Feb 11, 2020 | Events, Hip Harp Academy, Love Stories (Wired for Love)
Take me up on my “20 Seconds of Love!” Video-Valentine Challenge! And I’ll show you how to create a personalized Video-Valentine Card for someone you love combining a spoken message & a creative share (music, drawing, dance, etc.)....
Feb 10, 2020 | Love Stories (Wired for Love)
Every year around Valentine’s Day I like to look back at all the love stories past. So I decided to make this composite blog so I can find them and share them more easily! It’s a whole lot of romance all on one page. Enjoy! NEW in 2020 – “20...
Feb 14, 2019 | Harping & Harpists, I Remember..., Love Stories (Wired for Love), Romance |
One of the songs I heard my mother sing when I was a kid was “Nature Boy” by Eden Ahbez. It was one of the pieces I cut my teeth on when I was learning to ‘fake’ music from chord charts. It has a haunting melody with simple, beautiful chords. There’s one thing I just...
Feb 12, 2018 | Love Stories (Wired for Love), Mom |
NOTE: This story includes an audio file related to the story – if you want to listen while you’re reading, here’s the song: My parents were divorced when I was very young and my mother and I went to live with my Aunt. Aftrer a year or so the three of...
Feb 11, 2018 | Love Stories (Wired for Love) |
This is a story I wrote out in 1996 when my local NPR station challenged listeners to write in about their first kiss. This was mine — read on the air Feb. 14, 1996. I lived in North Carolina. He lived in California. When I met him, I was visiting my...
Feb 14, 2014 | Holidays, Love Stories (Wired for Love), Songwriting |
“If music be the food of love … then what’s that smell?” Love Gone Bad by Deborah Henson-Conant (words & music / voice & harp) https://hipharp.com/cv/audio/neveralbum/LoveGoneBad-HensonConant-Valentine.mp3 I go hot and cold with...
Feb 4, 2014 | Love Stories (Wired for Love), Romance |
Every year, for Valentine’s Day, I share romantic music & stories. Each year, I look back and re-share them in a post like this. So please share the links below with YOUR Valentines! Love Songs for Peter: In 2013 I created a special musical valentine for my...
Feb 14, 2013 | Harping & Harpists, Harps, Jazz Harp, Love Stories (Wired for Love), Projects, Recordings |
In the 2nd grade I bought a pack of valentines for everyone in the class. This year I made only ONE – and I made it by hand for my beloved friend Peter. It’s a jazz-harp collection of 4 classic jazz standards: “As Time Goes By,” ...
Feb 14, 2013 | Harping & Harpists, Harps, Jazz Harp, Love Stories (Wired for Love), Projects, Recordings |
I started working on it weeks ago, a limited-edition Jazz-Harp Release that started as a personal Jazz Valentine for Peter. I chose the tunes and practiced them. Then I started recording them every morning, putting them on my iPod and listening to them on my daily...
Feb 8, 2013 | Jazz Harp, Love Stories (Wired for Love), Projects, Recordings |
I have a very special friend, Peter, and I like to make him a very special Valentine every year. Peter is a long-time collaborator whose vision & support led to my Grammy Nominated project “Invention & Alchemy.” If you’ve been to one of my...
