I’ve completed the initial beta test version of my new patch set for the Digitech RP250, and beta testing will begin this week. While the testers are having fun with the set, I’ll be working on documentation. The full set, with a user guide, should…

On the night of Jan. 28 2009 I had the great pleasure of listening to and playing in the Blues Harmonica Blowout organized by Mark Hummel in Modesto, CA. This version of the Blowout features Mark, Curtis Salgado, Charlie Musselwhite,and Lee Oskar. I was invited…

Well, I’m cranking away on the new Digitech RP250 patch set, and working on some songs, and… Anyway, I got an email from a producer I’ve worked with in Austin TX, and the email had a rough mix of a song attached.  I need to…

Over the last few days I’ve put in some hours on the new RP250 patch set.  I’ve done the first pass on the Bottle o’ Blues mic patches, and I’m about halfway through the Audix Fireball set.  Will start soon on the Shure 545 set….

I posted a video of me performing and explaining my solo arrangement of the traditional American cowboy song “Billy The Kid” to Youtube.  You can see it at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYiMLYl7iBU This is one of my epic pieces.  Don’t miss it.

I’ve just recorded a new solo piece–my first solo harmonica recording in years. It’s a stately, gracious piece, pretty much the right stuff for the holiday season. I’ve been working on this piece for some time; among other things, it’s difficult to play, because it…

I finished the remix on “Minor Kill”, my Hendrix-inspired blues (how come the pieces that are inspired by someone else never end up sounding like them?), which required cutting a new organ part.  The remix sounds very good–I ended up putting the drums at the…

Yesterday did a bunch of work on my piece “Minor Kill”.  I decided to redo the drums mix, and while I was at it I recorded some new organ parts for the piece.  Revamped version should be done in a day or so. Also wrote…

I have the great luxury of spending my days from now through January 12 working entirely on a bunch of music projects.  Today I started scripting a couple of YouTube videos.  By mid-January, I will have completed and posted those, plus (if all goes well:)–…

During which time I plan to complete 3-4 new pieces of music, including my first solo harmonica recording in years.  I’ll also finish the new Digitech RP250 patch set, test out some new software for my reviews at http://traxmusic.org, and record my first videos for…