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Title: Blues Harmonica
Post by: 430nmtune on April 30, 2006, 01:26:35 PM
...yung mahilig sa blues harmonica.
Title: Blues Harmonica
Post by: pinoymusika on May 01, 2006, 12:46:59 PM
Locally that would be Tom Colvin, Mel Villena (Ria Osorio's dad), Tom Epperson (Blue Rats) Nino of Blue Jean Junkies....
Title: Blues Harmonica
Post by: deltaslim on May 02, 2006, 08:59:50 AM
[double post]
Title: Blues Harmonica
Post by: deltaslim on May 02, 2006, 09:00:06 AM
Quote from: pinoymusika
Locally that would be Tom Colvin, Mel Villena (Ria Osorio's dad), Tom Epperson (Blue Rats) Nino of Blue Jean Junkies....
+ Egay Imperio of Labuyo and Soul Dredgers/Soul Benders.
Title: Blues Harmonica
Post by: victor_ungasis on May 03, 2006, 10:31:49 AM
d ko alam name, pero yung vocalist ng the tito firths. cool yung harp solo nya sa mary had a little lamb nila ni SVR.
Title: Blues Harmonica
Post by: haringulan on May 11, 2006, 08:53:41 PM
mahilig sa blues harp: YES may hilig sa kanya ang blues harp: NO
(nino's work on the first mojofly album made me want to play the harp!)
Title: Blues Harmonica
Post by: 430nmtune on May 15, 2006, 03:31:50 PM
I heard Nino in their Blue Jean Junkies album. He is good. He plays a fast harp w/ a more classic rock feel.
Title: Blues Harmonica
Post by: haringulan on May 16, 2006, 09:56:40 AM
how about great blues harp recordings (foreign)? if one wants to emulate a great harp player, what are the must have albums you guys could recommend.
so far i have Little Walter on my play list.
who else?
Title: Blues Harmonica
Post by: 430nmtune on May 17, 2006, 09:55:24 AM
Little Walter is top on the list then get a Sonny Boy Williamson II Best of... Get any Muddy Waters Album since he used a lot of good harp players name a few..
Little Walter Big Walter Junior Wells James Cotton Jerry Portnoy (played harp in Clapton's From the cradle)
Title: Blues Harmonica
Post by: haringulan on May 17, 2006, 02:26:30 PM
ok, here's one for the little big man of the harp:
http://pinoyblues.org/content/view/39/1/
i'll try to check out the other harp players you mentioned. i think i have some of them scattered in blues compilation cds i have.
Title: Blues Harmonica
Post by: 430nmtune on May 17, 2006, 02:38:41 PM
Hey great article about L'il Walter and your entry to harp. BTW other harmonica players 'suck', us blues harpers 'Draw'. hehehe. So that was three years ago today when you bought your harp. Baka parang Howard Levy ka na ngayon. That guy can play chromatically on a 10 hole harp. Baka Alien sya hehehe.
Title: Blues Harmonica
Post by: papamon69 on May 18, 2006, 01:11:42 PM
Quote from: victor_ungasis
d ko alam name, pero yung vocalist ng the tito firths. cool yung harp solo nya sa mary had a little lamb nila ni SVR.
joskopo!!! :oops: nakakahiya naman...that my name (ooops...di mo nga pala alam name ko :wink: ) should even come up in this thread...and be mentioned alongside blues harp deity...my nose bleeds nga e pag napagusapan na ung mga chromatic pentatonic teutonic bubonic terms e.. :lol: but personally, i admire john popper & stevie wonder...thanks anyway, senor ungasis... 8)
Title: Blues Harmonica
Post by: 430nmtune on May 18, 2006, 01:44:40 PM
Si John Popper isa pang alien yun! Speed alien! hehehe. Gusto ko rin yung style nya although mas bias ako sa classic blues style.
Title: Article about John Popper of the Blues Travelers
Post by: 430nmtune on May 22, 2006, 04:32:27 PM
http://www.hunterharp.com/popper1.html
Title: Blues Harmonica
Post by: haringulan on May 23, 2006, 03:43:51 PM
baka naman meron kayo dyang blues harp solo sound clip you'd like to share :-)
Title: Blues Harmonica
Post by: 430nmtune on May 26, 2006, 05:01:59 PM
paano mag upload ng sound file or phone video?
Title: Blues Harmonica
Post by: haringulan on May 26, 2006, 05:57:55 PM
Quote from: 430nmtune
paano mag upload ng sound file or phone video?
ayan na!
video: youtube.com audio: soundclick.com
create accounts and upload there and share links here.
Title: Blues Harmonica
Post by: Chito on May 26, 2006, 08:43:11 PM
Try looking for John Mayall's old recordings. One of my favourites is "Room to Move". Another one to look out for is the Paul Butterfield Blues Band. Then there's James Cotton, Junior Wells and Charlie Musselwhite. Mayall, Wells and Musselwhite are the ones I've seen perform live. :)
Title: Blues Harmonica
Post by: sigjoys on June 05, 2006, 09:44:02 PM
OT lang...
saan ba makakabili ng blues harmonica dito sa manila? thanks.
