1. "Sheldon Ziro" made me click on this one....not sure what it was about at all....great click bait title!
2. the opening of the video is what happens when you mix a musician who knows changes and how to communicate them with a back up band that is ignoring the sit in "front man".
3. He's pretty good...any info on this guy? ---------- The Iceman
Iceman - he just contacted me on Facebook yesterday so I decided to check him out. That's how I found this video. He is a Nashville based pro player. I'm a fan. I'll probably know more soon. ---------- Tom Halchak Blue Moon Harmonicas
Last Edited by florida-trader on Jan 15, 2019 8:27 AM
I was at a jam two weeks ago in Campbell, California, run by guitarist, Johnny 'Cat' Soubrand.
While it's not unusual to see 3-5 harp players show up, Sheldon was one of 10 that night.
A couple of players said he was a known entity and i paid attention when he was on stage. Sheldon played well but his best efforts were often lost in the volume of the other jammers that night.
Despite a lack of dynamics, Sheldon was among the 3 or 4 best harp players that night. ---------- BnT
BnT - too bad about the harp players getting drown out by the other instruments. Pretty common problem at jams.
That said, if he was one of the top 3 or 4 harp players that night, I would love to hear the other 2 or 3 guys that are as good or better - assuming you could actually hear them. ---------- Tom Halchak Blue Moon Harmonicas
Last Edited by florida-trader on Jan 22, 2019 10:36 AM
also curious as to who the other 9 players were...
seems like the too loud jam situation can be helped by the harmonica player, when it is his turn to solo, NOT start playing on that first beat of the first measure, but turning towards the back up band and doing that universal "come down" hand extended, palm down, and lowering it while slightly bending at the knees.
Nothing wrong with letting that first 12 bars go by as the band adjusts their volume, is there? ---------- The Iceman
1. The acoustics in that club turn a slightly too loud bass into a foglike carpet that blankets the stage and sucks up sound. Goodbye harmonica and rhythm guitar! 2. The harp equipment - a Bassman that sounded like it was tubed down &/or had a blown speaker and a mic with no VC. So it was fine for the harp player with the house band which played at a reasonable volume, but not for what followed. 3. Jammers played louder than the house band and none of the first five harp jammers touched the amp. 4. Harp players were directly in front of the harp amp so if they thought they were as loud as the guitars they missed the fact that the guitar amps were 6-10 feet further away...and louder.
Having observed the train wrecks I was harp #6. I used my mic (with a VC) and turned up the amp. Johnny Cat gave me great players. When the (new) bass player asked what I was going to play I said, "Quieter than the last group."
Subsequent harp players were easier to hear. But the first jammers, including Sheldon, weren't. That video of him at nearby Poor House Bistro was a much better experience for him. ---------- BnT
