Category Archives: *RockHarp Diaries*

Mouradian to the Rescue

Posted on 2013/01/04 by HipHarp

I always feel bad that I my social-media-immediacy quotient is often so low – er … high… well, whatever.  So instead of sulking about how much I’m not like those social-media whizzes who can take a photo and post it … Continue reading →

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Hula-Harp

Posted on 2012/12/09 by HipHarp

This is part of my “Rock Harp Diaries” Blog series while touring with legendary guitarist Steve Vai from August 2012 – Dec. 17.  I’ll be home Dec. 18th – please join me for my Homecoming Solstice Show in the Boston … Continue reading →

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Operatic Interlude in Santiago

Posted on 2012/12/09 by HipHarp

This is part of my “Rock Harp Diaries” Blog series while touring with legendary guitarist Steve Vai from August 2012 – Dec. 17. I’ll be home Dec. 18th – please join me for my Homecoming Solstice Show in the Boston … Continue reading →

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When we’re not on stage…

Posted on 2012/11/28 by HipHarp

  In the last week I’ve been in Germany, Sweden, Denmark and Norway – a different city each day.  I’m on tour with the rock band of guitar legend Steve Vai, and we perform nearly every night in a different … Continue reading →

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Angel of Rock Harp flies home to Boston – Press Release 11/16/12

Posted on 2012/11/16 by HipHarp

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. RUN THROUGH DEC. 21, 2012 CONTACT:   Beatriz Harley / info@HipHarp.com / 781-483-3556 The angel of Rock Harp – now touring with the god of Electric Guitar – is flying home to Boston for her own solo Solstice … Continue reading →

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HARPIST’S Guide to Steve Vai “Story of Light” Show

Posted on 2012/11/16 by HipHarp

… and what I’m doing song-by-song on the harp (Note – this is a really fast blog I made because I know a harpists are coming to the next few shows and I want to let them know what to … Continue reading →

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Art from Art … Curation, Sharing & Aggregating

Posted on 2012/11/10 by HipHarp

PHASE ONE: I experience art. Yesterday Philip Bynoe (bassplayer in Steve Vai’s band I’m touring with) sent me a powerpoint slideshow of street art. And I cried – seeing the beauty, the whimsy … and sometimes the cutting truth of … Continue reading →

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This Morning in Athens

Posted on 2012/11/07 by HipHarp

  Last night we played Athens and today flew to Zagreb. I woke up a couple hours before we had to leave for the airport this morning and figured I had 45 minutes to an hour for some exercise, so … Continue reading →

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Can Do versus Are Doing

Posted on 2012/11/05 by HipHarp

What you CAN do and what you ARE doing are completely different worlds. To the outside world, whatever you ARE doing is what you CAN do, and anything they don’t see you doing, you CAN’T do. That’s why presentation and … Continue reading →

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Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!

Posted on 2012/11/04 by HipHarp

My favorite radio show is “Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me.” I save the episodes and listen to them when I’m packing, one of my least favorite jobs of being a touring musician. To my mind, you’ve really made when you’re … Continue reading →

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