10 Steps to Becoming a Harmonica Super Star
I've been fooling around with creating web pages on Squidoo. This one is called How to Become a Harmonica Super Star. It is a list of the steps that you need to follow to really learn how to play harp.

10 Steps to Becoming a Harmonica Super Star on Squidoo

Squidoo allows you to make a nice web page that's good for a short lesson or an interesting article. It is good for a band to make a nice profile page and any number of things. The advantage is that Squidoo pays you to create a page by giving you a good chunk of the advertising revenue. It does not have the kiddie type features of MySpace or other social networking sites. It is more business oriented, concentrating on pages the are useful. If you interested in trying this yourself, click on the link above, and sign up. 
¶ Friday, May 09, 2008 0 Comments Links to this post

  The Gear used by Jimi Hendrix
My friend Bobby from Yonkers (we call him Video Bobby because he video tapes our jam sessions) has two Marshall Speaker cabinets that he bought from an estate sale. They have the JHE (Jimi Hendrix Experience) logo on them and are marked serial number #2 and #4. He's been offered $500,000 for the pair, but Bobby lives the music of Hendrix and has every note the Jimi ever played down to perfection. He isn't selling. Another friend has a guitar that he bought at a flea market that can be traced by serial number to Jimi. When they Jam at a local home, they sound pretty damn good.

The link above is to Gibson article on the gear that Jimi Hendrix used. Fascinating stuff, although no harp content. 
¶ Wednesday, May 07, 2008 0 Comments Links to this post

  Build your own effects clone.
I know there are a bunch of you out there that want to build their own effects pedals. I am ordering the Ping Pong delay kit from BuildYourOwnClone.com. At $100 it is more expensive than the cheap delays coming out of China, but more advanced than some of the more expensive delays available at your corner music store.

Check out the YouTube of their tremolo kit. Tremolo is something that works for surf and early rock, but never seems to fit with blues. I love the demo, though.

 
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  Summmer Jam at Renegades Bar & Grill
Dave Lampert writes that the Jam at Renegades Bar & Grill, Burnsville, MN is now on every Wed all summer long. It begins at 8:00 and goes until the last dog is hung (usually between 12 and 1).

Savage Audio,maker of Savage Amplifiers, Tim Ellis of Ellis's Drum shop, and LaVonne's music have teamed up to sponsor the Wednesday Night Jam at Renegade's by providing a new Glas 30, a new drum kit built for the jam, and two brand spanking new Fender Highway One guitars...a Strat and a Tele for all to use and enjoy...Come on down and check 'em out.

Dave writes:

In other news we have just received word that we are On the lineup at the Omaha Blues and Jazz Festival on July 5th of this year and will be at another club on the 6th in the area. We will announce the club soon. There are several and we are trying to get the best fit...You can monitor this and all dates at the calendar on the website through the link below.

We will be in LaCrosse again this weekend at Nighthawks Taproom and look forward to seeing our friends in the area both Friday and Saturday.

 
¶ Monday, May 05, 2008 0 Comments Links to this post