Mar 6, 2013 | Composing |
Last night one of my childhood dreams came true. And I wasn’t there. It happens all the time – but I knew about it this time. This is part of the loneliness of the long-distance composer – or anyone who creates things that other people bring...
Mar 6, 2013 | Composing, Performance |
Join me in the audience this coming Monday – March 11 – at the Central Square Theater in Cambridge, MA – when my new Blues, “I’ll be your Sous-Chef, Baby” gets its cabaret debut! Here are the folks who’ll be performing it:...
Feb 19, 2013 | Harps, Jazz Harp, Romance |
“I sat down at that gorgeous instrument and sank back into the pleasure of the jazz standards I’d cut my teeth on.” 4 classic jazz tunes on solo jazz-harp. Download it here. When I first started playing jazz on the harp I simply wanted to see if I could...
Feb 16, 2013 | Creativity, Recordings |
It was an experiment. And what I discovered was … He’s my muse. Thinking of him, playing for him, I was able to do what I hadn’t been able to do for 7 years, which was release newly recorded music. I sent them to him as a valentine, then released them as a...
Feb 14, 2013 | Harping & Harpists, Harps, Jazz Harp, Love Stories (Wired for Love), Projects, Recordings, Romance |
In the 2nd grade I bought a pack of valentines for everyone in the class.This year I made only ONE – and I made it by hand for my beloved friend Peter.It’s a jazz-harp collection of 4 classic jazz standards: “As Time Goes By,” ...
Feb 14, 2013 | Harping & Harpists, Harps, Jazz Harp, Love Stories (Wired for Love), Projects, Recordings |
I started working on it weeks ago, a limited-edition Jazz-Harp Release that started as a personal Jazz Valentine for Peter. I chose the tunes and practiced them. Then I started recording them every morning, putting them on my iPod and listening to them on my daily...
Feb 13, 2013 | Jazz Harp, Projects, Recordings |
Monday I did an experiment. I asked for listening help to decide which cuts to use on a I fell apart when it did. I started crying and stomping through the house and eating the cat food. (OK, I didn’t really eat the cat food but I thought about it.) Enter James. My...
Feb 11, 2013 | Audience Feedback, Jazz Harp, Recordings |
Update: We are working on a new plan because Deborah really wants your feedback – Stay tuned… (Bea – Wed. 2/13, 6:50am) Update: This plan is not working … …despite all the incredible help I was offered by listeners, Soundcloud makes it so confusing and...
