tookatooka
2562 posts
Nov 01, 2011
4:28 AM
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The MBH Blow Your Brains Out 3 Voting Thread.
Important. Please, DO NOT hijack this thread for any purpose other than voting or commenting on the BYBO3 harp playing which you enjoyed most. It will make counting the votes easier. Thanks.
There has been an excellent response yet again and the harp playing has stepped up another level this time round. The quality of playing and recording both in video and audio is quite stunning. Everyone has made a sterling effort and overcome a lot of technical difficulties to take part.
All MBH members can participate and are encouraged to vote, even though you may not have entered. Any technique tips or general harp playing comments will I'm sure, be gratefully received by your fellow members, but please remember, we are only doing this for fun so there is room for honesty but not rudeness. Don't forget you can also comment and "Like" on the video channels.
How will it work?
Vote for the one you like most or up to three in descending order of preference and post them to this thread. Points will be awarded accordingly. 3 for your first choice, 2 for your second choice and 1 for your third choice.
I will generate a list of players with their points and the top three players with the most points will be the BYBO3 Champions in 1st, 2nd and 3rd positions. The winners will then be put onto the BYBO Wall of Honour.
Voting will close at midnight on 14th November. If there is anyone who could help by verifying the results, I'd be most grateful.
Good Luck everyone. Keep it clean and legal.
Now I hand it over to you.
Thanks for making this the best challenge yet.
Last Edited by on Nov 01, 2011 4:48 AM
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tookatooka
2563 posts
Nov 01, 2011
5:00 AM
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An example voting post.
1st. Lovespuds. Wow! Cool groove.
2nd. Twinkletoes. Nice octaves and TB's.
3rd. Sausagechops. Nice single note and chord playing.
Last Edited by on Nov 01, 2011 5:03 AM
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Dog Face
153 posts
Nov 01, 2011
8:21 AM
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Dang... after watching everyone's entries I realize I need a metronome...or to play with a backing track. Anyway, my faves are:
1- Jordanchudan with "Sore Eyes"
2- Ant138 Always solid
3- Bronzwailer with "Shirk in Progress" I've always had a little place in my heart for that fox chase sound
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Philippe
154 posts
Nov 01, 2011
10:15 AM
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1. camiloharper - nice phrasing!
2. Ant138 - solid tone, good TB
3. Mewin' Cat - I'm not one to like rapid scales, but the pauses and effects put into it make it worthy of my vote.
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mr_so&so
472 posts
Nov 01, 2011
1:02 PM
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Congratulations to everyone. Very high caliber playing all around.
Here are my votes, based on first impressions and little analysis:
1) Heart2Harp for great tone and musicality and for leveling the playing field a bit by going out of your comfort zone and by not singing. You are a great performer.
2) Camiloharper. I was very impressed by your work here. You made first position playing sound very interesting with great phasing and licks.
3) Jordanchudan. You've been working hard and have started to put together the whole package: tone, original compositions, self-accompaniment. Excellent stuff.
Honourable mentions to bronzewailer's second entry and for Isaac's loop fest with CBG. Oh, and I loved Walter Tore's entry too, and Kingobad's; so many excellent entries....
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Last Edited by on Nov 02, 2011 9:58 AM
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geordiebluesman
483 posts
Nov 01, 2011
1:37 PM
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Well that was a difficult job to pick the three top vids from so many great entries and i changed my choices several times till i reached my final 3 so here we go.
First, Kingobad, for the shear skill involved in this performance, great stuff.
Second, Walter Tore for just totaly being the real deal.
Third, KyzerSosa great licks great playing and it really swings!
Last Edited by on Nov 01, 2011 1:37 PM
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BronzeWailer
308 posts
Nov 01, 2011
3:02 PM
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1. Sore Eyes by Jodanchudan. Described my driving experience this morning to a T.
2. Ant138's inside one. Great tone and groove.
3. Isaacullah's "Flow". Atmospheric and evocative.
I liked a lot of the entries so well done everybody. And thanks to TookaTooka for organising.
