[Harp-L] limited instrument?

[JON KIP <jon@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I bet that someone, somewhere, perhaps a writer, one of those internet consultants we hear about online, or even a teacher, might take umbrage when you type that you "are of the opinion our instrument is so limited that I'm always looking for anything to change things up, keep things fresh, and keep the audience entertained."

An unkind person MIGHT say that it's the player who is limited, and that he/she should listen to Toots or one of his ilk (there are none, at this time).... and attempt to  call it "limited".

Good thing that people here are so non-unkind.

I'm typing this without having fully read the thread, so it might seem like my head is up my rear end right now, and it's true.... I visit my chiropractor Friday.

If it's about effects, that's fine, but, present company, I'm sure, excepted, effects can be only a temporary replacement for lack of  musical content. I learned when I played wind-blown synths for TV and Film, that my distinct lack of original musical ideas made me more money when I played them thru a synth (200% more), an amp (50%more) and rented the studio my rig. ($300).

Those, were, very briefly, The Days, which, These Days, gives me my pension so i have time to not make money playing jazz on chromatic harmonica.

that said, effects can be effectively used to make really interesting music....I think it was just the way you typed something about the limits of our instrument that might have awoken some people.
jk

On Oct 30, 2014, at 9:06 AM, harp-l-request@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:

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>> Whatever floats yer boat. We certainly love our pure vintage tube amp raw sound/tone, however, I am of the opinion that our instrument is so limited that I am always looking for anything to change things up, keep things fresh and keep the audience entertained.  


The philosopher Socrates, discovered to his dismay that he was the smartest person in Athens merely because he, and he alone, recognized how ignorant he was.
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