boris_plotnikov
344 posts
Dec 18, 2010
11:58 PM
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The only available Chris Michalek's recording is Michalek-Strone - "Monk Alters Chi" http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/michalekstrone
I think this album is OK but much far from what Chris really could do.
The only time I chatted with Buddha was a year ago and I ask him about more recordings he give me some pretty link.
[19.12.2009 0:40:01] Chris Michalek: HIDDEN LINK
[19.12.2009 0:40:12] Chris Michalek: lots of clips of my various groups
[19.12.2009 0:40:43] Boris Plotnikov: cool!
[19.12.2009 0:40:52] Chris Michalek: oh
[19.12.2009 0:40:57] Chris Michalek: yeah there is other stuff there
[19.12.2009 0:41:05] Chris Michalek: don't share the link
[19.12.2009 0:41:16] Chris Michalek: It's just for me and some of my friends and band mates
There are some jam recordings, gig recordings, some are great and perfect, some with some mistakes. Most (actually most interesting) were posted here and on youtube videos, some not. Can anyone contact Chris's family to allow make it public or make it available for sale? Adam? Brendan?
I suppose, I'm not the only who have these link.
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Last Edited by on Dec 19, 2010 12:19 AM
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arzajac
400 posts
Dec 19, 2010
4:42 AM
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Every photo of his combs and tools that he posted here is from a public web page. The whole folder is easily accessible.
If he wanted to keep that private, perhaps someone should speak with his family about making that folder private or taking it down completely.
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arzajac
401 posts
Dec 19, 2010
5:17 AM
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He made another folder public - see the forum post below. Is this the one?
http://www.modernbluesharmonica.com/board/board_topic/5560960/438840.htm
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boris_plotnikov
346 posts
Dec 19, 2010
5:31 AM
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Yes! I skip this thread.
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boris_plotnikov
348 posts
Dec 19, 2010
6:01 AM
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Anyone have another recordings, both studio and live performance?
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arzajac
402 posts
Dec 19, 2010
6:09 AM
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wget -r -np http://www.harmonicapros.com/chris_music/
...
FINISHED --2010-12-19 08:43:22--
Downloaded: 236 files, 865M in 28m 37s (516 KB/s)
So I downloaded both folders. 865 Megs! That's a lot of bandwidth. As far as I can tell Buddha wanted people to get these files and so I assume lots of people will be downloading.
If the site goes down (which it eventually will) and Buddha's family has not problem with this, I can create a mirror of this content and make it freely available.
This would cost me nothing, nor would I profit from this.
If anyone knows what Buddha's family wants, please post about it here. Likewise, if those links go dead, please post about it too. Thanks.
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RyanMortos
920 posts
Dec 19, 2010
6:34 AM
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Wish I remember this link before it got posted. For informational purposes only, a couple of the sub-directories aren't Chris' music so if you do recreate these for sale you should leave them off.
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~Ryan
"I play the harmonica. The only way I can play is if I get my car going really fast, and stick it out the window." - Stephen Wright
Pennsylvania - H.A.R.P. (Harmonica Association 'Round Philly)
Contact:
My youtube account
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boris_plotnikov
349 posts
Dec 19, 2010
7:26 AM
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RyanMortos
Selling Chris's music is allowed only to his family.
This link is public now anyway, I just skip thread.
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arzajac
404 posts
Dec 19, 2010
7:35 AM
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I would never sell any of this.
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Zhin
562 posts
Dec 19, 2010
7:49 AM
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No selling.
I am confident to say and assume that Chris would prefer it if they were made public and got as much exposure as possible.
So I propose we make only Chris's music public and the other artists not copied but just list down the album/artist for records sake and so that people can acquire those legitimately.
Though donations to his wife Laurie can really help. We don't need to sell or buy Chris's music for that.
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http://www.youtube.com/harmonicazhin
Last Edited by on Dec 20, 2010 11:35 PM
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MrVerylongusername
1421 posts
Dec 19, 2010
8:39 AM
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I presume Laurie would benefit from CDBaby royalties for "Monk Alters Chi"
I never got round to buying it until now. I know Chris was never entirely happy with it, but I think it'd be a good way to help out Chris' loved ones, and raise the profile of his music.
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RyanMortos
921 posts
Dec 19, 2010
9:02 AM
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I did buy Monk Alters Chi yesterday morning & do hope some royalties go to the family.
