Mastering Is Done For Blue Future!
Mastering is complete for the first five of ten planned songs for my 21st century blues record “Blue Future”. The pieces sound great, and as soon as we have the art work ready we will send copies to all of our Indiegogo supporters, followed by…
Richard Hunter Q&A with Harmonica.com!
I’m featured in a new interview, lavishly illustrated with videos, by Justin Norton at Harmonica.com. Justin wanted to focus on the innovations in my path, and I was glad to oblige. So check out the piece. If you liked that, you’ll like these: the…
One of the things that make my sounds different
It occurred to me today that working with multiFX devices like the Fender Mustang 3 and the Digitech RP500 has allowed me to approach sound design in a very different way. Call it an FX-centric approach rather than an amp-centric approach. We’re all familiar with…
Richard Hunter "New Country Stomp" acoustic harmonica solo
Richard Hunter rocks out with a pair of loopers and an RP500
Monster Rock Harp: “Blues to News”
10 minutes plus of some of the most intense and original live rock harmonica ever recorded. Live performance with looper by Richard Hunter, 2017. Lee Oskar Natural Minor harmonica into an Audix Fireball V mic into a Digitech iStomp running the Swingshift polyphonic pitch shifter,…
Multitrack looping on the cheap: JamSyncing with Digitech’s XT loopers
I’ve been working with the Pigtronix Infinity looper for a while, and finally came to the conclusion that it’s not ideal for me. So I pulled my Digitech JamMan Solo XT looper out of the closet to take another look at it, and I’m liking…
The sound of 1978: Gentile, Hunter, Dunlap, and French live in Woods Hole
Working with our friends Nancy and Jim Van der Pyle to put on a community dance party, in February of 1978 I performed at the Woods Hole Community Hall with a band consisting of myself on keys and harmonica, Phil Gentile on guitar and vocals,…
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,…
