Just watched the video. Very cool informative talk on busking. Some of the same stuff he covered at HCH for those of you that disnt attend. If you like that video, you'd love "Mister Satan's Apprentice"...
Your thoughts on using a delay pedal while busking solo are intriguing. I dont know why I havent been using mine. Usually i just hook my jt30 into my pignose and have at it, but the delay would totally fatten the sound. Seems to breed more confidence also when your notes keep speaking after youve stopped. Ill have to start playing around with my delay pedal to get that sound im looking for.
Getting a song list is easier said than done as well!! I feel like i can 'jam' to most any groove, but when I'm playing solo all my grooves tend to redevelop themselves into whatever song im most feeling..
Busking in the french quarter is no joke. You are on the SPOT!
Location, location, location. The first note is the hardest.
typical gussow vid- long and rambling. he spends 30 minutes telling you what could have been passed on in about 5. typical gussow. but it is the extra 25 minutes which makes the video compelling! "weather, location and police" i think most could figure that out quickly enough. but the way he gives examples, tells the stories, gets sidetracked into a different station. that's what brings this vid alive. i'm firing up my street cube and getting ready for some salvation army reinforcing! i cant wait for the 2nd vid.
I really enjoyed the Tuxedo Junction reference. In my search for "different" licks I picked over the big band music from the forties, and in fact, I lifted an entire 12-bar muted trumpet solo out of Tuxedo Junction that I can plug in and fall back on if I need to. Playing unaccompanied is a challenge for me. When I pause, the dead space is deafening. I know Adam uses his own percussion. Great idea. Some of that swing music is really harmonica friendly.
@FMWoodeye...I agree about big band swing music. Duke Ellington's "Take The A Train" is a great harp tune. I use a Bb harp for it. I love swing as much as blues probably. On tunes like A Train, you can do melodies on the upper end, & rhythm/ fills on the lower. Great stuff.
Tuxedo junction was recorded and was popular both as an instrumental and vocal tune. It was a "plunger song," that is, the bones and trumpet players would use plungers to get the do-wah sound that is so harmonica friendly.
That was interesting. It brought back a lot of memories for me being from N.Y. (Bronx). I spent a lot of time in Manhattan and also Harlem (my family is originally from there). I eventually ended up working construction for many years in Manhattan but before that, back in the 70's my time spent there or Harlem was for the wrong reasons. I remember the street performers well. One thing about the video. You never got to the story about the piss smelling doorway. I was waiting for that because I remember those for sure. I slept many a night on the streets, made deals and also got high in those piss soaked and smelling doorways, alleyways and under stairways. ---------- Tommy
