Figuring out the Loop Layers for “Mellow Down Easy”
I’m back in my home studio, working on my looping, getting the songs and the related sounds together. I love big low-frequency layers, because it’s a new sound for the harp with a lot of power, so I’m making lots of stuff that sounds like…
Two Days, Three Jams in London
I was in London Sunday through Tuesday of this week, which was perfect for checking out some blues jams. On Sunday, I hit the afternoon jam at Ain’t Nothin’ But The Blues and the evening jam at TCR (Tottenham Court Restaurant). The two clubs are…
Audio of the Day 2 June 2013: Blues Birdhead, “Mean Low Blues” (1929)
Going Wireless
I’ve been spending time thinking about how to make my rig look smaller and more compact. One of the important approaches to that end is cable management. The most prominent cable on the stage is the one that runs from my harp mic–i.e., from the…
A Few Things about Programming Patches for Your MultiFX Device
A number of the licensees for my Digitech RP patch sets have told me that they’ve tried and given up on programming the device, because it’s just so hard to make their own patches. (Some of them say that programming the RP makes them appreciate…
Video of the Day 25 May 2013: Pablo Fagundes, “Voo da Mosca”
So Long to the Big Amp, At Least For A While
My Peavey KB/A 100 started producing lots of bad sounds last night–crackles, pops, booming bass, sudden drops in volume. After 18 years, I guess it’s overdue for service. Anyway, I’m back to the KB2 for the moment. Depending on what it costs to repair the…
In Memoriam Walter Joyce
When I lived in Falmouth, MA, in the 1980s, I was close friends with Walter Joyce, who at the time was a pastry chef, and soon after taught karate for a living, before becoming a lawyer, which was the trade he was practicing when he…
Bit by Bit: Bringing the Boards Together
Now that I’ve got a basic layout for my two-amp modeler setup, I’m beginning the process of setting it up for fast, reliable load-in and tear-down. I started this weekend by painting the boards. Here’s what they look like with their fresh coat of red…
Video of the Day 9 May 2013: the Ford Brothers Band, 2006
