Re: [Harp-L] Seminars at the 2014 SPAH Convention

[Mike Wilbur <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jason's YouTube efforts have always been really appreciated as have Michael Ruben's, Brendan Powers and many others.
Jason was certainly doing YouTube " gift's " very early on 

Mike Wilbur

> On Jul 3, 2014, at 10:22 AM, fjm <bad_hat@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> More than Jason's version of Summertime I was fascinated by his argument against using minor tunings on harmonica. Horses for courses as Douglas Tate used to say.  Why would you use a natural minor tuning for a song that's not really completely in a minor?  I'm not sure if that's really a strawman argument but it's in that direction.  An example of a performance where a dedicated minor tuned harmonica would be useful is Hazmat Modine's Bahamut.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dEgWy7kbew It's in F# harmonic minor, good luck playing that with the chords using a standard diatonic tuning.  I'm certain that Jason with his considerable talents would achieve a listenable performance should he choose to attempt it but he'd have to re-interpret the song.  And yes I'm aware that the you tube clip is 4 years old and what Jason's views are today could be entirely different.  Another example of a minor tuned harmonica turning out to be an excellent choice is Ryan Hartt's Kaboom.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktzVsRCrzEU  I really like this.   As always your mileage may vary.  fjm