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For informational purposes only
Some of the things in Index of /chris_music include albums from other artists. The ones I know of include:
Time Capsules/ 28-Dec-2009 10:06 -
* This is Howard Levy's Acoustic Express Time Capsules CD
Tonight And Tomorrow/ 30-Oct-2009 20:16 -
* This is Howard Levy's Tonight and Tomorrow CD
Trio Globo Master Mp3s/ 06-May-2010 23:03 -
* This is Trio Globo's (/w Howard Levy) Steering by the Stars CD
Diatonic Revelation/ 03-Aug-2009 20:26 -
* Pretty sure this is Sebastien Charlier's Diatonic Revelation CD
precious moments/ 10-Feb-2010 16:09 -
* Same with this one. Seems to match Sebastien Charlier's Precious Time CD
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Alternatively, aside from Swing Thing
michalek-strone/ 07-Apr-2009 14:26 -
* This looks to be a collection of songs that didn't make it to the Monk Alters Chi CD
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~Ryan
"I play the harmonica. The only way I can play is if I get my car going really fast, and stick it out the window." - Stephen Wright
Pennsylvania - H.A.R.P. (Harmonica Association 'Round Philly)
Contact:
My youtube account
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KeithE
153 posts
Dec 19, 2010
9:43 AM
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Back in October 2009 Chris sold about 137 kits {Embossing Tool, Gapping Tool, Plinker, File, Reed Scraper, .001 shim} and said that he was going to make a video describing their usage. Does anyone know if he ever created any materials video/printed/? I hope that people that he worked with can find a way to respectfully keep the knowledge alive.
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boris_plotnikov
350 posts
Dec 19, 2010
9:58 AM
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Who can show his embossing tool? He told he can make Manji full length slot embossing without rotating reed with special tool. Which one?
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KeithE
154 posts
Dec 19, 2010
10:22 AM
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I could take a picture of the kit, and his description of the tools. Maybe later in the day. Perhaps I should start a new thread?
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boris_plotnikov
351 posts
Dec 19, 2010
10:33 AM
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@ KeithE
Thanks, waiting for a new thread.
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KeithE
155 posts
Dec 19, 2010
10:36 AM
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I just sent you an email - I have to run and don't already have an account setup to host pictures.
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apskarp
374 posts
Dec 19, 2010
11:06 AM
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Hi,
When I woke up this morning I had a thought about the customizing techniques Chris taught me (and other people). He said that he hated to take money for teaching the stuff, but as it was his profession he had to keep some trade secrets. That was the reason that he asked me not to share that information to anybody.
Now that there's no reason to keep it secret anymore, I thought that perhaps we could establish a site where we could share these techniques - as well as the lessons he gave to various people about music and harp playing. Kind of like the overblow.com.
I know that there are at least 5-10 people that have took lessons from him about the harp customizing. As his method of teaching was really much related to the actual things that came up during the work, I'm sure there are some things that didn't come up while he was teaching me, and some things that did come up with me but perhaps not with all the others. So we good create a knowledge base that would be of benefit to the whole harp community. I have lots of emails regarding that and actually at least one video from a skype-session. I'm sure others have lots of material too.
There could be also a donation button in that site that would go straight to the benefit of his family.
Just a thought. There's no hurry with this, but as the topic already came up I thought I'd share my ideas on this too..
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KeithE
156 posts
Dec 19, 2010
3:41 PM
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I hope that you can find some respectful way to keep his teachings alive.
Also I wonder how many interesting insights are on this forum. I remembered the thread about talent versus hard work and pulled a few:
“I don't believe in talent.
I believe in hard work and the ability to deconstruct information. I never take anything at face value. That point alone should give anyone great insight into how I am and why I consistently have alternate observations, opinions and ways of doing things.
For me, one of the things I completely deconstructed was the way music is generally taught. I think it's all wrong. As far as music goes, I am completely self taught.
Almost all of the material that is taught in schools and books focuses on notes. Playing the right note is only a small part of what comprises music.
I break music down to this:
Groove
Tone
Emotion
Dynamics
Articulation
Phrasing
Space
Listening
Rhythm
Technique
Notes
The Dream
When I give lessons, I rarely talk about notes/theory/harmony etc but I always talk about the other stuff. Notes are important but not as important as the other stuff.
Think about it, the correct notes played without rhythm, without good tone, outside of the groove etc... sounds worse then the wrong notes played with great tone, timing, rhythm and in the groove. Right?
I spent more time, working on all of the other stuff then I ever did working on theory.
Think about it some more, have you ever been wow'd by a musician to the point you just had to talk to him/her? Of course. Have you ever said to that person, "MAN, YOU PLAYED THE RIGHT NOTES!" or "MAN, YOU SOUNDED GREAT" or "MAN, YOU WERE IN THE GROOVE" or "MAN, YOU PLAY WITH SUCH EMOTION" etc...?
Nobody has ever mentioned that I pick great notes but people tell me all the time they love my tone, they love my phrasing, they love my sense of dynamics etc..
Anyway, talent is a bullshit label. We all have the ability to do what we want as well as others, some just lack the confidence to go against what we've all been taught since we were children.
The secret to being good at anything is to be awake. That's it. Don't be a follower as that is the road to blandness and ultimately failure. Be a leader and be a teacher. Now with that bit of information, you should have even greater insight into why I do what I do with some people on this board. I am almost always teaching in one way or another. Some people see it and learn from it, for others, I shake them enough to wake up and some simply fight to remain unaware.”