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Aussiesucker
940 posts
Nov 01, 2011
7:06 PM
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Some great listening in this lot. Very hard to determine choice as it boils down to what one likes. No analysis at all.
1) Camillo Harper
2) Walter Tore
3) Arman27
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isaacullah
1652 posts
Nov 01, 2011
11:07 PM
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Well this has been SUPER hard. We are GOING to have to have an "aftermath" thread to get to discussing some of the noteworthy submissions that we liked but couldn't quite put in out top 3 list. When choosing my list, I just went with what moved me the most, which in hindsight seems to be the submissions that seem to be the most "fully developed" as stand alone performances. They are the ones that I can envision hearing performed live and being fully satisfied as is.
#1: jodanchudan for Sore Eyes. Simply amazing and so evocative. Tasty playing and excellent use of space. Loved it!
#2: Bronzewailer for "Shirk in Progress". Dig that country blues swing! So much going on in that, and I am going to be spending some time with the slow-downer and learning. Amazing!
#3: Ant132 for his first submission. Great tone and phrasing. Tasty use of ornaments, and very good feel. That was a complete track, and you could feel it. Well done!
Honorable mentions go to: MrSo&So (Loved your take on St. James! You were my top pack for sure.), Clams Harplayer (Sounded good, but would have loved to have heard it amped! I'll be stealing that lick man!), Arman27 (great sound, but it felt a bit rushed. I'd like to hear you do it again and take your time with it), ad KyzerSosa (great feel to it. You were in my top pack too!). Well done to EVERYONE who submitted. Mighty fine job, gents!
Finally, thanks to tookatooka for organizing this again! hip hip hooray!
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thorvaldsen76
133 posts
Nov 02, 2011
11:16 AM
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Since I'm a sucker for old-school stuff:
1. Waltertore
2. Ant138
3. Jodanchudan
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Barry C.
303 posts
Nov 02, 2011
11:22 AM
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wow - all fabulous and was very hard to decide!!
1. Jordanchudan - Sore Eyes
2. Ant138 - his first submission
3. Bronzewailer - Shirk in Progress
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Ant138
1133 posts
Nov 03, 2011
12:12 AM
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Wow, what a forum. We have some really good players on here.
Thank you to everyone who has voted for me so far , i really do appreciate it:o)
My favorites are as follows:-
#1- JodanChudan - Sore Eyes. The tone the phrasing, absolutly harp perfection to me. I also loved Guyger counter.
#2 - KyzerSosa - I love the groove and esspecially the tone.
3# - Isacc -Flow. I love the beats and the harp just seemed to glue it all together.
Runner up - Clams Harper, i loved that groove and harp lick, it reminded me of a Red hot Chilli's guitar lick(Rollercoster)
Kingobad was also up there with a great entry:o)
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harpdude61
1146 posts
Nov 03, 2011
8:55 AM
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1. Camilo Harper.......nice overbending and great phrasing. I like the modern sound.
2.Walter Tore.....his music is good for the soul.
3. kingobad.......had me tappin my foot...great groove.
Dishonorable mention.......me ..for lack of musicality in my phrasing and waiting until the last night and four beers later to try something.
Big thanks to took!
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clamsharpplayer
125 posts
Nov 03, 2011
8:11 PM
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Mewing cat, Arman37, harpdude 61. You guys have serious chops! I found myself wanting to play like each of you during parts of your videos.
Gmacleod15, Did you ever see the Blair witch project? I was waiting for something to jump out and scare the shit out of me. Anyway it took balls to do a whole song like that.
Phillipe and Bronzwailer are tied for 3rd. place. I just liked both their vibes.
Ant and Camillo gotta be neck and neck for close to first.
But My #1 Favorite was Joadanchudan cuz he plays harp like butta'
I could say something good about everybody but I'll just think it.
Thanks Tooka
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Hobostubs Ashlock
1568 posts
Nov 03, 2011
11:16 PM
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Dang I missed it,where's the videos at?
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jodanchudan
453 posts
Nov 04, 2011
12:05 AM
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Very difficult to pick just three - there are plenty of great entries. And thanks for the votes guys!
