[Harp-L] Re: Harp-L Digest, Vol 144, Issue 7

Brwelch@xxxxxxx · Sat, 8 Aug 2015 16:59:59 -0400

YES   Gonna be there  just Love It...Me...Berl  Welch   and my sister   
Betty Welch   next year  SPAR place in San Antonio,Tx....We will have FUN 
FUN....

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Today's Topics:

1. RE: Harp-L  Digest, Vol 144,    Issue Anybody on the list going
to SPAH  (Tom Stryker)
2. Re: Anybody on the list  going to SPAH (Michael Rubin)
3. Going to SPAH..  (Virgi'sHotmail)
4. Re: Anybody on the list going to SPAH  (Jerry Deall)
5. Re: Anybody on the list going to SPAH? (David  Fairweather)
6. going to SPAH (Mick Zaklan)
7.  Re: Country tuned harps: a tuning chart (Rick Dempster)
8. Re:  Anybody on the list going to SPAH (BluzeHarp@xxxxxxx)
9.  Anybody on the list going to SPAH (Harvey Berman)
10. Tab help  please (out2catch1@xxxxxxxxx)
11. Re: Anybody on the list going to  SPAH (James Conway)
12. Jacob Venndt: Virtuoso on the DoubeChromatic  (Brendan Power)
13. Richard Sleigh Light Box Prototype - For Sale/  At SPAH
(Burke  Trieschmann)

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Message:  1
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2015 13:33:17 -0700
From: "Tom Stryker"  <tstryker1@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Harp-L] RE: Harp-L Digest, Vol  144,    Issue Anybody on the
list going to SPAH  
To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Yep.. Monday

1.  Re:  (Greg Heumann)

Stryker

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Message:  2
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2015 15:36:20 -0500
From: Michael Rubin  <michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Anybody on  the list going to SPAH
To: Bob Boyd <bboyd@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Harp-L  <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Does the Blowoff club serve  food?
Thanks,
Michael Rubin
michaelrubinharmonica.com

On Fri,  Aug 7, 2015 at 2:45 PM, Bob Boyd <bboyd@xxxxxxxxx>  wrote:

>
> I have found the best way to get around Denver is  with Uber. I plan on
> doing
> that to go to the Blues  Blowoff.
>
> Bob "The Captain" Boyd
> Texas Tide  Band
> www.texastide.com
>
>
> I'll be there.   Anybody know Denver?  Any idea what it takes to travel 
from
>>  the hotel to the Blues Blowoff on Tuesday?
>>
>> Jason  Rogers
>> (aka ChesperNevins)
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 7,  2015 at 1:20 PM, Thomas E. McGovern <tmcg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>  wrote:
>>
>> I'll be there.
>>>
>>>  I was checking to see who on the list is going to SPAH next  week?
>>>
>>> Bob "The Captain" Boyd
>>>  Texas Tide Band
>>> www.texastide.com
>>>  210-494-1118
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>

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Message:  3
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2015 15:04:19 -0600
From: "Virgi'sHotmail"  <virgmck@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Harp-L] Going to SPAH..
To:  <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Iâll be there.. to enjoy.. First  time to a SPAH..   Looking for some 
repair on my CX12 Tenors  too..  I keep blowing out some high notes..  Iâd like 
to learn to  fix them myself..  

Music~appears in great galleries, museums of  life, 
not to be seen, not to be possessed, nor to be sold, 
but to be  heard in the spirit of each person!-V';'
^~^~^ Ciao for now^~^~^virgi  {';'}co  

http://www.youtube.com/virgmck
http://www.facebook.com/virgmck

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Message:  4
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2015 23:24:46 +0000 (UTC)
From: Jerry Deall  <jdeall@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Anybody on the list going  to SPAH
To: harp-l <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
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I will indeed be there 
Jerry 

>  From: "Bob Boyd" <bboyd@xxxxxxxxx> 
> Subject: [Harp-L] Anybody on  the list going to SPAH 
> Date: August 7, 2015 at 6:54:22 AM PDT  
> To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx> 
> 
> 
> I was  checking to see who on the list is going to SPAH next week? 
> 
>  Bob "The Captain" Boyd 
> Texas Tide Band 
> www.texastide.com  
> 210-494-1118  

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Message:  5
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2015 16:43:09 -0700
From: David Fairweather  <dmf273@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Harp-L] Re: Anybody on the list going to  SPAH?
To: "Harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx"  <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
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I'll be there.   I wonder if anyone  will have trouble acclimating to
blowing harp in the altitude?   Anyway,  in homage to the Mile High City,
here's a little Canned Heat  for you  all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwh2tIfNNfE

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Message:  6
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2015 20:00:14 -0500
From: Mick Zaklan  <mzaklan@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Harp-L] going to SPAH
To: harp-l  <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
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I'll be rolling into SPAH  Thursday after four days of hiking in the
Rockies.  Like I told my  buddy Fred from our list; if I'm not at a SPAH
convention, it means I  probably died during the year.

