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 16, 2012 | *RockHarp Diaries* |
… and what I’m doing song-by-song on the harp (Note – this is a really fast blog I made because I know a harpists are coming to the next few shows and I want to let them know what to look for in what I’m doing! ) FIRST, A FEW POINTERS: 1. Bring...
Oct 26, 2012 | *RockHarp Diaries* |
We slept in an urban courtyard in Helsinki on the tour buses ’til 5AM, then drove to the harbor, and got to customs some time before 7:30. Everyone left the bus – I grabbed my fanny pack at the last minute, not sure why. I assumed we’d all get off the bus for...
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 22, 2012 | *RockHarp Diaries* |
We’re leaving Helsinki and traveling to Tampere, an hour or so away – but still in Finland – for our first show. As I checked out of the hotel, I learned my luggage has just arrived at the airport, but there’s no time to get it, today, so I won’t see it...
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 18, 2012 | Guest Blogger |
Guest-blog by Beatriz Harley I knew it would be a late night, but I was ready! I’d been waiting for weeks – Legendary rock guitarist Steve Vai would be performing at L.A.’s Club Nokia Oct. 12th and it was airing LIVE across the country on AXS-TV – a cable network that...
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...
