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From: optim~esnet.com (Optimal Tool Design)
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Subject: BHF Report

Attend BHF Thursday. Everything seems to be running pretty good. Sure wish
I could stay for the entire weekend.

Short reports:

David Fairweather - 1st harp-Ler I met that day. He was accompanying an
older, dual harp racked, guitar playing gentleman. Of course David was
playing an alternate tuned harp at the time. I think David is ready for a
harp playing weekend.

Harp Depot - John & Loretta (?) were busy setting up store. John had most
everything in that store. He also had around 10 sample harps he would let
anyone try. All those new Suzuki Gizmos & others. He also had a Danelectro
BLT slap echo and told me to give it a try. Didn't have much time to play
with it, but I thought it sounded mighty fine. Is anyone using delay along
with reverb, or is it redudant? Slipped into the store latter in the day to
find Lorreta staring out the window at a shiney new 1100cc Yamaha. She said
she picked it up on the way to BHF the day before. Cool Chick! Hope she
enjoys her ride back to Indiana. Oh yea, picked up a Suzuki OverDrive,
will report later.

Mike Stevens seminar - Mike is a harp phenom. He can play faster than
anyone I've ever heard. Mostly a pucker player to maintain the speed. He
described how he plays with his throat and body. He actually changes the
size of his inner body trunk to get the optimum resonance for different
notes. Said he has had 6 hernia operations & throat trouble because of his
playing style. I'm not going to cop his style. I'm not going to cop any of
his licks either. Mike puts months of practice to work out his tunes. He
may be the only person to ever be able to play his tunes. Mike is working
on a new CD. It will be a killer, unless you don't try to cop any of his
licks.

Joe Fillisko seminar - Essentially a question & answer, right from the
start. Was hoping to gain some insight to improve my Dude Harps. Not much
luck. Joe was forced to keep thing simple. He had to define reed gaps and
try to explain the technique to obtain an overblow. Joe did point out a
path for me to pursue. It's up to me to see where it leads. It's clear Joe
is not about to freely devulge his hard earned knowledge.Otherwise a real
interesting 2 hour seminar. Lots of harp playing, hand demos, trains, &
Bobbie Giordana trying to pursuade Joe to save post-war blues.

Out of time. I'll try to add more later.

That 1 Dude