Mick  Zaklan

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Message: 7
Date:  Sat, 8 Aug 2015 11:44:05 +1000
From: Rick Dempster  <rickdempster33@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Country tuned harps:  a tuning chart
To: Joseph Leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc:  "harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>,    Richard  Hunter
<turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Right Joe. It's only a bloody mouth organ  anyway! haha!

On 7 August 2015 at 13:02, Joseph Leone  <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> On Aug 6, 2015, at 3:56  PM, Richard Hunter wrote:
>
> > The information on precise  setups for the Country tuning is very
> interesting to me.  I  confess that I've always acquired country-tuned 
harps
> either  by
> > 1) buying a harp in that tuning, or
> > 2) tuning the  draw 5 reed by ear.  In this case, I just tune it until 
it
> sounds  good.  (Then I stop tuning.)
>
> Yeah, I'm pretty much in  that proverbial boat. I have a Seiko tuner. It's
> very sensitive. If  someone were cracking gum a block away, the needle 
will
> move. As for  tuning within a couple cents? Ha, I'm not that good. No, I
> tune by ear  till the draw chord is sweet. At least to MY ear.
>
> Oh, and btw,  I hate to bust anyone's dirigible, but a harp is NEVER in
> tune. Not  even lately. Otherwise why would one have to tune..then let the
> harp  set a while, and then tune AGAIN? No, we can get close and that's
>  about it.
>
> Now don't get me wrong. I realize that there is a  whole cottage
> industry..and in some cases tantamount to a 'castle'  industry involving
> tunings. And I have nothing BUT admiration for  those pioneers that are
> engaged in that. BUT, the moment you tune a  harp, it is already 
degrading.
>
> I have to muse at these people  who are anal to the point of getting a 
harp
> spot on on all reeds, THEN  going up and blowing the living bejeezes out 
of
> them. And most of time  at a venue that is infested with loud outside 
events
> and their  ancillary noises. Breaking glassware, dragging chairs, falling
>  silverware. yakety yak..don't talk back, and all that jazz.
>
>  Nope, out there in the gig players world. That world that's worlds  away
> from the concert players world, tuning is under appreciated and  soon
> reaches the realm of diminishing returns..time wise. And frankly,  I don't
> have the time to be that fussy. At a fest, where everyone is  sitting 
there
> with their ears glued to your every note, maybe a  somewhat accurate 
tuning
> would be nice.
>
>  smo-joe
> >
> > I suppose if I had an electronic tuner that  allowed me to get precise
> about the cents involved, I might use it for  this purpose.  But nowadays 
I
> mostly just buy them in the tuning  I want.
> >
> > Thanks, Richard Hunter
> >
>  >
>
>
>

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Message:  8
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2015 20:54:49 -0400
From:  BluzeHarp@xxxxxxx
Subject: [Harp-L] Re: Anybody on the list going to  SPAH
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Message-ID:  <1988a7.66d30911.42f6ad58@xxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain;  charset="US-ASCII"

Jason Rogers writes.... "I'll be there.   Anybody know  Denver?  Any idea 
what it takes to travel  from
the hotel to the Blues  Blowoff on Tuesday?"

Jason, it's 9  to 11 miles depending on the route you take.   Shared Taxi's 
or  Uber seem the best bet.  Plenty of free parking at the  venue, but  if 
you 
plan on imbibing I recommend leaving your car at the hotel,   wouldn't want 
anyone spending SPAH in the pokey.

There are advance  tickets this year, they have been on sale since early  
July and are  almost all gone.  I strongly recommend you buy now if you  
plan  
on attending.  

The name of the event is now the International  Blues Blowoff, this was  
detailed in a previous post on harp-l. The  official web page for the IBB 
is  
www.  harmonicaplanet/blues-blowoff  You'll find details such as  address,  
ticketing info, lineup and more.

Tues, Aug 11 - Doors at 6, music  starts around 7

Directions from the Crowne Plaza Hotel:  Get on  I-70 west, immediately  
get 
in the left lanes which funnels you onto  I-225.  Exit I-225  at Alameda 
Ave 
and go west (right  turn).  Take Alameda to  Quebec St, go north (right 
turn) on  Quebec a few blocks to 1st Ave. Go  east (right turn) one block 
and The  
Soiled Dove will be on your  left, it is underneath a place called  The 
Tavern, separate entry down a flight  of stairs.

Will post  again later with something more relevant in the  subject  line.

