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What's New: BlueDadi Harmonica Recording Software

Posted Wed, 06/01/2016 - 10:48 by David Barrett Admin
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Professor John Shirley has created "BlueDadi Harmonica Recording Software" to help BluesHarmonica.com students do quick recordings of themselves with the best harmonica tone possible. John has provided two videos for you to watch to get to know the software. Please watch these videos, read the provided PDF and spend time experimenting with everything in the program. Since John has created this on his free time and is not doing this for profit, there is no additional support for this program... have fun experimenting and seeing what you can creatively do. Thanks John!

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David's Tip of the Day: Sessions with Sinatra - Frank Sinatra and the Art of Recording

Posted Mon, 05/09/2016 - 16:10 by David Barrett Admin
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If you're interested in the development of recording technology (microphones, recording media, studio layout and mixing) you may like "Sessions with Sinatra: Frank Sinatra and the Art of Recording"

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We do it out of Love - Tribute CD to Toots Thielemans

Posted Mon, 04/11/2016 - 08:19 by David Barrett Admin
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Today is the official release of "We do it out of Love," a tribute album to the 94 year old legend Toots Thielemans. Featured players are Franco Luciani, Antonio Serrano, Alex Rossi, Olivier Ker Ourio, Gabriel Grossi and Grégoire Maret. For those interested in jazz chromatic, you may find this to be your new favorite CD.

Available at iTunes, Amazon or wedoitoutoflove@gmail.com. Sample here: https://youtu.be/yTAugWXghHg

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David's Tip of the Day: Non-Harmonica Music Instructor, Part 6 (After the Lesson)

Posted Tue, 12/08/2015 - 09:45 by David Barrett Admin
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After a lesson take your recorded files and import them into your computer. Label the files with the lesson date and number them. Listen back to your lesson (I do this the same day) and don't pick up your instrument, but make notes of important topics with their corresponding track numbers and time codes (a time code is simply what time it happens in that track). With this preparation you're ready to get to work on what's important the next time you sit down to practice.

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What's New: Harmonica Recording Techniques, Part 2

Posted Thu, 11/26/2015 - 10:03 by David Barrett Admin
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In part two of this series John compares microphone placements on an amp, then combines them in various ways. He also covers: stereo treatments, direct injects and line outs, virtual amps (through pedals and rack processors, computer software… even smart phone apps) as well as the influence of phase and polarity between signals. http://www.bluesharmonica.com/harmonica_recording_techniques

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What's New: Harmonica Recording Techniques by John Shirley

Posted Wed, 09/23/2015 - 12:22 by David Barrett Admin
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Part 1 of this series offers audio demonstrations from Professor John Shirley of various microphone types and mic placements for recording both acoustic and amplified harmonica. It also outlines issues of audio interference (comb filtering) when combining multiple signals from the same source and provides examples of the use of Direct Injects and Line Outs.

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David's Tip of the Day: Complete Muddy Waters Discography

Posted Tue, 09/22/2015 - 07:48 by David Barrett Admin
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Pretty cool Muddy Waters Discography compiled by Phil Wight and Fred Rothwell in PDF form (give it a second to load, you'll see a blank screen while it does). I used it last week to research Little Walter recording dates http://www.bluesandrhythm.co.uk/documents/200.pdf

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David's Tip of the Day: Melodyne Music Editor

Posted Tue, 09/08/2015 - 07:15 by David Barrett Admin
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Pretty cool editing software recommended by fellow student Sandor. He states, "It's not for live music, but for studio recording... fixing vocals, and works very well with harmonica. Harmonica caused headaches for other software." He also uses this software to convert what he played from audio to midi so that the midi can be imported into notation software to notate in standard music notation what he played. Thanks Sandor.

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David's Tip of the Day: Introduction to Studio Harmonica Work Pt. 3

Posted Thu, 08/20/2015 - 07:36 by David Barrett Admin
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Ross Garren's final part of his series on Introduction to Studio Harmonica Work http://tightcup.com/introduction-to-studio-harmonica-work-part-3/

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David's Tip of the Day: Introduction to Studio Harmonica Work Pt. 2

Posted Tue, 08/18/2015 - 07:10 by David Barrett Admin
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This article is the second installment in a series Ross Garren has been working on for the Lone Wolf Blues Company's blog, Tightcup.com, on the ins and outs of studio harp playing http://www.sheriffsofschroedingham.com/ross/introduction-to-studio-harmo...

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