Wednesday 19 May 2010

Good day today but the lads are still off education due to the bad colds they have . Still, we got out for a 3 mile walk locally just to get some spring in their steps and they picked up a bit after that. I got a lot of maths done and also hooked up my harmonica with an amp and a Zoom 708II bass effects pedal which makes my harp sound the way I want it to. I listened to some blues duos last night on YouTube and realised there was nothing being played on the harmonica that I couldn't handle but I also realised that one of the reasons I have developed quite an individual style to playing chromatic blues is that I cannot to any of the hand effects that are used by every blues player. I am just waiting for someone to call me Blue Cripple Paul or something like that then after having a good laugh about that I will kill them! It does look weird with my gammy arm playing the harp sort of like holding the harmonica or should I say propping it up with a leg of pork , but what comes out of it does justify the odd appearance. Oh well I really do have the Blues tonight so I'd better go and blow some more.