Jul 8, 2016 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Creativity |
On July 4th I presented an online event called “Fireworks for the Creative Spirit: An Intro to the Strings of Passion.” It’s an hour-long exploration in story, music, humor and ideas based on the seven ‘Strings of Passion’ I base my own...
Jul 7, 2016 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning |
BUT TO GET EVERYONE THOROUGHLY WARMED UP …. I’m having a JAM Learning PARTY just for HARP PLAYERS on SATURDAY & You’re INVITED for FREE! REGISTER NOW for FREE for the Harp Jam Learning Party! The party starts at 2:30 pm EDT and goes until 5pm EDT...
Jul 7, 2016 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Online Courses |
“Summer Harp Jam” starts THIS week! A 6-Week virtual summer camp for harp players – lever or pedal, from fledgling to professional – that gives you a treasure chest of jams, vamps and play-alongs that strengthen your improvisation and rhythm skills while...
Jul 6, 2016 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning |
For the past 4 years I’ve been developing on online school for harp players – teaching the principles of improvisation, theory and jazz in my courses like “Summer Harp Jam” that starts tomorrow (yes! Tomorrow!!) — and mentoring harpists...
Jun 26, 2016 | Uncategorized |
I made this set of photos to show my friend Arthur how the harp-loop functions with the harp when he offered to help connect me to a potential manufacturer. The easiest way to share them was to put them on my blog. So here they are. This is not an official blog-post...
Jun 20, 2016 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Creativity, [Mentorship-HYMM] Harness Your Muse |
Two weeks ago, a new Grand Piano came into my life, and sits in the room that was always waiting for The Grand Piano (see this post about how that happened). A week ago, my house cleaner came for the first time post-new-piano and we were talking about it in our...
Jun 18, 2016 | Composing |
I’ve been blogging a lot about my new piano and how I first created an illusionary piano to solidify it’s existence in my own mind – and how it turned into a real piano that is now changing my life and my work. Illusions becoming reality is one story...
Jun 17, 2016 | Composing, [Mentorship-HYMM] Harness Your Muse |
For more than 40 years I’ve wanted a grand piano. I wanted it so keenly that I made a illusionary grand piano, like Gepetto made an illusionary boy named Pinnochio … and last week my illusionary piano magically transformed into a real one (see this blog...
Jun 17, 2016 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Inside Look, [Mentorship-HYMM] Harness Your Muse |
One of my greatest luxuries is taking a hot bath and reading a book. I know it’s decadent, but there, I’ve admitted it. I’ve managed complex arrangements in hotel rooms to create impromptu reading stands just out of splash-range because my #1 rule of...
Jun 8, 2016 | Composing, Performing |
I’ve wanted a grand piano for over 40 years. So last August I created one for myself out of an old table, two scarves, a couple music stands and an electronic keyboard. This week it turned into a real grand piano. More on how that happened in a later post, but...
