Sharing the new studio with Eduardo Betancourt
The past month we’ve been renovating the whole first floor at Hip Harp Headquarters: my assistant Renee, her boyfriend, Tommy, and a builder, Andrew, who led us all in scraping, painting, rebuilding shelves, liberating wood floors, pulling off old wallpaper and... 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
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... read more
Jazz Standards: If Only I had the KEY!
This is an archive post ~ originally published Feb. 25, 2015 and updated in 2018 When I got my first gig playing lush hotel lobby music with the strolling violins of “Danny Yale and the Regency Strings” I did not personally have to stroll. Nope, my job was to play... 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 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