1 Walter Tore - incredible dynamics, phrasing and technique
2 Ant's amped entry - just love the traditional Chicago Tongue-blocked sound
3 kingobad - I'm jealous; I can't coordinate harp and guitar at all!
I also wanted to get bronzewailer and dog face in the list - both have great chops and tone.
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Miles Dewar
1148 posts
Nov 04, 2011
10:00 AM
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1. Walter Tore (Excellent Sound!)
2. Jordan Chudan
3. Matheui Gagnon
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sydeman
66 posts
Nov 04, 2011
8:43 PM
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1. Walter Tore (Keepin it real)
2. M. Gagnon
3 Ant138
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RyanMortos
1178 posts
Nov 05, 2011
9:24 AM
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I don't much like voting cause there's always recordings you really enjoy that there isn't room for in a top 3. Narrowing the final 6 to 3 for me wasn't so fun. I also tried to concentrate on harmonica playing alone since that is something all the recordings have in common.
1. Camilo Harper
2. Bluesharper
3. Isaacullah
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JInx
125 posts
Nov 05, 2011
9:57 AM
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1 TookaTooka - beautiful high def video package, excellent modern sounding tracks.
2 JordanChudan - loved the low notes, loved the long notes. good looking video
3 KyserSosa - unpretentious down home easy going good stuff
Everybody deserves the win. Great show MBHF !!!
Last Edited by on Nov 07, 2011 10:02 PM
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harmonicanick
1360 posts
Nov 05, 2011
3:20 PM
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1 Walter Tore
2 Ant
3 Kingobad
But many congrats to all excellent entrants!!
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gmacleod15
144 posts
Nov 06, 2011
10:05 AM
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1. Jodanchudan - Guyger
2. Ant138 Backyard
3. Heart2Harp
As others have said this was a tough choice. To help me decide I rated each entry on appeal and technical ability. I weighted appeal a bit stonger than ability.
My scoring was very close and my top three were tied. On another day I probably would have choosen others.
Well done all. It has been an honour to throw my hat in with such fine players.
Thanks for watching my video (campfire). My goal was to dazzle you with the beautiful scenry so as to mask my blues skills, however my camera didn't like the low light conditions so it all got a bit Blair Witch like as someone above said.
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Steamrollin Stan
165 posts
Nov 07, 2011
1:58 AM
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1, kingobad, lordy be he was foot tappin material 100%
all the rest are so damm good i cant choose, i had to vote for the one that hit me in the guts from the start, this was it.
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Steamrollin Stan
166 posts
Nov 07, 2011
2:04 AM
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Camilo harper, such a great post,
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tookatooka
2572 posts
Nov 08, 2011
2:36 PM
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Here are my votes. It was not easy.
1.CamiloHarper
2.Kingobad
3.KyzerSosa
Honourable mentions for everyone. Absolutely no-one disgraced themselves.
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KingoBad
981 posts
Nov 09, 2011
11:31 AM
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Nice job everyone! Finally had time to go through them a second time.
1. JodanChudan - Sore Eyes - Just plain well done.
2. tie. KyzerSosa - loved the groove.
Heart2Harp - very nice and not easy!
3. Mewlin'Cat - The french Sucre Bleu!
Thanks Tooka for doing this! I look forward to the next one.
Great job everyone. You've all got cajonés and talent!
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orphan
104 posts
Nov 09, 2011
5:28 PM
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Nothin but GREAT! Thanks to all entrants for an enjoyable evening of listening to Harp.
1. Walter Tore
2. Jodanchudan: Guyger Counter
3. Camilo Harper
Special Thanks to tookatooka for all you did!
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JimmyFamous
69 posts
Nov 09, 2011
6:39 PM
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1. Camilo harper
2. Sore Eyes I Jodanchudan
3. Heart2harp 1st Position swing.
Thanks, I enjoyed them all.
