Check out the beatbox jam with LD miller, Christelle berthon, Jay gaunt.
It's called super jam or something. It looked like it was at a SPAH.
That WAS killer. -----------------------
Beatboxing is Very useful nowadays. Rap and hip hop. I have had Tons of rappers ask me to make samples. It's too bad I don't hone those skills. I would have had coverage in many different projects.
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Harpboxing. I love the sound. It requires whole new skill sets. Apparently it's not your thing, but your post makes you come off as close minded and spoiling for a fight.
no i very openminded i just like music with soul i get turned off of music if i can feel what there saying or doing its just not my thing and if its a fight well a harp battle dosn't sound bad to me!
Insulting the craft? No, they really insulted the craft when they started playing cross harp instead of 1st position chordal rhythm type stuff....like the harmonica was intended for. Years later they added insult to injury when they started overblowing and coming out with alternate tuned harmonicas.....and damn you Little Walter for miking and amping the harp. That is NOT how it is supposed to sound.
Have you checked into TSA group meetings?..Thread Starters Anonymous.......It is helpful if you are addicted to starting new threads...even if they lack substance.
On the left of the screen just below Back in the game there's Brandon Bailey's album Memphis Grooves buy it, listen to it and then ask yourself who is insulting who.
Matin
---------- Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent. Isaac Asimov
Not insulting but I can't stand most "harpboxing". But some of the music out there where someone beatboxes a back beat or rhythm with a looper and them play harp over it works.
Sonny, there is a difference between saying you don't like a particular style and saying someone is insulting the craft of harmonica. What's worse is you didn't even take the time to make a good argument.
Check out Brandon Bailey - can't believe his name didn't come up yet. He is the current beat boxer champ and is doing great work, AND is bringing a new audience to harp. I don't think that's a bad thing.
Hell - just came from SPAH. I had my jaw dropped more than once. Buddy Green was the main show headliner and blew EVERYONE away - an entire show on diatonic harps and not one blues tune. It ain't MY music but it was GOOD music and it reached the ENTIRE audience in a big way. So was the bluegrass I heard, the Celtic, the jazz, the classical, the "Harmonicamento" group...
We ALL need to support ALL harmonica music. We are a small enough crowd as it is. You don't have to play it, or listen to it. But don't disparage it.
Jump ahead to 4 minute mark in this video. How good are YOUR fifth interval TB chords? (Blocking ONE hole, with one hole played on each side of it.)
then i retract my statement on it bradon is very good i just feel that they took rap and the style of blues harmonica and turned it into something else its not my thing i like the soul of the instr. and if your thing is beat boxing on the harmonica thats cool but dose it have soul and feel to it
then thats for you sorry if you people are confused.
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I agree with J-Sin on this one. There are only a few harp beatboxers that are taking the time to hone their beatbox skills and work on the SOUND of the beat.
If you are going to incorporate a sound into your performance then you should put an equal amount of importance on all the sounds you're producing. You wouldn't just start strumming a guitar without knowing how to play chords first.
Jantso is one of the only dudes I've seen that IMO is on the right path.
I think there are a few beat-boxers who learned harp later on and incorporated it. Personally, I think beat-boxing is much easier to learn, and a decent harp player with a good sense of rhythm can pull it off.
Of course, half-assed beat boxing won't sound any better than half-assed harp, so some woodshedding will need to happen. ---------- Todd L. Greene
In answer to the OP's question: I dislike it as much as you do("insulting the craft" might be a tad harsh but i feel ya)...but take it from someone who has tried to argue the position....you can't win. In my argument, I couldn't even get the other side to at least agree that most rap is less melodic than other forms of "music". When the argument veered into debating the pitch changes of the spoken word. I called it quits.
Face it, the camp that believes the harp must be taken into new directions (I don't necessarily disagree) will argue with you to the death.
Besides, musical taste has to be one of the most subjective topics argued by mankind. With movies running a close second.
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Yeah I know a few beatboxers that picked up harp as well as didgeridoo because they are tonal instruments that they can incorporate.
This guy has almost 9 million hits on this video, so He is making a pretty penny on the ad revenue! I bet he started playing harp because he beatboxes. IMO his beat box is decent, his harmonica is poor at best, creativity is his forte.
Check out my buddies who I think are an excellent example of good beat box "sound". He also plays the didgeridoo well.
I apologize SonnyD. I thought there was a language issue. We have plenty of people on here from other countries. You might want to examine your opening comment on this thread. I get stuck trying to follow the logic and get lost in the unique grammar and lack of punctuation. I want to make sure I understand what you are trying to say. Like playing the harp, slow it down and take your time... ---------- Danny
@earlounge: Yep, Red's a friend of mine too. I've played two insane tours with him in the Baltics. We are also about to release a 7" soon. Give him my best regards! He's a true pal.
@J-Sin Awesome! I'm watching the videos on your website now. Very cool stuff! I went to high school with Eric. I sat in with him at a show the last time I visited my hometown in Alabama. Super cool dude! ICW to hear the new recording!
