Digitech Discontinues the RP500 and RP1000. We’re Still Making Sounds For Them.
Digitech has discontinued the RP500 and RP1000 guitar multiFX devices, meaning there will be no further development for these products. The facts are that: 1) There is a large supply of RP500s and RP1000s out there on the used market in good-to-great condition at…
Another taste of a Blue Future: Disconnected Blues
“Disconnected Blues” is one of the pieces I recorded for my upcoming record “Blue Future”. I’ve included two clips: the first 12 bars of the piece, and the first 12 bars or so of a 36-bar solo. These are sections from a very rough mix,…
Rock Bottom Cheap and Cheerful Amp Modeling: The Joyo JF-14 American Sound
Rob Paparozzi wrote recently on Facebook that he was using a Joyo JF-14 American Sound amp modeling pedal in his home studio. The thing is apparently modeled on a Fender ’57 Deluxe amp, so when you plug its output into a PA or keyboard amp,…
A little taste of the sounds of (a) Blue Future UPDATED
UPDATE: see the end of this post for a clip of the harp solo from my rough mix of “On The Road Again.” Canned Heat’s Version of “On The Road Again” is one of my favorite records, and I’m covering it for “Blue Future” The…
Overdubs, overdubs
Worked tonight on overdubs for “Blue Future” songs including “Mercy Me,” a 12-bar minor blues, and “Disconnected Blues,” a big strutting blues with a harp running through an envelope filter driving the tune. I’m liking a horn section of 2 harps, at least one pitch…
Two days left to help fund Richard Hunter’s “Blue Future” on Indiegogo!
Two days left to contribute to Richard Hunter’s “Blue Future” on Indiegogo! For $10 you can order a digital copy of “Blue Future”; for $20 you get that plus a signed copy of “The Lucky One” CD; and for bigger contributions, well, check it out…
Counting Down to the “Blue Future” Sessions This Weekend
I’m leaving for Philadelphia on Friday night, April 13 2018. Saturday morning we–me plus Mike Brenner, Mark Schreiber, John Cunningham, and engineer Pete Rydberg–begin recording the tracks for “Blue Future.” I’ve been working, working, working on these sessions. Practicing harmonica, thinking about the instruments for…
A brief comment about the joy of a Lee Oskar harp
Yesterday I went out with a Lee Oskar Natural Minor harp in Ab in my pocket–first time in a while that I’ve had a day with a Lee Oskar. I was reminded immediately of how the Oskar harps respond to delicate playing with clear, serenely…
Should I release “Blue Future” in digital-only form?
Tell me if you feel like it: do you think I should release “Blue Future” in digital and physical (like a CD) form, or just digital? I notice that a lot of new cars don’t have CD players in them. Do you listen with a…
Wow Does the Bassman Amp Model in the Line 6 Spider V Sound Good
Spent a couple of hours yesterday working with the Line 6 Spider V. I am flat out amazed at the sound of the Fender Bassman amp model in that thing. I suppose I shouldn’t be; as I now recall, the Bassman amp model in their…
