Sep 30, 2012 | *RockHarp Diaries* |
“What is your favorite Steve Vai tune to play and why?” – is what a friend asked me about my touring with Vai’s “Story of Light” tour. “Yikes!” I thought – almost every one is a favorite – but all for different...
Sep 28, 2012 | *RockHarp Diaries* |
If you’ve ever been in a situation where you’re told you look like an idiot, or that you’re driving everybody crazy, and where you can predict that people are talking about you behind your back (because you hear them talking about others) —...
Sep 27, 2012 | *RockHarp Diaries*, Events, Press Release |
ELECTRIC HARP joins LEGENDARY GUITAR SHREDDER. DEBORAH HENSON-CONANT – joins STEVE VAI Band and SOLO SHOW ADDED. BOSTON-AREA Solo “Solstice” Show Culminates Tour on Dec. 21st Boston, MA September 26,2012-Grammy-Nominated instrumental innovator, DEBORAH HENSON-CONANT...
Sep 20, 2012 | *RockHarp Diaries* |
One of the things about touring with a band – as a newbie – which I am – is that you don’t know the rules. There’s a protocol, a flow, an etiquette that’s completely unwritten. Everyone just knows … … except me. And...
Sep 16, 2012 | *RockHarp Diaries*, Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning |
Last March I was in Eugene, OR for a show that included a morning outreach program – which meant that kids came to the theatre on field trips from several schools and I did a 45-minute show and Q & A. During the Q & A one kid asked, “What does it mean to...
Sep 15, 2012 | *RockHarp Diaries* |
South Station, Boston: A last-minute bit of luck – two friends of Steve’s are driving to tonight’s show from the Boston-area today. We’ll meet in South Station, take the train to Canton and drive from there to Northampton for the show tonight. This morning, I’d...
Sep 5, 2012 | *RockHarp Diaries* |
On my day off in Connecticut, my best friend, Celeste, drove down from Hartford to spend the day with me. Aside from luxurious long conversations sitting on the tour bus or on the hotel room floor, we went clothes-shopping at the mall — aaagh — there, I...
Sep 2, 2012 | *RockHarp Diaries* |
A Visit to Lancaster Central Market The Country’s Oldest Continuously Operating Farmer’s Market. We don’t have many off-days on this tour, so when the folks at Lancaster Arts Hotel told me they have Complimentary BIKES and it’s a town MARKET DAY I knew exactly what I...
Aug 28, 2012 | *RockHarp Diaries*, Random Thoughts |
Yesterday – walking through Alexandria, VA on my off-day from the Steve Vai “Story of Light” tour – I noticed a telephone pole. Someone had built a wall of small grey stones around it about six inches high and about 12 inches away from the pole, and in...
Aug 25, 2012 | *RockHarp Diaries* |
I’m the electric harpist on Steve Vai’s “Story of Light” album and on the tour. I spent 20 years working with the CAMAC Company in France to develop this amazing electric harp, Steve saw me playing it on YouTube, invited me to join his band...
