I’m so happy to see you!
I was scrolling through LinkedIn, trying to be social when it hit me: I was seeing poses. Like animals, frozen in a pecking order, flaring out feathers, puffing out chests. And LinkedIn isn’t nearly as intense with that as other social media. And here’s me... read more
What’s the most powerful thing you learned as a child? Could you teach it?
What’s the one thing that opened the doorway to your life’s passion? Could you teach it to someone else? Sing & Play Harp - Learn More! You might have learned it in a few seconds, or a minute or ten minutes. The memory may be hazy. It may seem so... read more
sing and play – 3 chords is all it takes
It’s funny that in the past 5 years, as I’ve been creating an online Academy for harp players – specifically to teach arrangement and improv and creative expression – that I’ve never taught the art of singing and playing… Until now.... read more
The Nightingale – Performances around the World
“The Nightingale” is one of my most-requested songs – one of those songs that comes out whole, that just seems like a simple statement of truth. I wrote it in memory of my mother’s voice – and since I published it years ago, harpists all over the... read more
Feedback is IN. Are YOU? (Strings of Passion)
This is an archive post ~ originally published Jan. 13, 2017 and updated in 2019 My 10-Week creativity program “Strings of Passion” is the first course of 2019 at Hip Harp Academy. I compiled this student feedback a couple years ago, after week three, from posts in ... read more
Strings of Passion Takeaways from Martha
This is an archive post ~ originally published Feb. 2, 2017 and updated in 2019 My 10-week program about creative expression, “Strings of Passion,” just started and still open for 2019 registration! I find myself so moved by what the members share about... read more
Exploration #4 ~ Playing with Structure (Strings of Passion)
This is an archive post ~ originally published Jan. 7, 2017 and updated in 2019 “You must always look for those strings in life because they are all around. The strings in the sugar water that will bring ideas to them, that will bring people to them, that will be the... read more
Exploration #3 ~ Connecting to our Impulse (Strings of Passion)
This is an archive post ~ originally published Jan. 6, 2017 and updated in 2019 “The strings of passion – these seven principles – they’re not steps, they’re strings like the strings of our instrument. And there are seven, just like there... read more
Exploration #2 ~ Obstacle and Impulse (Strings of Passion)
This is an archive post ~ originally published in 2017 and updated Jan. 17, 2019 “Sometimes we lose the creative impulse because there are obstacles in our way. But it’s always there. It’s always there.” The quote above is from the following... read more
