RP Tip #20: When you open the door to new sounds, new roles for the harp come too (clips included!)
I played three gigs last week with The Maw Band in Idaho, and of course I used the RP355 on all of them. I recorded all the shows on audio and video, and I’ve already started putting some of those recordings up on this site,…
Last minute gig TONIGHT Nov. 15 in Victor, ID
I just found out that I’m playing tonight from 7-9 PM at Graffenberg Gallery and Tattoo, LLC in Victor, Idaho. See you there, I hope. This gig is with Brian Maw and Eli Preston, so there will be plenty of rockin’ and rollin’. I’ll be…
Second Video of the Day 11 Nov 2012: Steve Baker and Opportunity, “The Very Thing…”
“… That makes you rich, makes me poor.” Baker here again is playing through an Ultimate 57 mic, into a Digitech RP255 running my patch set, into a Marble amp, and my goodness, don’t it sound nice. This is a performance with a lot of…
Video of the Day 11 Nov 2012: Steve Baker and Opportunity
This video shows Steve Baker in performance within the last couple of weeks, playing live with Opportunity, one of his killer bands. He sounds good, dunnhe? The main reason I draw attention to his sound is this: he’s playing into his Marble amp through a…
Three Performances in Idaho with Brian Maw Nov. 16-18!
I’m going out to Idaho this week to play three gigs with Brian Maw on Nov. 16, 17, and 18. I’m really looking forward to these gigs; I’ll be performing with Brian on guitars and vocals, Eli Preston on percussion, and Bernie McBurnski on bass,…
Record review: “The Wine Dark Sea,” Dave Goodman & Steve Baker
I was given a copy of “The Wine Dark Sea” by Steve Baker back in July 2012. Since then I’ve listened to it dozens of times. The main reason I keep returning to it is that it’s one hell of a hot disk. It contains…
RP355 versus RP500: more is not necessarily better (but it can be!)
I’ve been working lately on patches for the Digitech RP500, the next step up in the RP series from the RP355. New RP500s sell for around $300, a hefty step up from the RP355’s $200 price tag; but used RP500s in excellent condition can be…
RP tip #19: setting the RP up so you can play it like an organ
All the RPs from the 150 on have a very nice rotary speaker effect, which is a good starting point for making convincing organ sounds. So the first thing to do in setting the RP up for sounding like an organ is to choose a…
Get ready for the next Huntersounds patch set for Digitech RP
It’s been a while since my latest update to the Huntersounds patch set for harmonica and Digitech RP, and I want our customers current and future to know that I’ve been busy. First things first: I’ve been hard at work tuning up my patches to…
A night with Wim Dijkgraaf and Fernando Bresslau in Sao Paolo
I was in Sao Paulo, Brazil last week while Hurricane Sandy was tearing up the US east coast, and had the opportunity to hang out for an evening with jazz harmonica monster Wim Dijkgraaf and former head of Hohner PR (now Brazilian venture capitalist) Fernando…
