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... read more
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... read more
Blues Harp-Style – Early-Bird Ends Midnight Tonight
EARLY-BIRD $100-OFF ENDS TONIGHT! Early-Bird ends at MIDNIGHT TONIGHT! Get $100 OFF when you join NOW! This is your only chance this YEAR to take “BLUES HARP-STYLE” with me and the other Academy members in an interactive setting. So come join me and build your... read more
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... read more
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... read more
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... read more
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... read more
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... read moreThey’re Playing my Song: New Blues! TWO Videos!
I love coming across videos on YouTube of harp players performing my songs. Here’s are TWO performance of my tune “New Blues” that really caught my eye AND ear! The first is by Conor O’Brien – It’s SO fun, I’m so happy I stumbled... read more
