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Wolf Kristiansen's First Studio Recordings
Wolf Kristiansen's First Studio Recordings
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wolfkristiansen
161 posts
Jan 06, 2013
11:15 PM
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Here are two songs my musical partner Karin Ljungh (pronounced "young") recorded in 2004. My contribution was a bit of harmonica for each song. Until now, she never let me post the songs on any music discussion board, but today she relented. Here they are, for the members of my favourite board. I hope you take the time to listen.
The songs were recorded into a portable Yamaha music studio, and then shipped by internet or mail to another city for mastering. It's amazing how portable digital music is these days!
My harp was played into my Blues Deville's preamp section, than straight to the Yamaha box. I used a Shure PE585 OR Astatic JT30 microphone from the 60s; one or the other. (It's been 8 years, I can't remember).
ROLLER COASTER
This is not the song you're thinking about. Until I posted these songs today, I hadn't noticed that there might be another song with the name "Roller Coaster", done by a fairly good harmonica player. Our song has been played on a local pop station. So far so good, Universal Music Group (they own the Chess catalog) hasn't sued Karin or me. If you listen, you will see that Karin's song could have no other title. She wrote the song, played the piano and sang.
Here it is, hope I still remember how to post music. It's been a while:
This was played in the key of C with an F harp (surprise). I usually prefer the lower keyed harps, but with a higher keyed harp I love leaning on that 4-5 draw until the speakers beg for mercy. (James Cotton anyone?)
THERE'S SOMEONE IN THE WORLD FOR EVERYONE
Karin wrote the song, played the piano and sang. This song has a long spoken intro that some don't like but I personally find contributes mightily to the song. In this song, I play "pretty". I started another post about "playing pretty" about three years ago on MBH. I still like doing it. Beauty is underrated in modern art.
Bottom line, I am always going to play what it takes to enhance the singer and her message.
This song's a bit long, but have a listen. Pop yourself a bowl of popcorn first if you need to:
I'm going to critique my playing on this one. For my solo, I hit a bum note at the very beginning, but recover quickly enough that non-musicians would never notice. Another critique-- I rush the timing in my solo. I remember the long discussion in another thread about "lagging the beat" and "advancing the beat". I'm definitely ahead of my fellow musicians in the solo.
If you don't listen to anything else in this song, listen to the beautiful fade-out ending. I'm struck by its beauty every time I hear it.
None of the harmonica parts in either of the songs were rehearsed. I played what came to me at the moment, drawing from the feel and rhythm of the songs, and, I'll admit, from licks that have floated around in my head for over three decades. There's nothing wrong with playing a lick you've played before, as long as you put it in the right place and and with the right rhythm.
Cheers,
wolf kristiansen
Last Edited by on Jan 06, 2013 11:16 PM
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Steamrollin Stan
678 posts
Jan 07, 2013
3:09 AM
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This is very good, i'm assuming you play out on occasions?..D harp 1st track, Bb 2nd track?...well played i think and not over the wall.
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wolfkristiansen
162 posts
Jan 07, 2013
11:31 AM
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Thanks for listening and liking, Steamrollin Stan. I do play out-- in bars and music festivals. Both songs are in C. I'm using an F harp played in second position.
Cheers,
wolf kristiansen
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Kingley
2138 posts
Jan 07, 2013
11:39 AM
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Good work Wolf.
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Joe_L
2314 posts
Jan 07, 2013
1:31 PM
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Good stuff, Wolf!
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