warbleman53421
1 post
Aug 17, 2013
7:18 AM
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Hello everyone. I have been inactive on the forum for a couple of years now and I would like to get back into contributing a bit. In my time away, however, I have been hard at work getting a Bachelor's in music education and gigging my butt off. Anyway I would like to post a video (or a link if my ignorant self can't get it to post) of my current group and hopefully get some feedback from you guys. We have a full band set up (harp, acoustic guitar, vocals, bass, and drums) and a duo set up (harp, vocals, and acoustic guitar) so that we can play a wide variety of places and it has been working out rather well as we have been gigging pretty much solid for about a year in the north GA area. Anyway if any of you could watch the video that I will hopefully be able to post and give some feedback I would greatly appreciate it. If you want to hear more you can also check us out at www.Facebook.com/randyanddaniel where we have several more videos of both the duo and the full band. You could even "like" us if you feel so compelled. Or not. Haha. The choice is yours. The video I will post is a cover of an Awolnation song called Guilty Filthy Soul and it is with the duo set up. Thanks guys!
www.YouTube.com/watch?v=iMMpey7D2ws
Last Edited by warbleman53421 on Aug 17, 2013 7:22 AM
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BronzeWailer
1114 posts
Aug 17, 2013
3:47 PM
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WM: I would say your playing itself is fine - lots of cool techniques. But at times you drown out the vocals, e.g. around the 1 minute mark. This is partly personal preference but I like the idea of people wishing the harp played a bit more, not less...
So I would say, leave a bit more space.
Cheers!
Click on "share", "embed" then paste the embed code to post a video.
BronzeWailer's YouTube
Last Edited by BronzeWailer on Aug 17, 2013 3:48 PM
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Kingley
3023 posts
Aug 18, 2013
1:40 AM
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Some nice playing and very reminiscent of JJ Milteau's approach. I agree with BronzeWailer's comments.
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Pistolcat
492 posts
Aug 18, 2013
2:45 AM
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Very nice playing! Great acoustic sound with very cool rhythmic articulation. Great song too. I think the harp give the vocals in the chorus backing and a crescendoing feeling. I don't think there's any space needed. In some parts the vocals could use a bit more volume than the harp. But that is just a few places and could be 'blamed' on the vocals lack of volume more than the harp's excess of.
Playing like this sometimes make me think I should just trade all of my harps and gear for a lawn mower. I'll never be able to come close to it... :/ good job!
Cool video, too. :D
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warbleman53421
2 posts
Aug 18, 2013
8:26 AM
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Thanks for your feedback and kind words guys. I really appreciate it. As for the space leaving, I don't disagree that sometimes I need to leave more space. And in my opinion, this is most prevalent during solos. I have been working on leaving more open space during solos recently though and trying to play more "conversation-like." I also try to be extremely concious of not stomping on the vocals but I'm sure sometimes I get carried away. The reason that I don't leave as much space when I am playing back up instead of leads is because with the duo, I have always felt that it needed to be filled up as much as it could be. Not in the sense of playing fills and leads all over everything but more in the sense of filling out the overall sound of the group. I try to accomplish this by playing a lot of full chords (if it happens to possible) and a lot of tongue blocked octaves and harmonies. The most important part of playing back up for me, however, is just making sure that I stick to the chord tones. What I'm talking about here With the octaves, harmonies, and chords isn't as relevant on Guilty Filthy Soul though (except on the chorus) because it pretty much just riffs on C for the entire verse. Once again, thank you guys so much for taking the time to respond to my post.
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S-harp
163 posts
Aug 18, 2013
1:43 PM
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Really good playing!! Thnx for posting.
The next step would be to get your bends more precise on draw 2 and 3.
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KingoBad
1371 posts
Aug 18, 2013
5:23 PM
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I used to try to get a "wall of sound" going because I thought I needed to fill up all the space. I've found that playing the space can be twice as effective.
You need to dance with the vocals, not step on their toes. Your job is to make the singer sound as good as possible.
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nacoran
7038 posts
Aug 18, 2013
6:58 PM
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Knowing when not to play is tough. The only time it comes naturally to me is when I have to stop to sing. Any other time I have to fight the urge to play.
Sometimes that works if you are doing simple stuff in support. I've got a couple songs I play the whole time, but it's just repetition stuff. Play a little simpler when the singer is singing if you play.
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Nate
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