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    “Hymn for Crow” solo and live

    by Richard Hunter August 31, 2023
    In 1994 a musician friend named David "Crow" Levine who lived and worked near my place in Montpelier sickened one day and died a few weeks later, leaving behind his wife Diana and his daughter. He was a young man, and I thought about him...
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    “Never Go Back” solo and live

    by Richard Hunter August 24, 2023
    I recorded my arrangement of Vermont singer-songwriter Rachel Bissex's song "Never Go Back" for my first unaccompanied solo record, "The Act of Being Free in One Act", in 1995. This video was recorded in my home studio on August 22 2023, i.e. two days ago....
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    What’s the best choice for your first (or next) amp?

    by Richard Hunter September 29, 2019

    A frequent question from novice harp players is: what should I buy for my first amped setup? Some of the people reading this are going to buy an amp for themselves or someone else for Christmas, or buy one after Christmas with their Christmas money….

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    Comparing the Manji, Session Steel, and Kongsheng Soloist

    by Richard Hunter May 27, 2019

    I use a wider variety of makes and models of diatonic harmonicas than most players, because I try new models as they’re introduced, more or less, so at one time or another I’ve owned at least one of everything. I’ve had Suzuki Manji and Seydel…

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    Richard Hunter "New Country Stomp" acoustic harmonica solo

    by Richard Hunter February 7, 2019
    Solo concert performance of my piece "New Country Stomp", filmed live at Agassiz Theatre, Cambridge, MA on June 5 2009. Played on a Lee Oskar Melody Maker harp in A.
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    More Christmas music: “Peace to You All Tonight”

    by Richard Hunter December 19, 2015

    I improvised and recorded “Peace to You All Tonight” a few weeks ago. The piece is played on a standard diatonic harp in second position. The signal chain starts with an AKG BT330DT mic (my preferred harp mic in 1987, when I bought it, in…

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    RP355 or RP360XP?

    by Richard Hunter December 26, 2014

    With the new possibility that Digitech will retire the RP355, it’s important to ask again whether it’s better to get an RP355 or an RP360XP. Here’s my current thinking on the topic.

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    More RP355 Loop Jams–This Time, Rock

    by Richard Hunter December 24, 2014

    Here are a couple of new cuts from the same sessions that produced “On the Road Again” and the funky loop jam. “Dawn Like Thunder” is a slow, peaceful piece with some beautiful counterpoint. The patch I use to play it has an LFO modulating…

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    “On The Road Again” with the RP355

    by Richard Hunter December 23, 2014

    The piece attached to this post is a segment from a performance I put together using the Digitech RP355 loaded with my patch set for Digitech RP, plus the RP355’s builtin looper. The sounds include beatboxed percussion (run through a patch with heavy vibrato and…

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    #28 Ever? We’ll Take It

    by Richard Hunter November 15, 2014

    I found out today that I’m listed as #28 on “The Top 100 Harmonica Players To Ever Walk The Planet” at harmonica.com. Seriously. See for yourself. I’m glad to be in the company of the kind of people that populate this list, and it made…

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