Frank
4765 posts
Jul 06, 2014
8:15 AM
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What is "YOUR" PERSONAL { secret } to playing awesome harmonica ?
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jbone
1681 posts
Jul 06, 2014
8:32 AM
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Love it and just do it.
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https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000386839482
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa7La7yYYeE
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rbeetsme
1556 posts
Jul 06, 2014
8:43 AM
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My Great great great grandfather was Santa Claus. (Nicholaus Beets)
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Mirco
181 posts
Jul 06, 2014
9:00 AM
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With hard work and dedication, you can achieve anything.
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Komuso
331 posts
Jul 06, 2014
9:13 AM
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Brush your teeth first - but that's a secret just for playing harmonica normal
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Paul Cohen aka Komuso Tokugawa
HarpNinja - Your harmonica Mojo Dojo
Bringing the Boogie to the Bitstream
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Littoral
1116 posts
Jul 06, 2014
9:14 AM
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Channel fear into mercenary tone and stunning sounds to conjur the ladies imagination.
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Goldbrick
519 posts
Jul 06, 2014
10:43 AM
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Helium-helps hit the John Popper notes
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KingoBad
1496 posts
Jul 06, 2014
10:55 AM
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1. Admit NOTHING.
2. Deny EVERYTHING.
3. Make counter accusations.
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Danny
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Ted Burke
55 posts
Jul 06, 2014
12:07 PM
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Play every solo like it's your last night on earth.
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timeistight
1611 posts
Jul 06, 2014
12:23 PM
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What is "MY" PERSONAL { secret }?
If i "TOLD" YOU it wOuLdN't "BE" a { secret }!
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Frank
4769 posts
Jul 06, 2014
12:44 PM
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Last Edited by Frank on Jul 06, 2014 12:46 PM
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kudzurunner
4767 posts
Jul 06, 2014
3:21 PM
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Because it's my personal secret, I'm not going to share it.
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Rarko
122 posts
Jul 06, 2014
3:33 PM
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No one sold his soul? Interesting...
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sonny3
198 posts
Jul 06, 2014
3:37 PM
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Don't be afraid to fail.
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dougharps
669 posts
Jul 06, 2014
3:40 PM
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Doug S.
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BronzeWailer
1336 posts
Jul 06, 2014
3:58 PM
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Still looking...
BronzeWailer's YouTube
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Philosofy
575 posts
Jul 06, 2014
4:10 PM
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Don't step on the vocals.
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Slimharp
344 posts
Jul 06, 2014
4:38 PM
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1. Be inspired
2. Play it everyday.
3. Learn to play with others.
4. Shut your self up and Listen.
5. Play fewer notes, get more out of the notes played.
6. Shut up and listen.
7. Listen and shut up, then play.
8. Synthesize but don't copy
9. Shut up and listen.
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harpdude61
2065 posts
Jul 06, 2014
8:24 PM
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possum gravy...eliminates the need for Viagra as well
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didjcripey
767 posts
Jul 07, 2014
2:40 AM
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Play to audiences with low expectations.
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Lucky Lester
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kudzurunner
4769 posts
Jul 07, 2014
4:59 AM
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Dang it, Slimharp, I told you not to share our secrets with the world! Now they know.
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The Iceman
1806 posts
Jul 07, 2014
7:12 AM
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Play the note I hear in my head...don't copy other blues harmonica stuff, memorizing licks, etc.
I listen to a lot of Miles Davis. Blues was dripping from his playing..he bent notes similar to what blues harmonica does.
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The Iceman
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Ted Burke
57 posts
Jul 07, 2014
7:26 AM
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And if you want to play fast, listen to a lot of Freddie Hubbard, a better model for aspiring speedsters than , say, John Coltrane. A master of technique, Hubbard had a strong, expressive tone he was the master of, he could play lyrically and with the sweetest sense of melody, and he could improvise the speediest, cleanest, most compositionally varied solos that have come out of the trumpet. His sense of dynamics was without fault in his best moments, which were frequent.This is to say that if you play rapidly, learn the when as well as the how . Hubbard, not Jon Popper, is the man to learn that from.
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Dog Face
268 posts
Jul 07, 2014
9:28 AM
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Possum Gravy!? Harpdude, where do you get it? Do you squeeze your own? I've been looking for some for a while, but all I can get around here is Gorilla Blood... good for dealing with hecklers but not for harmonica playing.
Don't really have any secrets yet...
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Brad
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mr_so&so
843 posts
Jul 07, 2014
9:37 AM
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Relax more; think less.
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uncle_tambour
4 posts
Jul 07, 2014
7:23 PM
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Listen to what you're playing. Figure out what it means, what it's trying to say. Say that, and mean it.
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KingoBad
1497 posts
Jul 07, 2014
8:06 PM
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You MAKE possum gravy...
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Danny
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BronzeWailer
1338 posts
Jul 07, 2014
8:31 PM
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I like to apply Ted's secret: "Play every solo like it's your last night on earth."
One day it will definitely be true.
I also think of my cousin, regular performer in pubs and clubs around Nova Scotia and abroad, who always travelled with his green guitar.
Same age as me, dropped dead of a heart attack without warning last year. So I play for him, as well as me.
BronzeWailer's YouTube
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JustFuya
312 posts
Jul 07, 2014
8:53 PM
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Don't quit while you're a head.
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Diggsblues
1420 posts
Jul 08, 2014
9:42 AM
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B# and E#
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Slimharp
345 posts
Jul 08, 2014
9:45 AM
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Kudzu - dont worry, a secret is only valuable to the person who is REALLY lookin for the answer.
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Frank
4779 posts
Jul 08, 2014
4:35 PM
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Hohner Marine Band - the secret weapon of the Masters and the imps :)
Last Edited by Frank on Jul 08, 2014 4:37 PM
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Honkin On Bobo
1208 posts
Jul 09, 2014
9:34 AM
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This isn't a playing awesome secret as much as it is a being happy about your playing secret, and come to think of it, it might not even be much of a secret.
It was passed on to me by a friend of mine who is a helluva guitar player, blues and otherwise, and a helluva good guy. I was very nervous about getting up on stage with him and the rest of the band at one gig, and i said as much to him just before we cranked it up, something along the lines of I'm not sure I can hang with you guys. He said to me did you practice hard? I said yeah. And he said, with a little smile, then get up and play and don't worry about it. I never forgot it.
Now I can see a lot of forum members rolling their eyes saying great just what the harp world needs another player who doesn't care. But you know what I don't give a fuck about that. I work at playing better and , I don't step on the vocals or other musicians breaks. I pay great attention to constructive remarks on this site. I may suck and I may not, though I must be doing something right because I keep getting asked back. But you gotta have a thick skin if your gonna take up an instrument as a hobby and I suspect even professionally. There are a lot of critics out there (lord knows there are a lot here). Screw'em.
So I'd sum up my philosophy as:
Practice damn hard...... but then play/sing like no ones listening and dance like no ones watching.
Have fun.
And let the chips fall where they may.
That is all.
Bobo out.
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Frank
4784 posts
Jul 09, 2014
3:19 PM
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5 honks bobo...
Is it even legal to dance like no one is watching...I can see someone touching themselves inappropriately if they do.
In a strip bar you might get away while dancing and making all those Fu^% Me Real Good Faces etc... :)
Last Edited by Frank on Jul 09, 2014 3:27 PM
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Gkastraveckas
23 posts
Jul 09, 2014
4:27 PM
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I'm mediocre at best, but I agree with Jbone. Love it, do it.
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Frank
4786 posts
Jul 09, 2014
6:08 PM
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Playin harp and singin like no ones watchin :)
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