The camera work is making me seasick! He's trying to follow Howard's hands but he's always a bit behind. Should have just used a stead shot and zoomed in post production!
Can't you play chords on a melodica?
Anyway, here is a question- has there ever been a slide harmonica designed solo tuning but where the button diverts to a chord? (So basically, button out you get a single note, button in you get a chord?)
When he's talking about leaving more metal on the tip of the reed, is he implying that a longer reed with less metal on the end of the reed would respond quicker?
I'd disagree with his claim that people will use YouTube to get around buying, at least as a general reason why you shouldn't perform it.
There are at least four points which I think are important regarding YouTube-
First- Just because someone watches something on YouTube doesn't mean they won't buy it.
Second- Just because someone watches something on Youtube and doesn't buy it doesn't mean they would have bought it.
Third- It may be music sales are lagging because people are spending more time consuming media in other ways- watching videos, playing video games, etc. or because more free music from other artists is available. Sure, we have iPhones with tons of songs on them now, and sure (a good study could figure out how much time people are spending on different media activities). It's possible to compete against yourself if people upload lots of videos of you, but at least in my experience, a very large portion of the free music I download (all of it legally, so maybe I'm not a good test case) has lead to me buying music from the same artist.
Fourth- YouTube gives you exposure, which can lead to more sales. It's would be very easy for, say, Axl Rose to go out and say YouTube is hurting Guns & Roses sales, pointing out that G&R had more sales before YouTube and fewer sales now. He could be cutting out the fact that G&R just isn't as popular as before. Correlation is not causation. (Of course, in Axl's case the fact that he's become a cartoon caricature of himself people being able to see him on YouTube may actually be hurting his sales.)
There are some structural issues with YouTube that could be fixed, although some of them might require legislation. Live music isn't copyrighted, which is why it's so easy to put concert vids up. You could compromise and require that videos of live performances have to have Adsense accounts (or their equivalents on other sites) attached and that at least half the money has to go to the people performing (or whatever other percentage you decide to make it). Let the uploader get some revenue, which would still encourage people to record shows and increase people's access to great material).
Okay, rant over. Great videos though, couple of minor complains aside.
Well...that's remarkable musicianship. I've seen Howard do piano and harp simultaneously, but the addition of the dumbek was really interesting. I guess once you've got the split brain thing going (piano), you can do it with all sorts of things. I really enjoyed his accompanist as well. Great videos. Thanks for posting.
Thanks for posting these videos. Howard has a great way of explaining and teaching, plus the contributions he's made to the instrument are remarkable. A very talented individual as well. I really like the classical piece he does at the beginning of thine of the videos. not really sure how he does it, but it sounds great
