Another Live Take on “Blue Future”
I recorded this take on my piece “Blue Future,” complete with vocals, last night. A studio version of “Blue Future” can be found on my EP of the same name (see below).
What’s the best choice for your first (or next) amp?
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….
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,…
Recording “Beautiful at Night” with the Mustang III
About a month ago Edward Abbiatti, leader of the Lowlands Band (whose last gig I unfortunately missed in April) asked me if I’d like to play on a track called “Beautiful, At Night” from his next record (which I think not coincidentally is called “Beautiful,…
Video of the Day Feb 19 2018: Steve Baker, “Brand New Day”
This is Steve Baker’s new video promoting his album release. Rockin’. Get the album here.
As We Await the Delivery of the Line 6 Spider V, A Few Thoughts on Gear
I’m getting set for a lot of activities in the next couple of months: creating a patch set for the Line 6 Spider V series modeling amps, writing and arranging the music for my next record, “Blue Future”, recording keyboard parts for another record, and…
Coming next on Hunterharp.com: Programming FX on the Mustang
I’m going to do a series of videos on this site (and Youtube, of course) in which I dig into programming the Fender Mustang amps. In this series I’ll focus on one effect at time, showing exactly how you set up a rotating speaker effect,…
Taking the Fender Mustang Amps Into the Great Beyond–At Least Part Way
Now that I’ve completed my blues and rock patchset for the Fender Mustang series amps, I’ve started work on a more effected-up set of patches for players who want to take their music deeper into Rock-ville. What I’m learning is that the FX in the…
Mustang II v.2 patch set in beta, Mustang III v.2 patch set under development
I found out a day or so ago, just after I completed work on the beta test version of my first 24-patch set for the Fender Mustang II v.2, that bulk load patch sets created on the Mustang II won’t work on the Mustang III….
Get Ready for the Huntersounds Fender Mustang Patch Set
Inspired by David Barrett’s review of the Fender Mustang I modeling amp, I downloaded Fender’s FUSE software for the Mustang v.2 amps today. Very impressive. Unlike Digitech’s Xedit, you can run FUSE without a device connected for purposes of editing and saving patches, and I…
