I am new to this forum. Seems to be a cool place with lots of info.
I saw that you had posted my earlier video when playing jazz on the diatonic harmonica, where I play "There Will Never Be Another You". Thanks for that!
I have two new videos online -
My One and Only Love
and
Someday My Prince Will Come
Welcome to check it out if you liked my first video!
/// gotta go - I am currently mixing a single that I will release digital in two weeks, it will appear on iTunes, Amazon, Spotify etc...
Great Playing, Filip! What's on the top of your amp? Some TC Helicon FX box? ---------- Excuse my bad English. Click on my photo or my username for my music.
Thanks a lot! Yes I´ll keep you updated! I am working on some nice jazz songs for the diatonic harp, some fits great - some don´t.
Boris, its a TC helicon VoiceTone Create, only preamp+reverb I found with XLR in and out.. I think it sounds OK for the prize and the things I use it for.
sergiojl, Thanks! Yes, I was endorsing Hering for 5 years and I like them very much. But as life and music change and develop, the time was right to try something new,, so now I play and endorse Suzuki Harmonicas instead. They are amazing instruments. ---------- http://www.filipjers.com
You are a very good and dedicated player/musician, however i'm nothing but and old fart who likes "biker bars blues n boogie".....amazing with the variation of players good and not so good who have a common interest......the "mouthie"...well done!!!!
Yes, Suzuki Firebreath Rocks! Its a great harmonica for this style of playing. The Manji is also great for this, but the sound is more "marine band" while the firebreath is more golden melody, if one wants to compare. Which is not always smart because they are really different harmonicas in terms of construction and material. The Firebreath is the best out of the box harmonica I have ever played..
Good question, which do I prefer for jazz, diatonic / chromatic...
Its a lot easier on the chromatic in terms of getting all the notes and playing fully legato. The sound is more clean and mellow. The diatonic is more difficult in technical terms but it offers many wonderful things tone and timbre-wise. It can sound more rough and edgy - which sometimes can be good for jazz and sometimes not. Its like comparing Cat Anderson (trumpet) and Paul Desmond (sax)..
I choose harp for what sound and expression I want, and right now I am focusing a bit on diatonic (been practising mainly chromatic last years)...
In terms of jazzgigs I have played, 9 of 10 songs is on the chromatic, but I often try to play one or two jazzsongs on the diatonic to vary the sound.
Fantastic music Flip. Thank you for advancing the harmonica as a serious insrtument.
For a moment there I thought I was being duped by that mischievous Alex Paclin. You could be his 'other twin brother' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2cVOEX9jy4 ----------
Excellent version of My one and only love on the chromatic, Filip. A variety of melodic lines, soulful phrasing and pure sound... I would like to ask you. - When you play improvisation, do you think what notes you play now and what notes are you going to play soon? Thank you.
RelaX, thanks, its a good question, and hard to answer. i know a lot about notes and scales, arpeggios voicings etc. and i know the names of notes I play.
i sometimes have some sort "goal" in terms of landing notes or intervall sound I aim for, but i dont think all the time. there is not time for that.
conclusion: its a combo of extreme awareness and just go with the flow.
i try to listen for what the music needs and then play that. its very hard. but i love to work on it. ---------- http://www.filipjers.com
Hey Filip I got your album "Spiro" from Itunes yesterday. Really nice stuff! My favourites are "Smoking man" and "Folkstone". Who's playing the guitar? Sounds like José Gonzales but that's probably 'cause he's the only classical trained Swedish guitarist I know of.