“I don't believe in talent. I think it's a label that people give to others as a way to define why people can do things better than others. It's just a label and doesn't really exist.
I do believe that "talent" is nothing more than the person's ability to be connected with or open to cosmic consciousness. EVERYBODY HAS EQUAL ABILITY IN REGARDS TO BEING CONNECTED.
When we learn something, we develop pathways for information and as the amount of pathways increases so does ability and thus the illusion of talented is heightened.
Without saying too much of what I really think, people in general are conditioned to remain in a state of placid control, they are conditioned to not go against the grain, just get along, do your job and don't have independent thought, and you are conditioned to fear anything that is outside of "normal". In short, you have been programmed, your mind is controlled and you are really nothing more than a slave. (We can talk about this topic at another time)
How do you break free from the shackles? To start, don't do stuff that pollutes your mind, ie watching TV. Stay away from things that contain fluoride, chlorine and alcohol.
Think about it. How many times have you heard or even reminisced yourself about the innocence of childhood? Children often say some very profound things and they seem to know things right? That's because they are connected but as they grow they become part of the system and are conditioned not to be connected to the universe. They are taught not to listen to themselves. They are taught their imaginary friend is something that isn't good etc...
Reclaim your childhood innocence. You need to get your mind and body back to that state where you are open to the vibrations and energy that surround us. This is very much like the "force" from Star Wars. Once you are reconnected to all that is, then you have to do the work that allows your pathways to develop to allow manifestation of your thoughts.
It doesn't take long to find way to get yourself submersed into whatever you enjoy. Think about how you learned to speak. You heard everybody speak to you for hours a day every day and you eventually picked it up. The pathways were created in your head first and then eventually you, as a baby learned to mimic the sounds. Then you expanded your repertoire from that point to where you are today. And even today, we tend to label as smarter than we are based on their command of language. Just because they use alternate definitions and "big" words doesn't mean they are smarter. It means they put more work into their command of the language than you did. Are they more talented? Did they have a natural aptitude to read book better than you? Are they smarter? NO they simply worked harder.
Music is the same way. You can't just pick up an instrument and play it. You have to be open, you have to listen to all that is around you. You have to hear the sound in your head. Then you have to figure out where all of the sounds are on your instrument and then you have to connect the sounds you hear in your head or elsewhere and channel them through the instrument. This doesn't take talent, it takes work.
Like reading a book, when you see a word, you also HEAR that word in your head at that point you can choose to vocalize the word or not. Its the same with music, you have to find a way to hear what you are playing first and then play it.
Talent simply doesn't exist. If you don't believe me then meditate for awhile and the answers will come to you as will the music. And, if you're technical ability is together you will be able to play what you hear.”
“I understand what you are saying. I'm telling you, there is no innate ability for anything - that's the simple beauty of this life, we can all do whatever as long as we believe it. It's all about focus and intentional manifestation. What you are saying about "innate ability" is nothing more than an excuse for why a person can't excel at a given subject. Your thought process is part of the "system", part of the mind control other have over you. There are people who control things on this planet and they do not want you to believe you have your own power to manifest.
Don't take this as a challenge or anything other than a discussion. I guarantee you, that if you gave me an outline of what you do. In a couple of years or so, I would be at the same level as you or beyond. Right now I don't have a clue what you do, how you do it but I would know how to do it in short order because of the effort and focus I would put into doing it. This is no special ability, it's simply focusing at the task at hand.
I have a certain way of doing things that allow me to excel at everything I do. The first thing I so is figure out purpose, goals, the typical method, alternate methods, tools needed and then I deconstruct everything and do it my own way, a way that works for me. I have often found the the typical way of doing this is highly inefficient if not flat out wrong.”
I wish that I had taken the time to visit him for a week.
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RyanMortos
925 posts
Dec 19, 2010
4:26 PM
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Ah, I'll have to re-read that KeithE. A lot of good thought there.
"I wish that I had taken the time to visit him for a week" (KeithE). I was both seriously contemplating either lessons with him next year or taking a week at his place for lessons. I know how you feel.
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~Ryan
"I play the harmonica. The only way I can play is if I get my car going really fast, and stick it out the window." - Stephen Wright
Pennsylvania - H.A.R.P. (Harmonica Association 'Round Philly)
Contact:
My youtube account
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strawwoodclaw
165 posts
Dec 21, 2010
2:02 PM
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God Bless him!
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isaacullah
1310 posts
Dec 21, 2010
2:10 PM
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I also have created an archive of the music posted to Chris's harmonicapros website. I used the same code as arzajack, so the datastructure will be identical. I'm only keeping this as an archive in case of removal by the original web domain host.
I also have a copy of Mink Alters Chi that Chris gave to me when I first met him.
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