A few weeks ago one of my students shared a tip he’d been using to help him read and memorise licks. Norm lives in Western…
There is a tendency for beginner players to become fascinated by the seemingly hundreds of different harps available, and the endless minutia of differences between…
I was watching this video of Jerry Portnoy playing with Rick Estrin and the lick at around 1:20 caught my attention. It’s a very cool…
I’ve put together a video briefly describing various ways you can use jam tracks to your advantage. I realised I often advise people to work…
Like pretty much everything this year, plans for the annual Society for the Preservation and Advancement of the Harmonica (SPAH) conference were thrown into turmoil…
We are living in a golden age of harmonica teaching. I know I bang on about Joe Filisko a lot (and posted a link to…
Here’s the first installment of a short series of beginners guide to the 12 bar blues. This one discusses counting through the form and identifying…
Quick workshop style video here. One of the great strengths of the harmonica is the wide variety of options we have in presenting a note.…
Sometimes I get asked about custom harmonicas. What makes them custom? Will they help me play better? Do I need one? and so on. Happily,…
It’s conventional for beginner harmonica players to start with a C harmonica. There are some good reasons for this, which I’ll explore below. Often people…