Title: Blues Harmonica
Post by: 430nmtune on June 06, 2006, 04:28:38 PM
JB music. Salonga Music. They sell Hohner Bluesharp model. Usually key C.
Title: Blues Harmonica
Post by: serpentboy on August 10, 2006, 09:17:34 PM
Quote from: 430nmtune
JB music. Salonga Music. They sell Hohner Bluesharp model. Usually key C.
Let's resurrect this thread! Avid blues harp fan here ==> :D
@430nmtune - Been searching for Hohners for quite some time now but all I find (here in Cebu) are china-made keys of C, which are oftentimes out of tune. :cry:
Just wanna ask if JB and Salonga branches in manila have hohners in stock? Do they sell online? Daming tanong no? hehe...
KEEP ON WAILIN'!!!
Title: Blues Harmonica
Post by: serpentboy on August 12, 2006, 09:34:07 PM
here's a guy who's really good with the harp...
this time he's giving some instructions:
Title: Blues Harmonica
Post by: haringulan on August 15, 2006, 10:00:07 PM
last i checked there are no harps in JB here in manila but they do sell them, i got my (hohner) marine band (g), and my blues harp there too (c), not sure if its a china though. they also used to sell cheap red suzukis in C. dont think the stores sell stuff online.
too bad i cant view the youtube link you sent, our IT dept blocked that site. is it the old dude sitting on a chair with a series of instructions? if its him, i liked the one on doing "train" sounds.
Title: Blues Harmonica
Post by: haringulan on August 15, 2006, 10:01:45 PM
oh... nice avatar by the way serpent boy.
Title: Blues Harmonica
Post by: serpentboy on August 16, 2006, 03:13:30 PM
Quote from: haringulan
oh... nice avatar by the way serpent boy.
@haringulan - Thanks! It's is my hohner blues harp in the key of F (i bought this one in Raon, the last 10-hole diatonic they had in that store). Sadly, I find it hard to do bends on it (or am i just not that good hehehe... a friend told me that those in the key of F are really hard to play coz they have shorter reeds). Anyway...
Yup, that's the guy!
Sad to hear that there are no harp offered for sale at JB. I found keys of F and E here in Cebu at Salonga Music, but they're not hohners.
I also have Special 20s, so far they're the best models that I've played... easy playability and nice tone.
Bro, if ever you find hohners for sale... timbrehan mo ko ha?
BTW, nice tele!
KEEP ON WAILIN'!!! BLUES RULES!!!
Title: Harps
Post by: whitey on August 19, 2006, 11:14:27 AM
If anyone is interested I will be going to the states early next year. It would not be a problem at all to bring back some harps. Please let me know what brand and what keys.
Title: bending notes
Post by: whitey on August 20, 2006, 02:03:57 AM
A good way to think about bending a note is like having a good long sip on a beer, just imagine whistling in reverse and you can bend in any key.
Title: Re: bending notes
Post by: serpentboy on August 22, 2006, 09:29:49 PM
Quote from: whitey
A good way to think about bending a note is like having a good long sip on a beer, just imagine whistling in reverse and you can bend in any key.
...cool!!!
My version of this is: Imagine that you put a spoonful of hot rice in your mouth, then you try to cool it down by lowering the floor of your mouth by inhaling some air. :lol:
Title: Re: bending notes
Post by: 430nmtune on August 23, 2006, 09:49:02 AM
Quote from: serpentboy
Quote from: whitey
A good way to think about bending a note is like having a good long sip on a beer, just imagine whistling in reverse and you can bend in any key.
...cool!!!
My version of this is: Imagine that you put a spoonful of hot rice in your mouth, then you try to cool it down by lowering the floor of your mouth by inhaling some air. :lol:
hehehMahilig ka kay Jon Gindick 'no?
Marami ngang paran kung paano i -describe ang 'bending' pero halos pareho lang ang technique mechanism.
Title: Re: bending notes
Post by: serpentboy on August 23, 2006, 09:17:53 PM
Quote from: 430nmtune
Quote from: serpentboy
Quote from: whitey
A good way to think about bending a note is like having a good long sip on a beer, just imagine whistling in reverse and you can bend in any key.
...cool!!!
My version of this is: Imagine that you put a spoonful of hot rice in your mouth, then you try to cool it down by lowering the floor of your mouth by inhaling some air. :lol:
hehehMahilig ka kay Jon Gindick 'no?
Marami ngang paran kung paano i -describe ang 'bending' pero halos pareho lang ang technique mechanism.
Nabasa ko lang din yun sa isang article sa internet bro. Learning how to bend is a "must" for blues players...
BTW, i think the harmonica is the "sexiest" instrument. Just look at the different terms related to harp playing: -suck (draw) -blow -bend -holes -cupping -tongue technique -and many more, hehehe...