backwoodsnotes: November 2018

Sunday, November 25, 2018

I cant stand fakes...

thank you Johnny.

the new zeland film industry...

back in the nineties I was visiting one of Peter jacksons offshoots talking to some hip chicks who thought I wanted a gig when I was really trying to get on eof my own projects off the ground.
It never flew.
anyways I asked them if they watched the Nanny.
they recooiled in horror and and started spouting nonsense about Frans accent.
They could not get past that or understand just how funny the show was.
very sad parochial provincialism that only kiwis seem to be able to manage.
so...
Cool jokes and witticisms that were better than anything else on the telly at the time and only equalled by Just Shoot Me.
Loved fran but my favourite was CC.
hot hot hot.
hehehehehehehe.

Steve gets in because he is so cool and hipper than hip.
Check him out on yoou tube and you see a guy who does because he likes it!
btw am listening to John Coltrane while I type this.
another American to be sneered at by the gatekeepers of kayonedoubleyewone kulcha

Middle Of The Road Tweedle Dee Tweedle Dum

Frank Ifield - I Remember You

Frank Ifield - She Taught Me To Yodel

Saturday, November 24, 2018

The Band- Daniel and the Sacred Harp

daniel and the sacred harp...

My pal turned up about two months ago.
He is an ace harp player.
I demoed a couple of numbers for him and he said you are only playing chords.
You have to try tongue blocking.
Hmmmmm.
I thought I was doing alright.
Thats what it said in the book but I wanted the easy way.
hmmmmm.
anyway I got into it and it was not that hard.
stuff it into your gob as far as it will go and the tongue seems to find its place automatically.
hmmmmm.
I got it!!!!!!!
wow.
it slides up and down and the notes are full and it is much easy to bend and warble.
hehehehehe.
It is much easier to cart round than the Ibanez in the case!

Open your mouth wide, leaving your lips relaxed.
Place the harmonica between your lips so that the front of the harmonica touches the right and left corners of your lips, where your upper and lower lips meet.
Let your lips drop onto the harp so they form a cushion that lets the harp slide when you move it to the left or right.

The cushion should be relaxed, but it should also form an airtight seal with the harp.
With your lips on the harp, inhale or exhale gently.

You should hear a chord (several notes sounding at the same time).
Touch the tip of your tongue to your bottom lip and press your tongue forward gently.
Gently press the top of your tongue against the harp.

When you do this, the top of your tongue will make a broad surface that glides against the harmonica without poking into the holes.
Touch the left edge of your tongue against the left corner of your lips, leaving an opening between the right edge of your tongue and the right corner of your lips.

This is where air passes through to the harmonica.

Listen for air escaping and move the harp a little to the left or right to help align a single hole with your mouth opening. Try to make the opening between your tongue and the right corner of your lips small enough to isolate a single note but large enough so that air can flow freely and produce a clear, strong note.

thats how you do it kids.