Apr 7, 2012 | *RockHarp Diaries* |
Notes from a harp-gurl in the jungle of guitar-land. April 6, 2012 8:52 pm I’m in the first week of this great but I’m taking it on harp. So I get to one of the first exercises, which is to read a series of notes on the treble staff. “Ha!”...
Apr 2, 2012 | Events, Random Thoughts |
I just discovered this visual history I made of Easter Rabbits & Eggs I made in March of 2000. Happy Easter … Passover … and welcome to Spring!
Mar 29, 2012 | I Remember..., Random Thoughts |
Somewhere recently I heard that, depending on when you grew up, and who was president, you’ll have a different outlook on life. In the U.S. for example, they said, if you came of a certain age (which I forgot) during the Kennedy administration, you’ll be...
Mar 27, 2012 | Events, Performance, Press Release |
=============== PRESS RELEASE – Run Through April 21, 2012 =============== Imagine a harp shrunk to the size of a crossbow. Brushed chrome, with 32 strings. A woman in a sleek black boustier straps it on, plugs it in like an electric guitar and pulls sounds from...
Mar 18, 2012 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Performance |
This week I visited Martin Luther King Elementary in Benton Harbor, MI. When we got to MLK, I set my harp and gear up in the center circle of the basketball court. That’s what that circle is for, isn’t it — it’s the electric harp circle, right? We added lights and...
Mar 12, 2012 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Random Thoughts |
I’d touched a harp when I was little. I’d had a few lessons, like I had a few piano and guitar lessons. But I always thought of myself as a composer – never as a player. Then there was one day when I was about 14, when I looked at my hands, standing...
Mar 9, 2012 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Events |
I started playing harp as an adult. Well … full disclosure? I had 6 or 7 lessons when I was 13, then took a 9-year hiatus and started seriously when I was 22. And, this morning, I learned that Mason Williams, the man who wrote and recorded one of the most famous...
Mar 5, 2012 | Tour Diaries |
Just had a lovely interview with KLCC’s “Living Large” host Eric Alan about my OR. And about my wonderful LAST-MINUTE special, guest, the legendary Mason Williams! You can listen to the interview right here! Just click the player here: [audio:...
Feb 17, 2012 | Random Thoughts |
This morning I attended Bob Collins’ Social Media Breakfast (SMB) at the Constant Contact headquarters in Waltham, MA, a 20-minute drive from my house. But … wait … let me translate: “This AM @RobertColins #SMB26 at @ConstantContact...
Feb 2, 2012 | Interviews, People I Meet, Random Thoughts, Tour Diaries |
I just read a press feature about this weekend’s show at Flagpole Radio Cafe in Newtown, CT, which came from an interview last week. Reading it, I marveled at how the writer, Susan Dunne of the Hartford Courant, was able to shape a 30-minute, wide-ranging...
