Peter Gunn theme–rough rockin’ mix
I’m a big fan of minimalist music. Like Lou Reed says: “One chord is fine. Two chords are pushing it. Three chords and you’re into jazz.” Along those lines I was reminded recently of how much I like the Peter Gunn Theme by Henry Mancini….
Bad Moon Rising
“It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry” Live
Do Combs Make a Difference? Yes.
A few months ago, working with Tom Halchak of Blue Moon Harmonicas, I performed a series of tests on harmonica combs. Here’s what we did: 1) Tom supplied six new Hohner Big River harmonicas in C, and 5 combs: Dulce Wood, Aluminum, Fancy Corian, and…
How Did American Idol Fall So Far?
I watch American Idol, and have every year since season one. If you want to start snickering, start now. If you don’t want to stop, you can skip the rest of this post, because it’s all about Idol. If you’re still reading, here’s why I…
Gear Lives and Dies (and Lives Again) Too
My RP255 died the other day. I plugged it in, and nothing lit up. I tried a different power supply. Same thing. This is the RP255 that I famously plugged into a 220 volt socket in London, at which point the power supply got hot…
Digitech’s Vocalist Live FX: Anti-feedback for (relatively) cheap?
Digitech has announced the Vocalist Live FX, a vocal (duh) processor that includes anti-feedback circuitry with (according to Digitech) up to 12 bands of frequency filters, in addition to Lexicon reverb and dbx compression. The device comes with an MSRP of $350, which suggests that…
Video of the Day 7 July 2013: Rob Paparozzi with the Shoos, Live in Dublin
Video of the Day 21 July 2011: Brendan Power, “Sweet Georgia Brown”
This performance is a lot of fun, and it demonstrates so many cool things that you can do with a harp and a couple of pieces of gear (and talent, of course) that I don’t know where to start. Brendan lays down the chord changes…
Why(K)now is in rehearsals
My new power trio Why(K)now is in rehearsals now. Electric bass, drums, and harmonica running through 3 amp modelers at once. It’s like a guitar power trio, only not. Check this out. Stay tuned for video next month.
