I recently discovered the first recording I ever did with the harmonica - or any instrument for that matter. It has survived forgotten on an age-old band page for some 7 years. I believe it was recorded in 2005. I don't even have the material on a cd anymore.
I'm posting it here for anyone who's interested in comparing a harp players progress. I had played the harp 5-6 months max before my high school band did this. Mixing sucks (among lots of other things), and I had to record those melody parts in multiple takes as I kept running out of breath. But on a personal level I still find this little tune stirring and nostalgic.
What struck me most hearing this after 7 years is that I play in 3rd position. I had NO IDEA of ANY positions at the time. The 1d bend I play there was probably the only bend I could play. But after all these years I still find myself playing in 3rd position a lot, probably more than 2nd.
Could this turn out to be a thread where all of us could post our first creations with the harp? Would be interesting to hear some first steps from the fine players on this forum.
I think this is the first thing I ever wrote on harmonica. It was also the first time I tried adding effects in Audacity. At the time I was having a hard time even playing something this simple over and over the same way, so I think I looked the track 3 times to get the desired length out of one good take. This was on a Piedmont C harp I think.
edit: (This doesn't seem to be the looped version, just a really short version.)
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This could also be an epic thread of amassed suckyest playin ever :P.
Edit: I mean potentially so. I can't listen to any of your clip at the moment but the OP opens for some horrendous posts, doesn't it :). ---------- Pistolkatt - Pistolkatts youtube
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This is a very cool idea for a thread! Although the first time I recorded myself was after about 1 month of player and was a really crappy rendition of "redemption song" using the harptabs tab for it, my first "real" recording of a song I composed myself was this one I call "TheHarpBeatsFasterThanTheHeart:
I believe I'd been playing seriously for perhaps two years at this point... Don't be fooled by the layering of the different loops, I totally cut it all together after the fact! I used a pretty nifty bit of freeware called Ambiloop to do it... Technically, I recorded 4 or 5 differnt tracks of various lenghts, and then Ambiloop let me layer and un-layer them all in tempo with eachother...
JSin...Hahahahahahahaha - the first year stuff is in the bottom of the river along with a bunch of harps that my friends got a hold of.
Jason's clip is testament to his BURNING desire to SERIOUSLY be the best harmonica player in the world!!! The first time I saw Jason perform it was obvious that boy was taking "NO PRISONERS"...
That's some serious beatnik verse right there, Frank!
By my comment "most of them are actually quite enjoyable" I obviously meant all the posts in this thread. For earliest recordings all of these have been surprisingly good, in my opinion.
