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Playing the streets!
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the open Mic thing I started doing led to meeting other musicians.
One of them is a guitar player/singer named E.J. He had a paying gig at the opening of a coffee house here in north central Texas. The harp player he had lined up had a class to go to and had to back out at the last minute.
Two hours after he c...
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michael
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3rd Position
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Started playing with a variety of musicians, now it's not just blues. Doing some country, jazz and funk. some of it I don't know how how to define.
What I am sure of is that while I'm searching the harp for something that "fits",
I find myself in third position.
I guess I like 2nd so much I t...
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michael
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Jon's newsletter
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Just got an updated newsletter from Jon Gindick. I just happened to read it about an hour before I played at an open mic.
He talked about sticking with some basic rhythms and not trying to hit every beat with a different note. I was doing that and didn't realize it. Been working on that idea with other so...
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michael
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Country ro Blues?
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About 5-6 days ago my wife told me she was leaving me...................I got our Daughter and the house.
This morning I had to put our family dog down. She had been a great dog, had her for 15 years.
Tonight Im going to an open mic at a local coffee shop. Starts in two hours.
Given the events of the la...
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michael
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slow blues at harmonicajam.com
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[url=http://jamq.org/jamqueue/harmonica/hbmainstage/listeningpost.php]"Baby
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DutchBones
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Open mic
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My Sister was the "go between" She talked to some musicians she knows and told them I play the harp. They are regulars on open mic Wednesdays at a neighborhood pub in Safety Harbor Fl.
Got together with two guitar players just off stage about 15 minutes before we went on. They were big on Iri...
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michael
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Slow Minor Blues with new (1973) mic
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Moved the topic from "Arts of the Amp" to here because only 3 people looked at it in the last week.
Hope you like it
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DutchBones
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Chord Progressions
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In his book "Rock n Blues" Jon talks about notes that can be played anywhere in the chord progression and wont be wrong.
Been listening to Dr. Ross in an old recording of a song called "juke box boogie",
I was concentrating on the chord progressions that the band was playing.
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michael
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Georgia on my mind
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Working on "Georgia". Found some straight harp tab for the song and learned one version that sounds OK. But once you have heard Ray Charles sing the song, a straight harp version does not do it justice. As it turns out, Big Jon Gindick has tabed out and playes a rather beautiful arrangment of...
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michael
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Song Keys To Play Along With
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Hi Guys and Gals, I'm a newbie and have been teaching myself (well, Jon has been teaching me via his books and videos!) how to play the harp since January. One of my favorite things to do is play along with songs in my vast collection of CD's. The appendix at the back of the Rockin' Blues book that listed ent...
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