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12gagedan
131 posts
Nov 10, 2011
10:29 AM
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1: Entry B
2 Entry U
3 Entry I (first entry)
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tookatooka
2578 posts
Nov 10, 2011
10:50 AM
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Deciphering 12gagedans results. *MEMO* Do not count twice.
Entry B=Mewin cat
Entry U=BluesHarper
Entry I=jodanchudan
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Pistolcat
23 posts
Nov 10, 2011
12:02 PM
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Great stuff everyone! No comments really, just gut feeling.
1. harpdude61
2. Isaacullah, liked the "Feel like blowing my horn" entry better but great stuff both.
3. Kingobad
Here's some comments, though, on "worthy mentions" :). WalterTore: Man, you drop those licks so askew it's haunting. Jimmy Reed-like. Love it.
TommyTheHat: Steady improvement all the time. Some stuff sounds great, some is out of place. If you would go over every chorus three four times to shape everything up I think it would have been real nice.
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Hollistonharper
236 posts
Nov 10, 2011
7:10 PM
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Great job by all. Really hard to pick 3, but based on my totally subjective standard of wow I'd really like to sound like that--
1. Kyzer Soza
2. Jodanchudan
3. Clamsharpplayer
I could have picked 3 different players based on other standards, but the way these guys sound was the reason I started to play the harp.
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Pistolcat
33 posts
Nov 14, 2011
5:36 AM
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Can't really be sure about any relationship harpdude, but not to my knowing... I think your entry really embodied the "Blow your brains out". It took hold and pulled me along, all over the harp and out of Kansas. Nothing contrived or controlled even, but a lot of feeling!
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arman27
6 posts
Nov 14, 2011
6:00 AM
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1. Jodanchudan
2. Mewin'cat
3. Ant 138
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isaacullah
1673 posts
Nov 14, 2011
9:30 AM
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Hey! I just checked back in on this thread to see how things were going... Thanks Bronzewailer, Ant, Ryan, and pistolcat! I appreciate it! Also, I'd like to extend my honorable mention section (really, it could go on forever!) to include Harpdude61 and KingoBad. Two other really strong entries!
So, how close are we to announcing the winners?
~Isaac
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tookatooka
2581 posts
Nov 14, 2011
9:43 AM
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Midnight tonight GMT is the cut off point. So I'll announce the numbers first thing tomorrow. I'd appreciate if someone else could also calculate the numbers to verify the results please. I'll do the Wall of Honour as time allows and post it to the forum.
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nacoran
4922 posts
Nov 14, 2011
12:20 PM
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Okay, my top three...
1. Jodanchudan (Sore Eyes) (I)
2. Bronzewailer (Shirk in Progress) (B)
3. Mewin' Cat (N)
With lots of other great efforts. By the time I got it down to my top 7 or 8 it was getting painful to cut anything. Great job everyone.
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nacoran
4923 posts
Nov 14, 2011
2:14 PM
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Hobo, you just have to click on Tooka's banner.
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lumpy wafflesquirt
460 posts
Nov 14, 2011
3:08 PM
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1 Camilo harper
2 Todd Gates
3 Tommy the Hat
course, not allowed to vote for my own, but otherwise ..... ;^)
TookaTooka, you have mail.... I have knocked up a spreadsheet of what I think the results might be, [and I still haven't won:^( ]
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tookatooka
2582 posts
Nov 14, 2011
4:23 PM
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Thanks Lumpy. I'll do a double check in the morning then post the results. Thanks for your help. We all won.
Sorry folks no more votes allowed now.
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Last Edited by on Nov 14, 2011 4:24 PM
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Tommy the Hat
409 posts
Nov 14, 2011
5:14 PM
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nacoran
4925 posts
Nov 14, 2011
8:17 PM
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Are the votes weighted?
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Chickenthief
175 posts
Nov 14, 2011
9:30 PM
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Say Tooka, I notice at the top of your thread there that you say that voting closes on midnight without specifying the time zone. I'm going to go ahead and post my vote at 11:30 central just in case you guys decide to allow it.
1. Harpdude 61
2. Heart2Harp
3.Geordiebluesman for his first entry
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