Monthly Archives: February 2012

Chromatic Harmonica Repair

I was about to start work on another song for February Album Writing Month when I noticed that my chromatic harmonica was buzzing badly on one hole. When this happens on a regular blues harmonica, it’s usually just a tiny … Continue reading

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Pianos and Rock Doves

My two newest FAWM songs are “Leaving Again” and “Flight Of the Rock Doves,” and each introduces an instrument I hadn’t used before in this FAWM cycle.

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18 Hours as an iPhone Owner: iYiYi

iPhoned for about 18 hours the other day. iT was iRritating and iHated it, so iReturned it. iWill never do that again. Some background. Over the Christmas break I lost my iPod Touch, which is more or less an iPhone … Continue reading

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Harmonitronica Geekout: The Hole Story

Last night I posted my third song for this year’s February Album Writing Month. “This Hole,” along with the previous song, “I’m Not Not Very Concerned,” combined harmonica with loops created in Korg’s iKaossilator, an iPad application.

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