11 Reasons why Summer Harp Jam Rocks!
“Summer Harp Jam” is my 6-Week virtual summer camp that’s exclusively for harp players – lever or pedal, from fledgling to professional – and gives you a treasure chest of jams, vamps and play-alongs that strengthen your improvisation and rhythm skills while you’re... read more
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?).... read more
Play, Play, Play the Blues
This is an archive post ~ originally published May 4, 2017 and updated in 2018 When I’m trying to teach … or learn … anything – it always helps me to have a song. This is one I wrote for a workshop on the Blues. The way we did this is that... read more
Blues As Creative Structure
This is an archive post ~ originally published Jun. 18, 2013 and updated in 2018 I recently had a mastermind session with music therapist, coach & harpist Trista Hill about my online program Blues Harp-Style, a 6-Week program on the Blues specifically for harp... read more
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 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 more
Inside the Creativity Gym
Are some people just BORN creative? “Creative” is the word I hear most when people describe me — but I didn’t really know how I got creative until I started teaching creativity to harp players in my online Hip Harp Academy. That’s when ... read more
We Fear Change
Years ago I heard about a master-teacher named Tony Montanaro. He was a legendary performer and coach. People called him a creative GURU. I wanted so badly to work with him. I knew he would take my performance to a whole new level. But I was scared. So I kept putting... read more