Christopher Richards 
Producer - International Blues  Blowoff
Staging & Production -  SPAH

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Message: 9
Date: Sat, 8  Aug 2015 04:38:02 +0000 (UTC)
From: Harvey Berman  <cscharp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Harp-L] Anybody on the list going  to SPAH
To: Harp-l <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Ã  I am going to SPAH.Ã  I probably  will be found in the Bar area a few 
times a day, giving a group drinking  demonstration.Ã  I will also probably be 
around the Blue Moon Booth, and  even might have some HarveyHarps for 
sale.Ã  Just Ask me.
Harvey  Berman

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Message: 10
Date: Sat,  8 Aug 2015 14:15:32 GMT
From: out2catch1@xxxxxxxxx  <out2catch1@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Harp-L] Tab help please
To:  harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Message-ID:  <000f4244.20cf7a3545820b16@xxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain;   charset="utf-8"

Hi,Ã There is a riff Ã I want to learn and since I need tabs  Ã before i 
memorize, is it possible for me to send a link to a you tube  video where the 
riff is and maybe someone more musically inclined than me can  tab it out? 
It is 32 seconds long. Thanks
Sent from my Verizon 4G LTE  Smartphone

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Message:  11
Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2015 15:14:53 -0500
From: James Conway  <harp3333@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Anybody on the list  going to SPAH
To: Jerry Deall <jdeall@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: harp-l  <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Message-ID:  <BAY407-EAS352E4EE4599E8DF50DFC782C4720@xxxxxxx>
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I sadly will not be attending SPAH this  year. I haven't missed one in 
years and it looks like this year's will be  stellar! I'll be back in 2016 with 
a harp vengeance! Have a blast and I miss  you all!

cheers,
Jim  Conway

harp3333@xxxxxxxxxxx
www.jamesconway.net
www.youtube.com/jamesconway01
www.facebook.com/james.conway.739

>  On Aug 7, 2015, at 6:26 PM, Jerry Deall <jdeall@xxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
> 
> I will indeed be there 
> Jerry 
>  
>> From: "Bob Boyd" <bboyd@xxxxxxxxx> 
>> Subject:  [Harp-L] Anybody on the list going to SPAH 
>> Date: August 7, 2015  at 6:54:22 AM PDT 
>> To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx> 
>>  
>> 
>> I was checking to see who on the list is going to  SPAH next week? 
>> 
>> Bob "The Captain" Boyd 
>>  Texas Tide Band 
>> www.texastide.com 
>>  210-494-1118
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>  

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Message: 12
Date: Sat, 8  Aug 2015 21:25:40 +0100
From: "Brendan Power"  <bren@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Harp-L] Jacob Venndt: Virtuoso on  the DoubeChromatic
To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Message-ID:  <002f01d0d218$651f9100$2f5eb300$@brendan-power.com>
Content-Type:  text/plain;    charset="utf-8"

Wow! Check out this video of  the Great Dane Jacob VenndtÃââ tearing out 
all the stops and pushing all the  sliders on the new DoubleChrom (Double 
Chromatic Harmonica).  

Jacob is a musical phenomenon, a player of over 20 instruments  to a 
professional level. Highly schooled in both jazz and classical music, he  has the 
musical intelligence to relish the myriad new possibilities the  DoubleChrom 
offers.

He does some VERY clever beatbox-harp at  the end too. IÃââve never heard 
harp-boxing on the chromatic before, made me  laugh out loud :-)  

https://youtu.be/Tc_yvZRERwY

ItÃââs an honour  to have a great musician such as Jacob take such obvious 
pleasure in exploring  the DoubleChrom. Makes me feel all the struggle to 
create it was worthwhile  J

Brendan

<http://www.brendan-power.com/>  www.brendan-power.com

<http://www.youtube.com/BrendanPowerMusic>  
www.YouTube.com/BrendanPowerMusic

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Message:  13
Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2015 16:47:33 -0400
From: Burke Trieschmann  <burket@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [Harp-L] Richard Sleigh Light Box Prototype  - For Sale/ At
SPAH
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
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Greetings to all:

I will be at  SPAH this year.  Very excited as its my first time and I hope 
to meet  some of you there in person.  

I will be bringing with me a early  prototype, Richard Sleigh- light box 
that I am offering for sale.
I have  recently built a new one based on Richard's more recent designs.  
The  original prototype still works great and has option for additional  
modifications for those so inclined.  I have used it as my embossing  station 
for several months with good results.

If you are interested in  the light box and will attending at the SPAH 
conference,  please contact  me off list for pricing and to hold in reserve.  I 
have more info and  pictures available upon request.

The design is very similar to this  version:
http://hotrodharmonicas.com/light-box-becomes-school-project/

Thanks

Burke  Trieschmann- Audio Producer
Open Door Productions/ Open Door  Harmonicas
www.opendoorprod.com
www.opendoorharmonicas.com

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