What's New!

Here are the interviews I'm editing right now and their release dates...

March - Sugar Ray Norcia
April - Charlie Musselwhite
May - Curtis Salgado

I've been working hard on the theory lessons for the site... writing and using them with my students to dial them in. Mark Overman is coming over in a couple of hours and we're going to test five different speaker configurations with our reissue Bassman.

We're in the process of updating our video viewer in preparation for making the site viewable on portable devices. Just a heads-up... we'll be updating the viewer on Wednesday.

In this submission of the Bassman Chronicles Mark Overman and I spend some time with our new member of the Bassman family, the Bassman LTD

Follow Intermediate student Ryan Walker as he studies blues harmonica seriously for the first time. In these videos you'll see his actual biweekly lessons with me (in their entirety) as well as see video reports from him between lessons. These videos are highly valuable to the Intermediate blues harmonica student seeking guidance on what to learn and when.

Billy Boy Arnold was born in Chicago on September 16, 1935. Unlike the many blues artists who migrated to Chicago from the South, Arnold is among the first generation of bluesmen actually born and raised in the city. He fell in love with the blues at an early age and was especially moved by the records of the first Sonny Boy Williamson. In 1948, young Billy found out that Williamson lived nearby, and he set out to find him. "To me, this was a burning desire-I wanted to be like Sonny Boy," recalls Billy. continue reading...

Join Joe Filisko for his latest submission to breathing. Joe talks about: Breathing Range, the Exhale Push and Nose Breathing.

In this submission Gary and I discuss each amp setup we tested at the dell.

All of the videos from the event (including a complete version of the grand finale) is on the site, under Mark Hummel's contributor page.

I just arrived back from my weekend with the boys and video recording interviews with the artists. I know everyone is excited to see the footage so I'm working late to edit the material for you. Each night I'll edit and post new material. The first one is up on the Contributor Mark Hummel page and of the rehearsal.

Congratulations to George Bisharat, Steven Troch and Steve Molitor for doing such a fantastic job! All three of you sounded even better than your original composition... the band really supported you well. Final congratulations goes to Steven Troch for being the audience favorite and the ultimate winner of the King of Swing contest. I'll have footage up within a week's time so you all can see how they did. To see some pictures of these guys in action visit: http://www.facebook.com/bluesharmonica