, and don't want to make snap judgements this time of night, I believe that the number of vocals by you,  on your upcoming CD is going to be less than One, when rounded off to the nearest zero, and that, once again, just for spite, you'll be proving that you can play faster and more cleanly than I can. I suspect that that is the main purpose of this cd, which, by the way, everyone should buy.
there are some flaws in my logic above, but it's late, and I'm hiding some easter eggs for myself when I get up tomorrow.
jk




On Apr 19, 2014, at 8:37 AM, harp-l-request@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:

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player of music, mostly written by dead people and played on a toy that everybody's Uncle except my nephew's has the good sense to keep safely out of sight in a drawer.