Here's sumpin" that'll get some uproar. When I play Cross Cut Saw, or Blues with a feeling, or any of the other blues standards, I do my own licks. I've ...
BiscuitBoy714@...
Jul 1, 2007 9:50 am
54365
Thanks list for all your help, especially Iceman. Jammed the other day managed to play in third for almost an hour, a funky Jr Wells kind of blues that I think...
rainbowjimmy@...
Jul 1, 2007 11:32 am
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So many seem to have missed the point of Glenn's post. Quoting solos and pieces of other music (Flintstone Theme, for instance) is ok as part of the ...
IcemanLE@...
Jul 1, 2007 12:09 pm
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That's it, Iceman. You sum it up right. Dan Axt ... From: <IcemanLE@...> To: <harp-l@...> Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2007 6:39 AM Subject: Re:...
Dan Axt
dapperdan@...
Jul 1, 2007 1:54 pm
54368
Again, Glenn...thank you for taking the time to break down my post to explain what I needed to know. 12 bars does seem a rather extensive "phrase". I hadn't...
EGS1217@...
Jul 1, 2007 3:14 pm
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Thank you for the private explanation of the difference between copying a riff vis-a-vis a solo, Glenn, since my original post to which you graciously ...
EGS1217@...
Jul 1, 2007 3:15 pm
54370
Hi Guys, Glenn wrote: This is someone you probably know-I'd be surprised if you didn't, in fact- taking whole 12-bar choruses note-for note from Little Walter...
Rick Beall
rick@...
Jul 1, 2007 5:32 pm
54371
Not just jazz. Classical composers stole often from each other (and themselves). They copied out each others' music (by hand back then) as studies, and even...
Tom Baehr
tombaehr@...
Jul 1, 2007 6:00 pm
54372
Who "owns" the music? Morally, or legally? Who owns the air, the vibrations, the patterns of sound? The tempo? This debate is similar at its core to the debate...
Bob Laughlin
rlaughlin@...
Jul 1, 2007 6:33 pm
54373
... He stole that. George _______________________________________________ Harp-L is sponsored by SPAH, http://www.spah.org Harp-L@... ...
George Brooks
gbrooksvt@...
Jul 1, 2007 6:51 pm
54374
Just a reminder, political discussions are not what we deal in here at harp-l. Immigration, border fences etc. All off topic and better dealt with in a...
owner-harp-l@...
Jul 1, 2007 8:03 pm
54375
Let's not forget that MANY of the blues greats sold their copywriting and royalites rights to the shrewd producers of the time, sometimes for just little ...
SONNYTONE@...
Jul 1, 2007 8:05 pm
54376
In a message dated 7/1/2007 1:27:44 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, rick@... writes: Why do harp players have trouble writing original stuff...
IcemanLE@...
Jul 1, 2007 8:07 pm
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Saw then fri night in newport,great band any you harpers there???????????? ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ...
TomEHarp@...
Jul 1, 2007 8:09 pm
54378
... Where's my Buddhist buddies? What say the beggar monks? ... Well, there are probably some people who were at that show, who never heard of Little Walter or...
Splash
celtiac@...
Jul 1, 2007 8:15 pm
54379
... From: "Bobby BlackHat" Subject: [Harp-L] Tip Jar ... Tradition, yep probably. Do I do it? Always. In front. Prominently displayed. With a few bux already...
Splash
celtiac@...
Jul 1, 2007 9:09 pm
54380
Just wanna let Tom Ball Know i used half of the chuggin' intro to his version of "Tater Pie" and stuck it in an old Kweskin Jug Band song. My harp instead of...
michael hines
otisharp@...
Jul 1, 2007 9:11 pm
54381
Now, that's funny. I laughed ====== Hard. Thanks for that. PEACE Scott Believe in Magic! ... From: "michael hines" <otisharp@...> To:...
Splash
celtiac@...
Jul 1, 2007 9:44 pm
54382
Worry not - a special re-education camp will be set up at the coming SPAH convention specifically for the morally fallen and improvisationally bereft. Rex "The...
Vince Meghrouni
Foomcorp@...
Jul 1, 2007 10:08 pm
54383
In Austin, if you don't do that, you often find yourself in the position of the clarinet player in that old song... that is... "Playin' real good for free"... ...
Bradford Trainham
bradford.trainham@...
Jul 1, 2007 10:21 pm
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My band is on the lineup for a large July 4 concert -- last year about 6,000 people showed. I have read that some folks bring their big amps to such gigs. I...
john kuzloski
jkuzloski@...
Jul 1, 2007 10:29 pm
54385
Try to set-up the band equipment as if you are in a small bar... that's helps most of the times. If this is a problem you can place the amp on your left or...
ben bouman
fitgo@...
Jul 1, 2007 10:46 pm
54386
I'd go big amp in that circumstance. The festival sound-cats are usually good, but if you can provide your own stage level, you're not at their mercy. It's...
Vince Meghrouni
Foomcorp@...
Jul 1, 2007 11:00 pm
54387
For free,,(though it's Joni Mitchell's song,,) http://youtube.com/watch?v=s5UujOrA31w And I doubt that either Judy Collins OR the clarinet player did it "for ...
Bob Laughlin
rlaughlin@...
Jul 1, 2007 11:27 pm
54388
I Have extracted a paragraph below - which quotes Muddy Waters - in an interview with Alan Lomax, from Jonathan Lethem's splendid article ( in the Jan. 2007...
Roger Boyce
roger.boyce@...
Jul 1, 2007 11:40 pm
54389
If you're playing a festival there should be a full backline with superb sound system. Your amp will be mic'd so you shouldn't to have to worry 'bout a thing....
Chris Michalek
chris@...
Jul 2, 2007 12:25 am
54390
Good Morning Harp-L's Things are coming together this year for the convention. I'm planning seminars and times now and the variety this year is over the top. ...
<laughing> No probs as far as I''m concerned, Mike... Hell, I stole almost everything I know off the late great Sonny Terry! :) cheers, TB ... Just wanna let...
Tom Ball
havaball@...
Jul 2, 2007 1:19 am
54393
A friend of mine calls this the GETS principle: Good Enough To Steal. Tom ... _______________________________________________ Harp-L is sponsored by SPAH,...