Dec 9, 2012 | *RockHarp Diaries*, People I Meet, Tour Diaries |
This is part of my “Rock Harp Diaries” Blog series while touring with legendary guitarist Steve Vai from August 2012 – Dec. 17. I’ll be home Dec. 18th – please join me for my Homecoming Solstice Show in the Boston Area on Fri. Dec. 21st!...
Dec 9, 2012 | *RockHarp Diaries*, Tour Diaries, Travel |
This is part of my “Rock Harp Diaries” Blog series while touring with legendary guitarist Steve Vai from August 2012 – Dec. 17. I’ll be home Dec. 18th – please join me for my Homecoming Solstice Show in the Boston Area on Fri. Dec. 21st!...
Nov 28, 2012 | *RockHarp Diaries* |
In the last week I’ve been in Germany, Sweden, Denmark and Norway – a different city each day. I’m on tour with the rock band of guitar legend Steve Vai, and we perform nearly every night in a different city, often a different country. When we get home in 3...
Nov 7, 2012 | *RockHarp Diaries*, Travel |
Last night we played Athens and today flew to Zagreb. I woke up a couple hours before we had to leave for the airport this morning and figured I had 45 minutes to an hour for some exercise, so I stopped at the front desk of the hotel and asked which was the...
Nov 4, 2012 | *RockHarp Diaries* |
My favorite radio show is “Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me.” I save the episodes and listen to them when I’m packing, one of my least favorite jobs of being a touring musician. To my mind, you’ve really made when you’re on the “Not My Job” segment. Wait, wait … I should...
Oct 24, 2012 | *RockHarp Diaries*, Food |
I’m sitting on the pavement in an empty courtyard where the tour-busses are parked. I’m outside the bus because I can’t think inside with all the conversations. “The Circus” is the name of the club where we played tonight in Helsinki, Oct. 23rd, 2012. I’m...
Oct 21, 2012 | *RockHarp Diaries*, Tour Diaries |
Sat. Oct. 20 and Sun. Oct. 21, 2012 Five days at home was glorious but brief. This is what it looked like in the evening, honest: My greatest achievement during the break, aside from repacking and submitting my absentee ballot for the Nov. 6 election, was a date with...
Oct 18, 2012 | *RockHarp Diaries* |
I’ve been on tour with a rock band for the last two months, watching the legendary Steve Vai every night from my spot (behind him and eight feet to his left) – and sharing the stage with four other stellar musicians: Philip Bynoe -bass, Dave Weiner – guitar, ...
Oct 17, 2012 | *RockHarp Diaries*, Events, Performance |
This year’s adventure is joining legendary guitarist Steve Vai on tour for 100 shows in nearly 30 different countries of North America & Europe. That’s an energy I want to capture. And I’ve come up with a plan to do it. Our last show is Dec....
Oct 2, 2012 | *RockHarp Diaries*, Random Thoughts, Tour Diaries |
I don’t know where we are – somewhere between Denver and Boise — but I just woke up early (10:30 AM – it’s early, on a tour-bus), opened the bus curtains and saw … sheep. Sheep running by the side of a two-lane road, with cowboys on horses and herding-dogs. my...
