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SPAH WAS A BIG BLAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SPAH WAS A BIG BLAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Diggsblues
921 posts
Aug 14, 2011
5:15 PM
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SPAH was a blast. At least 5 times better than the
one I went to ten years ago. Too tired for detailed reports now but I''ll tell you there was a lot of magic at the
Harmonica Love In.
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Emile "Diggs" D'Amico a Legend In His Own Mind
How you doin'
Last Edited by on Aug 14, 2011 5:18 PM
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RyanMortos
1091 posts
Aug 14, 2011
6:08 PM
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"SPAH WAS A BIG BLAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" - I second that! And I also came home feeling too burned out to talk about it. Must've been that storm following me up the east coast. I jammed with lots of people, picked the brains of a lot of pros & high skilled amateurs, was able to spend some time with my Philly club peoples! Now I gotta learn how to find cheap flights for next year, lol.
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~Ryan
"I play the harmonica. The only way I can play is if I get my car going really fast, and stick it out the window." - Stephen Wright
Pennsylvania - H.A.R.P. (Harmonica Association 'Round Philly)
Contact:
My youtube account
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Michael Rubin
219 posts
Aug 16, 2011
8:34 AM
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I enjoyed it immensely. I love seeing all my friends and that is the main thing for sure.
I learned that except during the I chord, it is not necessary to play the chord's root note on the bar's first downbeat while playing bass harp. I also learned it is better form not to start a bar with with same note played at the end of the previous bar. So for example, if it goes from a C chord to a G chord in the key of C, it is better to play C G, D G than C G, G D. Thanks to George Miklas, Judy Smith and the other two instructors in Bass X 4.
Thanks to George Miklas for fixing my bass harp and chromatic.
Thanks to Slim, Joe, Bob, George, Grant and Sam, "the Harp-l Players" who joined me on Have You Met Miss Jones, I feel like the performance went well and was fun.
Thanks to Todd Parrott for explaining one way he sustains overdraws is by nail polish on the reeds close to the rivet. I would like to come up with a price offlist to soup up a Bb Golden Melody harp for overblows, right now in richter tuning. Also, Todd, it was great to get to know you better.
Thanks to Jellyroll for giving me first refusal on my new harmonetta. Apparently, the master harmonetta technician souped this one up for Jellyroll and liked it so much he tried to buy it from him. Jellyroll didn't but over the years realized harmonetta was not for him and sold it to me. It is in incredible condition.
Thanks to PT Gazell for souping up my new Seydel half valved diatonic in Bb. I still do not like the sound of the valve bends in general, but I have already heard some cool possibilities while jamming with it. To anyone who can play overblows, this harp is very instinctual for me.
Thanks to Elizabeth Hess for putting on a great metronome seminar and being my friend, of course!
Thanks to Slim, Charles, Chris, Pat, Will, Tom, Diggs and anyone else who jammed jazz while I played rhythm on the harmonetta in the halls. It was the culmination of a dream.
Thanks to Buddy Greene for finding 10 minutes to instruct me. We weren't sure what sound he was doing that I got excited about. He played until I said "That's it!" It turned out to be a triplet tongue articulation, I say Ta ke ta, that I had been doing for years but never thought about doing it the WAY he did it, as an imitation of a fiddle sound during a non bent note in a fiddle tune.
Thanks to Ronnie for making me jealous of your diatonic blues skills. It makes me want to practice.
I really liked the performances by Steve Guyger and Buddy Greene. Everyone else did wonderfully, but they were my favorites. I vought their CD's and have listened to some of Buddy's. Very good. Thanks to Paul Messinger for his new CD.
Thanks to the beginner blues jammers for going for it!
Thanks to my Joe Filisko Teach-in students, most of whom stayed with me for 3 straight days!
Thanks to the hosts and the board for your hard work, and the sponsors for making it possible.
Thanks to everyone for the jams and talks and friendship.
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Tuckster
863 posts
Aug 16, 2011
9:11 AM
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Oh my, did I have fun! SPAH is seriously addicting. So many styles of playing, so many types of harp. Chord,bass,chromatic, as well as the diatonic. It was an eye opening experience.
I'd like to thank Michael Rubin for those 3 days at the teach in. Although what I learned might be laughable to those who know this stuff,it was a major step for me to learn some music theory.
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Michael Rubin
220 posts
Aug 16, 2011
9:50 AM
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Thanks Tuckster.
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RyanMortos
1096 posts
Aug 16, 2011
4:23 PM
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SPAH is like a 2nd harmonica club for me. But instead of being full of local members and meeting monthly it's full of players from all over and meets yearly. A bunch of people recognized me from last year and a few pointed out I improved, can't beat that compliment!
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~Ryan
"I play the harmonica. The only way I can play is if I get my car going really fast, and stick it out the window." - Stephen Wright
Pennsylvania - H.A.R.P. (Harmonica Association 'Round Philly)
Contact:
My youtube account
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Todd Parrott
627 posts
Aug 16, 2011
5:55 PM
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Yes, SPAH was really fun this year. You guys should have heard Michael Rubin playing in 7th position (F# on a C harp) while I was playing piano in F#. The guy is really good in the other positions.... I'm still playing a lick I copied from him in 7th position!
Also, Pat Bergeson was a HUGE highlight for me. That guy is amazing! Besides that, he's a super nice guy...
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Michael Rubin
222 posts
Aug 17, 2011
8:44 AM
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Thanks Todd. You're a great player as well. Contact me offlist to be discussing customizing a harp.
Michaelrubinharmonica@gmail.com
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