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Blues Lets You Tell Your Story with Music
This is an archive post ~ originally published Jan. 13, 2016 and updated in 2018 A few years back at a show in the Boston area, I launched into an impromptu story of my life and how I started playing the harp – all while playing the harp. Afterwards, the theater owner...
Speak Your Musical Mind … BLUES on Harp
This is an archive post ~ originally published Jan. 3, 2016 and updated in 2018 Would you read every word from a script if you were pouring your heart out to your best friend? No? Then why read every single note when you’re trying to express yourself on the harp? As a...
The Hidden Happiness of the Blues
The Blues. Sad music. Old guys on porches playing guitars. Someone done me wrong. My baby done left me. But here’s the thing. What happens when we can’t express these things – the very things that connect us as human beings? When we can’t express, it gets...
Blues is where Game and Music Meet
This is an archive post ~ originally published May. 6, 2017 and updated in 2018 If you ever played a game as a kid: jumprope, jacks, hopscotch – you know that the rules are simple, that you can play it alone or with others, and that the fun is in the PLAYING of...
Learn the Blues in your SLEEP? Not exactly …
You know those old audio-tapes that claim they can teach you a new language in your sleep? That kind of learning is called hypnopedia and, according to Wikipedia, nobody knows whether it works or not. What I DO know as a performing musician and a musical trainer, is...
Blues is language
What do you think ‘the Blues’ is? It’s a style of music, for sure. You could even call it a mode of expression. I was always drawn to music that sounded ‘Bluesy,’ but I didn’t know what ‘the BLUES’ was ‘til I started playing the harp and...
Blues Harp Riff-of-the-Day!
I always wanted to create a project like this: A 6 day series where harp players get one short riff each day and an MP3 Playalong Blues so they can just down and play their HARPS out!! I created the “Riff-of-the-Day” mini-course as a warmup for my...
Blues is a Lingua Franca
This is an archive post ~ originally published May. 6, 2017 and updated in 2018 What if there was a language you could learn that let you speak – and listen – fluently with anyone in the world, regardless of their language? “Lingua Franca ~ ˌliNGɡwə...
FREE WEBINAR for HARP Players: Play the Game of Blues
Register for Free – Come Live or Via Replay Sun. May 7th 12:30 pm PST • 3:30 pm EST • 8:30 pm London Click here or on the image below for more info and to register for this Webinar for Free ...
