I was in London last week, and on Wednesday night I did a seminar for the National Harmonica League at their biweekly meeting. I had my Zoom H4 with  me, and I recorded most of the session (the first 15 minutes or so were lost…

I attended the 30th wedding anniversary party of my longest-standing friend least night, and I sat in the with the band for a set of rock and R&B.  I had brought my Auidix Fireball V, but as it happened I didn’t have time to set…

I went last night to sit in with Jon Paris’s band at Lucille’s Grill in BB King’s, Times Square, NYC.  This is the third or fourth time I’ve played with Jon, and the musical relationship is developing in cool ways.  I’ve used my effects more agressively…

In the last six months, I’ve learned a lot about mixing my songs.  Now I find myself re-mixing lots of stuff.  I’ll get over it when I run through my entire recorded catalog, I guess… Anyway, I’ve put new mixes of “Ridin’ Blues,” “In the…

Richard Hunter is one of the world’s leading composers and performers of music for the harmonica. His compositions and performances have been featured in numerous films, television productions, and major label and independent record releases. He has released two CDs of original compositions for solo…

I do a lot of sitting in with bands and solo performers, and it’s a big part of the pleasure I get from music.  Sitting in is also a big part of developing good musical skills–learning to listen in particular–and it’s something every player should…

Over a year ago I announced that I’d put a new piece up on Broadjam featuring my brother Mark on slide guitar, called “Ridin Blues.”  That piece was done in a hurry as a spec piece, and I’ve just put a new version up on…

Over a year ago I announced that I’d put a new piece up on Broadjam featuring my brother Mark on slide guitar, called “Ridin Blues.”  That piece was done in a hurry as a spec piece, and I’ve just put a new version up on…

I attended the Howard Levy seminar arranged by Zvi Aranoff in NYC yesterday, and it was a thoroughly inspiring 2-plus hours.  With about a dozen people in attendance, and beginning with an illustration of first position blues played on a C-harp (a Filisko with rock…

I’ve been hanging out in Driggs, Idaho for the last few weeks, and I decided to look up Ben Winship, a nationally known bluegrass mandolinist, guitarist, and banjoist, who I last played with in a jam at the Grand Targhee Bluegrass Festival in August 2001 (the…