Reverblow Thanks! I use bunch of overblows and even 7 overdraw ((:
toddlgreene Thanks, Mac is was for tunes played on electronic keyboard, not for this one. ---------- Excuse my bad English. Click on my photo or my username for my music.
Boris, The strides you have taken in the last couple years are truly amazing... you have really pushed up to another level. I can't wait to see what comes next! Walter
Boris, If you can do something you love, then make the move to do it...Giving up on the degree is a tough thing to do, a big change at a time of life when most people are already on a path that never changes. I truly hope that you can make a living on this, but even if not, for a time you do what really makes you happy and create something unique. Most people in the world NEVER get a chance or make the chance to do that. It seems as if you are driven to play, and cannot do anything else, so more power to you!
Shoot Boris, I wonder if you ain't already some kind of PHD. Sometimes the guys in charge of turning out the paperwork for that sort of thing are a little slow. If you know what I mean.
harmonicanick it's filarmonia in my city. Lmbrjak, thanks!
Chickenthief, I hardly understand what you mean. I don't have PhD, but I'm master in biology, middle school pedagogic, university pedagogic, english translator (yes, it's true! but I still think my english needs improvement), four master degrees at all.
Walter, I noticed that any social status will make you to do certain thing. I just understanding that if i'm poor musician nobody will tell me go and find real job. But if I'll be PhD and continue to be poor musician everyone, no mater friens, relatives, colleagues will tell me "why you're still a poor musician if you're PhD and you can get much more money?". Money suck per se, but it's pitty that gear, harps, food and transport costs money... ---------- Excuse my bad English. Click on my photo or my username for my music.
My fault for using american vernacular on you. English is a very beautiful language but I'm sure that you know that it can be a lot of trouble to learn for non native speakers. You are doing very well with it.
Safe to say that there could be some brits on this forum who think that my english needs improvement too.
Chickenthief "Sometimes the guys in charge of turning out the paperwork for that sort of thing are a little slow. If you know what I mean." I understand all words, but I can't understand the meaning of the sentence. ---------- Excuse my bad English. Click on my photo or my username for my music.
What I want to know is - Is there anyone else in your country who you know of, who also plays harmonica very well, someone who we might not have heard about yet? Perhaps an emerging talent or someone we could watch for on the internet?
Also, how is harmonica received in your part of the world? Are you respected as much as an accomplished guitarist or trumpet player?
Last Edited by on May 03, 2011 7:04 PM
Chickenthief There is some good skilled harmonica players in Russia, I'd say my teacher Michail Vladimirov
Alexander Bratetsky
It seems that harmonica in Russia have a bit more respects than in USA.
However I still have some lack of respect from "true jazz musician" in my city as I don't soling great over too complex jazz chord progressions (e.g. Giant steps or On a Green Dolphin street), anyway i'm somethere between jazz, blues and rock and I'm looking for my own way to play. I'm only pro player in my city (besides one good weekend warrior and my best student, he will be really good soon I suppose), so if anyone wants harmonica in my city, I'm the only one who will be asked to play. And I have some respect anyway, especially amongst rock bands.
In Moskow situation is different. There're bunch of some noodle players (as in US I suppose), which reduce respect of harmonica. But from the other side in my city I'm respected (or disrespected) as other musicians (sax, trumpet etc.) while in Moskow I greatly respected as harmonica player. When musicians regularly hear noodlers and then they hear me and they see that I can work over chord progression, play correct comping and have phrasing I have more respect than in my city where there're no any noodle players.
Oso, Ray, MP Thank you very much!
---------- Excuse my bad English. Click on my photo or my username for my music.
Boris is not only an amazing player, but is such a good-spirited, nice guy. I have a ton of respect for his attitude and his music. What a great post - I must agree with MP.
