General Discussion

I spent the morning watching Davids Interview with John Nemeth. Im so impressed with this guy that I had to let someone know. On top of being a phenomenal vocalist and harmonica player. Hes like the most down to earth person you would ever meet. I hope some day to see his band in a live show. Thanks for Daves interview, I learned about John. A real class act.

John plays some really cool 60s funk style genre and plays great chromatic harp.

https://www.bluesharmonica.com/john_nemeth

I have been trying to branch out to other types of music.  I have some family members that play instruments and would like to play with them but they don't play the blues too much; mostly folk, folk rock, and jam band stuff.  I know a big part of it is just playing to jam tracks/recordings and putting in the work but I figured it wouldn't help to see what has worked with other people.  Does anyone know of any good resources for branching out?  Books, videos, or just good experiences that worked for them?  Thanks.  

Youth Scholarships for harmonica players aged 21 and younger:

 https://www.spah.org/content.asp?contentid=100

 Attending the annual SPAH harmonica convention lands you in the middle of a rich world of harmonica playing, jamming, performing, learning from the best, and sampling the many wares offered by makers large and small. If you’re 21 or younger, consider applying for a youth scholarship to attend the 2019 SPAH convention!

Hi David and group.

Have always loved the harmonica. I am 69. Is it ever too late to become a pretty good player?

Thanks,

Paul

Hi guys

just to share with you. A bit of improvisation based on LOA6 study songs. Really like it. :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZDzykOpinc

Thanks for watching.

Cheers

Goran

I come seeking understanding. and know it's here waiting  :)  would soimeone define the musically terms of grooves shuffles and boogiies with pershaps some traits of each that makes each what it is?

I'm having trouble wrapping my feeble mind around these terms

Monty

I am studying chorus forms, after playing temperature in achievement level 2, when listening to you play,I am getting confused I am looking at improvisation study 1, but you talk about licks in four point one and two but there are no licks numbered this in this study. I know I have made a mistake, can you please clarify if I'm looking at the correct PDFs, and where I'm going wrong many thanks  jaguar44

Hi all,

I‘m Claus, 48 yrs, and just bought my first blues harmonicas about a month ago. With the help of this great site and Davids great teaching style I am close to finishing (hopefully ;-) level 1 shortly. continue reading...

I'm nearing the ending of feeling for the blues (and yes, bending's been a slow ride but satifying to find and here those bent notes seem to just pop out when all's right) but my hearing doesn't agree with my seeing.

in the 8th bar of 6th chorus my pdf starts out with 3 blow but my mp3 does a quick 3 draw whole step bend then 3 blow.  it's tought but I'm getting the movment down slowly.

does my ear deceicve me? 

there's no mention of that quick bend on the chorus study lesson, so I'm wondering what I've missed.

thanks for your help as always. continue reading...

In the past i saw a posting that a software called capo with drag and drop feature into an apple computer or iphone helps to identify the key of the the song.

is there anyone who has tried this on their iphone and provide some instruction or recommendations on how to do this with an iphone?

thank you