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David's Tip of the Day: Improvising - Tremolo/Vibrato, Part 3 (Choice)

Posted Mon, 09/29/2014 - 08:00 by David Barrett Admin
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Current blues harmonica players that can perform the vibrato well (Kim Wilson for example), choose not to use it to sound more classic. Since players like Little Walter, Big Walter Horton and George "Harmonica" Smith used tremolo, if a player is inspired by those players, they'll commonly choose to use their approach to tremolo as well.

David's Tip of the Day: Kim Wilson - Son Records A Testimonial To Muddy Water's Electric Blues

Posted Tue, 09/02/2014 - 07:54 by David Barrett Admin
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I hope everyone had a great holiday weekend. This released over the weekend with Kim Wilson as a guest.

Son Records A Testimonial To Muddy Water's Electric Blues
http://www.npr.org/2014/08/24/342873680/son-records-a-testimonial-to-mud...

David's Tip of the Day: Dynamics - Change Each Chord, Part 2 (Kim Wilson)

Posted Thu, 01/30/2014 - 12:01 by David Barrett Admin
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One of the many areas Kim Wilson excels at is in his use of dynamics. Take a listen to "Hunch Rhythm" from his Tiger Man release. The opening chorus is the AAA Chorus Form and then the 2nd Chorus is A B/A C and as he gets into the 3rd Chorus and onward he drops Chorus Form use and focuses heavily on dynamic and textural change. Listen carefully to this on a good sound system or headphones and notice how well he uses dynamics. After doing this, listen back to the track you recorded yesterday and see if you can add MORE dynamics... louder-louds and softer-softs.