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From: Mike Curtis
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 12:17:15 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Re: Xerox effect

On Sat, 17 Jan 1998, Jonathan Ross wrote:

>Well, I do:) Actually, my project for this Saturday is to get Ironman's Cd
>down note for note--except that one VERY heavily distorted song, I just
>can't single out the harp on that one.

That's probably cut #3, Rollin' and Tumblin', which has unison harp and
slide guitar.

> But, I'm really gonna work on Take
>5--never even thought about that on the harp before--and Billie Jean:)

Those are fun songs. On these 4th position tunes, I concentrated on the
mid and upper octaves on the CD, but live I frequently like to focus a bit
more on the low octave and especially on 3D and all the notes it contains.

>FWIW, though, if I were to play any of these songs live--quite possible,
>especially Billie Jean--I'd do it my way, and not Mike's way. If I wanted
>to have it note for note, I'd just sample it--simpler, easier, and much
>less effort:)

yup. I do it "my way" every time, too. I can't memorize _that_ many
notes :-)




-- IronMan Mike Curtis
My CD "Doin' It All Myself" available in Tower, Blockbuster, Camelot, PX