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I meant to tell you… You’re Invited!
I got so involved with planning the AMAZING Leadsheet Bootcamp, that I didn’t spend ANY time getting the word out that LAST WEEK was the first week of the Fall session at Hip Harp Academy! I do not want you to miss out on joining the Academy this Fall and I can...
Play WITH the Game of Music
We don’t even know that we’ve put them on… Creative handcuffs close slowly. Unnoticeable until they’re tight on our hands. They’re invisible. They’re inside us. What does it take to unlock them? For me … it takes PLAY. But what does that mean? Well,...
The Missing Link: “Start Harp” from Shelley Fairplay
When I created my online school for harp players, “Hip Harp Academy,” I knew that the year-long curriculum in improv, arrangement and creative expression was not for beginners. “Advanced Beginners” yes — and all the way up to...
Are you feeling the freedom?
If you’re in the USA today’s the day after Independence Day. The fireworks and the Barbecues are over – but 240+ years ago, today was still just the beginning. The day we call “Independence Day” was more than a year after the first shots...
Freedom, can it be followed?
Sun. July 8th I have a free Webinar for Harp Players called “Play with Freedom” Register for FREE here (Registration includes a replay link) We often think of creative freedom as complete independence, marching to our own drummer (who is, supposedly, us?)....
Truth & Freedom
Have you been thinking about freedom? I have. It’s what my July 8th online event for harp players, “Play with Freedom” is all about and it’s what I think about a lot. I’ve been thinking about what it takes to ‘be free’ and how...
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...
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...
Enriching Life Experience Through Music
Sometimes I feel like I have a secret life inside my Hip Harp Academy. Each week I meet live online with the Core-Level students for an Q&A chat about the current course. The more time I spend with my students, the more I realize that the school’s about way more...
