Grey Owl
434 posts
Dec 28, 2013
2:58 PM
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I know Lars stuff has come up before on the Forum and I think he might be a member as well.
Here is a video of him playing some funky harp in 2012. Nice fluid playing with some lovely runs.
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bigd
512 posts
Dec 28, 2013
6:30 PM
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Holy mega-hot damn! Players like that make me wanna send all my harps to them and pull the covers over my head...That guy can blow! I hear shadows of Todd P. if all he played was funky blues ( as well as Lee O. sprinkled in....But he's his own man and on fire..d
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Calvin
38 posts
Dec 28, 2013
6:45 PM
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That was awesome. Among other things, some of the best vibrato I've heard!
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Moon Cat
316 posts
Dec 28, 2013
6:47 PM
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I liked this a lot too! Thanks for the post!-Jason
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Johnny Charles
38 posts
Dec 28, 2013
7:06 PM
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very nice indeed. sweet phrasing
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jiceblues
225 posts
Dec 28, 2013
10:55 PM
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Nice stuff ! i enjoy it !
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Kingley
3343 posts
Dec 29, 2013
12:59 AM
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Very nice indeed. I agree with all that Dennis said.
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Grey Owl
436 posts
Dec 29, 2013
8:19 AM
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I couldn't agree more guys.
Things I like about this solo:-
1. It puts a smile on my face, it's just good to listen to
2. He keeps it interesting throughout nicely mixing up tongue block and lip block phrasing. (really like the stucatto chords)
3. He uses a loads of different techniques throughout and even the simple rat-a-tat on the 5 draw around 2 mins is effective. Also love the tasty fluid run around 2.44 which is very Todd like.
4. He plays with a nonchalent ease which makes it easy to listen to.
I even found the hand gymnastics strangely compelling:)
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The Iceman
1356 posts
Dec 29, 2013
10:57 AM
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I call this focused and razor sharp playing.
Nice
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Shaganappi
72 posts
Dec 29, 2013
11:15 AM
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The hand gymnastics as GreyOwl mentioned. Agreed. I searched and seen that some good discussion was done last July on hands but was wondering more on the visual / mood issue.
Some players use their hands very effectively in simply creating a mood. Kinda reminds me of the hand movements in "Children of a Lesser God" re the deaf. Lars does this as do many other players. Some players put fingers up in front of their eyes occasionally which I find distracting, etc. Interesting to know what members find more interesting on the aesthetics here
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S-harp
188 posts
Dec 29, 2013
11:18 AM
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Like ...
Thnx for posting!
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TheoBurke
543 posts
Dec 29, 2013
12:18 PM
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lars is so good that want to toss my harps and not even try. very fine work.
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GMaj7
322 posts
Dec 29, 2013
12:23 PM
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Good stuff..
So nice to hear something a little different...
He follows the chord progression perfectly..
A neglected skill..
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arzajac
1233 posts
Dec 29, 2013
7:51 PM
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To me, from 2:40 to 2:50 is a sort of release of tension that he had built up until that point. Like holding back the big guns until the right moment. The whole thing is so well crafted... It's inspiring.
Now, please don't go and fast-forward to that point. Listen to the whole thing and feel it.
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Ringo
31 posts
Jan 18, 2014
2:22 PM
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Hello
gray owl pointed out to me that he had put one of my you tube video on adams side. I want to say thank you for the excellent comment.
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