Been awhile since I posted but I'm still around. Been busy with stuff - you know - called life. Anyway I been tryin to keep track of the goins on in the world of harp-l - especially those incredibly educating Winslow Yerxa posts - Winslow you oughta write a book - I'd buy it - Oh an Peter Krampert who never seems to miss a day even if only to tell us to practice. As busy as I been I also found out that I cannot go more than 2 weeks - max - without pickin up a harp - even if only to toodle around - an thats more often than my golf clubs, fishin pole or my 30-06... I guess I'm hooked. Anyway on to the subject of my post.
I often like to cruise MP3.com to relax an I ran across this song.
Play either low or hi fi be patient listen an enjoy!!
Or search Shane Worley at MP3.com an play Jones Clones - about 2/3 of the way down.
When I listened to it - it reminded me of a thread on harp-l a year ago or so about not steppin on the vocals. In that thread somebody mentioned the idea of musical space. I have to admit the whole idea of musical space has stuck with me ever since and is a part of my jammin with CD's an maybe someday - if I ever get nerve enough - on stage - anyway the idea is simple - don't try to compete with other instruments or the voice - - use basic strategies - fills, rythm, silence, play soft, go fast when the rest of the music is goin slow (or vice versa), go low when everything else is goin high (or the opposite) or even go higher when everything else is goin high - basically add - don't compete.
In this song I really like the interplay between the fiddle an the harp (an even the steel) an I love the places where the harp replaces the fiddle an vice versa. They could have used just fiddle or harp. Anyway what a nice example of sharin musical space. I'd love to hear George Strait use this technique on some of his songs. Anyway I'm wonderin if any of you know of any other examples of harp sharin musical space with other musical instruments. I'm interested.
I apologise in advance for offendin those of you with delicate sensibilities relatin to listenin to such hardcore country - twang an all. Although I admit I wouldn't mind if there were a few more Jones Clones around.
