Re: [Harp-L] SPAH and me

[Gary Lehmann <gnarlyheman@xxxxxxxxx>]

There was a lot of vocal stuff in the lobby, I spent most of half an hour singing three-part harmony with Brenda Freed and Tom Moore.
And the jazz jam allowed singers, smokey Joe would have been horrified.

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> On Aug 20, 2015, at 10:05 AM, Jerry Deall <jdeall@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Rosco, 
> I tend to agree. However, I do really enjoy the instrumental expertise of many of the players in addition several genres harmonica trio and jazz tend to leave out vocals for the most part. In addition this year and last we had a couple of really great vocal seminars (thanks Brenda), which I hope continues. 
> 
> That said I would be very interested in some suggestions from you and other members on how we improve on this aspect which is lacking. Please give some suggestions on how this would look, how we would staff it and if there would be a cost/benefit aspect. 
> 
> Ideas: 
> More seminars on voice. 
> Seminars on working with a band, including vocals 
> Jams which specifically include vocals for those that want it. This may also help reduce the large groups which some jams get and offer some variety. 
> 
> Suggestion: volunteer to work on this. 
> 
> Thanks Jerry 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
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> From: "rosco" <roscoharp@xxxxxxxxx> 
> To: "Winslow Yerxa" <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx> 
> Cc: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx 
> Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2015 9:30:11 AM 
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] SPAH and me 
> 
> I hope I made it clear that I am not really indicting SPAH - most of the 
> attendees love it. And I probably could have summed up my thoughts more 
> succinctly. What I was trying to explain is that what I do mostly these 
> days, what I am most interested in, is using harmonica to accompany a band, 
> with a singer or singers, in a way that serves the song and not the 
> instrument. SPAH is amazing and it has a great variety of music (much of 
> which I like!) with a huge amount of harp soloing and showing off (In a 
> good way!)...There just is not much music like I'm playing these days and 
> would love to hear. 
> 
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