everything you are doing to mentor us aspiring harmonica players is truly awsome. and i think i can speak for everyone who has ever fallowed these videos of your. i never thought that i would learn so much when i decided to take the first lesson to heart. thank you man.
very true! i'm only just now starting to play , ive been playing guitar for 10 years and this is just like back when i started out. same excitement. with the difference that i get some real good info :)
Not only your advice is for bluesharp, but for every musician. I'm a young blues guitar player myself and unfortunately their are only a few people in Holland who understand this.
Hope to see you some day live and if you ever come to Holland we should do some gigs together.
I'm working on giving a harp clinic in Amsterdam on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008, after I've finished my residency at the Mundharmonika-live fest in Klingenthal. Please email me using the email at my website, Modern Blues Harmonica (see the "contact me" page. We'll work something out.
Hey Adam..really liked these 3 crossroads vids. Dead on about the jams,having your own style and who to listen to. When I started playing, the only harp playing I'd heard was from Blues Brothers. It gave me somewhere to start. I'm getting comfortable with my own style, get to sit in with pros and starting to get the odd paying gig. I started playing when I was 39 and I'm 44 now, so...you ain't too old to start. Appreciate the tips, shortcuts and your enthusiasm. Thanks!
Thanks for your kind words, Adam. It a pleasure and an eye-opening experience to be learning from you.(should I say "mind-opening"?) It is very, very much appreciated.
Don't know what happend yesterday but the vid is working now.. and I'm so happy. Great lesson with lots of useful stuff. Really makes me wanting to "get ready" to make the jump..
Adam, This stuff you are talkin about in the last few sessions is where I've been for sometime and I knew my style wasn't like the old masters (close but different) I never wanted to use much it for fear of rockin the proverbial Blues Boat. So I came to a bridge that I couldn't or wouldn't cross and I have stagnated since. Thanks for the info and the encouragement to do my own thing.
Excellent. Just remember: Musselwhite/Estrin/Wilson/Harman/Piazza came up in a time when they had to prove that white guys could actually play the damned thing. That's been done now. Now it's time to take that accrued knowledge and technique and actually dare to play new & modern blues. The X-games guys--white boys, a fair number of them--have been radical and inventive from the get-go. So was Little Walter, when he plugged in. It's time to throw down, without apologies.
Your discussion on jam sessions is so true. I've declined to play many times, and those on stage will believe you think yer too good to play with them. If the rhythm falls apart during a solo, you'll be the one that caused it.
Don't know what's different from the other lessons, but this vid doesn't want to load properly, it take 3 minutes to get 19 seconds..is it just me? I'm using a powerbook
thank you for your inspiration. i'm really starting to kick ass in the jam sessions and im having the time of my life.
NabbieDee 1 year ago
Very inspirational words, friend.
multiman090100 2 years ago
WOW
ganjalfx 2 years ago
where i can see that "MAGIC - absoloutley must know these blues songs on harp" LIST ????
cos i feel that i start playing some 8-10 motives over and over in different combinations and different locations on harp hahaha
kloijhi 3 years ago
adam,
everything you are doing to mentor us aspiring harmonica players is truly awsome. and i think i can speak for everyone who has ever fallowed these videos of your. i never thought that i would learn so much when i decided to take the first lesson to heart. thank you man.
ShoeShineDanny 4 years ago
very true! i'm only just now starting to play , ive been playing guitar for 10 years and this is just like back when i started out. same excitement. with the difference that i get some real good info :)
phatjesus008 4 years ago
Thanks man, i play harp whenever I feel blues inside...and that's it...the soul connection
greetings from Venezuela let me know if gonna come here to play some Blues in Venezuela like my old friend T-Bone was used to
riccisam 4 years ago
Man you are so right!
Not only your advice is for bluesharp, but for every musician. I'm a young blues guitar player myself and unfortunately their are only a few people in Holland who understand this.
Hope to see you some day live and if you ever come to Holland we should do some gigs together.
sas2566 4 years ago
I'm working on giving a harp clinic in Amsterdam on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008, after I've finished my residency at the Mundharmonika-live fest in Klingenthal. Please email me using the email at my website, Modern Blues Harmonica (see the "contact me" page. We'll work something out.
KudzuRunner 4 years ago
Thanks for sharing your soul from the Crossroads. Quite a statement on the last three posts.....Visually poetic!
GT
MisterPignose 4 years ago
RIGHT ON! The words of encouragement at the end are spot on.
dzanimal 4 years ago
Hey Adam..really liked these 3 crossroads vids. Dead on about the jams,having your own style and who to listen to. When I started playing, the only harp playing I'd heard was from Blues Brothers. It gave me somewhere to start. I'm getting comfortable with my own style, get to sit in with pros and starting to get the odd paying gig. I started playing when I was 39 and I'm 44 now, so...you ain't too old to start. Appreciate the tips, shortcuts and your enthusiasm. Thanks!
HarpLips 4 years ago
Thanks for your kind words, Adam. It a pleasure and an eye-opening experience to be learning from you.(should I say "mind-opening"?) It is very, very much appreciated.
nomoboy 5 years ago
Don't know what happend yesterday but the vid is working now.. and I'm so happy. Great lesson with lots of useful stuff. Really makes me wanting to "get ready" to make the jump..
nomoboy 5 years ago
Good! As one of my first two or three subscribers, your feedback is something I pay special attention to.
KudzuRunner 5 years ago
Adam, This stuff you are talkin about in the last few sessions is where I've been for sometime and I knew my style wasn't like the old masters (close but different) I never wanted to use much it for fear of rockin the proverbial Blues Boat. So I came to a bridge that I couldn't or wouldn't cross and I have stagnated since. Thanks for the info and the encouragement to do my own thing.
mississippisaxman 5 years ago
Excellent. Just remember: Musselwhite/Estrin/Wilson/Harman/Piazza came up in a time when they had to prove that white guys could actually play the damned thing. That's been done now. Now it's time to take that accrued knowledge and technique and actually dare to play new & modern blues. The X-games guys--white boys, a fair number of them--have been radical and inventive from the get-go. So was Little Walter, when he plugged in. It's time to throw down, without apologies.
KudzuRunner 5 years ago
man great advice for people, look for your own sound...i know that could take years but is the good part of it, the searching and studying--
you play great man, and for shure you have your own style
cheers to that!
gonzalo - CHILE
chalberk 5 years ago
Your discussion on jam sessions is so true. I've declined to play many times, and those on stage will believe you think yer too good to play with them. If the rhythm falls apart during a solo, you'll be the one that caused it.
ElvinFyre 5 years ago
Don't know what's different from the other lessons, but this vid doesn't want to load properly, it take 3 minutes to get 19 seconds..is it just me? I'm using a powerbook
nomoboy 5 years ago
Collection!
lianxin0216 5 years ago