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Zhin
629 posts
Apr 20, 2011
9:07 PM
Hey guys. Been pretty busy lately trying to keep my head on my shoulders after all the crazyness that's been going on over the months.

I recently got invited to play at a Suzuki concert organized to support the Malaysian Association for the Blind.

We even had a guest from Japan, Mr. Koei Tanaka! A really great and genuine nice guy. He's been doing some amazing "harmonica santa" work all over the world (going as far as Uganda).

I got to showcase the looper thing and also got to jam with Koei and managed to get it all on video. Consider it a "friendly" HARP BATTLE. Hope you guys like it.









Hope -some- of you enjoy this and thanks for watching.

Anyways, fire away!

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Last Edited by on Apr 20, 2011 9:08 PM
nacoran
4037 posts
Apr 21, 2011
9:57 AM
Great work! That last one blew me away!

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MEK
32 posts
Apr 21, 2011
2:13 PM
Good save when the mic died, that rocked.
RyanMortos
1061 posts
Apr 21, 2011
5:51 PM
Sweet, top notch Zhin. You guys sounded well together. I see you got your rock bottom with you. Wish mine seen more action. I pop on and off skype over the weekends hopefully sometime I'll bump into you, haha.

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Miles Dewar
867 posts
Apr 21, 2011
6:14 PM
Wow..........That was good. Thanks for sharing.
walterharp
586 posts
Apr 21, 2011
6:18 PM
nice!
Zhin
631 posts
Apr 22, 2011
8:25 AM
Thanks for checking it out guys. Always appreciate it even if I don't make mention of that enough.

Yeah the mic cable failure was pretty unexpected. I was like "OH CRAP!!!" in my head when I didn't hear my voice come out for that one last line.

Can anyone spot the Gussow-ism's in some of the lines I played in the jam with Koei? :)

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Last Edited by on Apr 22, 2011 8:28 AM
Zhin
632 posts
Apr 22, 2011
8:26 AM
Ryan, I'll try to leave my Skype on more often too. I've got more free time now. It was pretty hectic for me the last 2 months.

Did you notice I didn't need to mic up the Rock Bottom? It was LOUD.

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Last Edited by on Apr 22, 2011 8:27 AM
toddlgreene
2920 posts
Apr 22, 2011
9:26 AM
Hey Zhin, good stuff! I enjoyed the 'duel' vid. I always like trading licks with another player, and watching others do it.
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scojo
253 posts
Apr 22, 2011
11:51 AM
Very cool stuff Zhin. You both sound great.
Diggsblues
753 posts
Apr 22, 2011
12:39 PM
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Zhin
633 posts
Apr 23, 2011
12:03 AM
Diggs stop teasing me already!! hahaha

Thanks again guys. Glad you have been entertained. I've always wanted to do friendly harp battles ever since I saw that one video with Adam Gussow and Naz about 4 years ago.

Finally being able to do just feels soooooo good!!!!

That video with Adam in it showed me that things don't have to get nasty during a "head cutting" session. In fact I'd rather call them "friendly battles" because in the end neither of us were trying to make the other look bad. We both supported each other line after line to carry the song. I think that's why it turned out to be so fun. No losers, everyone wins!

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