What's New!

Joe just came into record "Cadillac Repo Blues." To listen to his final version of the song visit his Contributor page and click on the Lesson 25 Support Material. We video recorded the recording process and that footage should be up by the end of next week.

See BluesHarmonica.com contributors Joe Filisko, Steve Baker and Martin Haffner at the Hohner booth in Germany http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjEffJzejis&feature=player_embedded#at=415

You'll also see fellow BluesHarmonica.com member Sonny Side (Robert Koch... killer player) and Ralf Brendle, local teacher of one of our other members Chris Jones.

Mark Hummel starts his song writing lesson series with "Ready, Steady, Roll" from his Retro-Active CD.

June newsletter is now up. Visit http://www.bluesharmonica.com/home and download the newsletter at the bottom of the page. If you're a current subscriber to bluesharmonica.com you may need to logout to see this page.

Join Aki for the next part of his journey to compete at the International Blues Challenge.

Join Joe for his latest lesson where we do the final touches to his original instrumental "Cadillac Repo Blues." Next lesson we record!

- Checking in after Lesson 23
- Lesson 24 - Welcome Back & Getting Started
- Joe Plays Current Version of "Cadillac Repo Blues"
- David's Comments on Choruses 1-3
- David's Comments on Choruses 4-7
- Ending Lick Ideas
- Another Student's Songwriting Example & Closing Words

Gary Smith continues his insight into songwriting with his blues harmonica instrumental on the Blues for Mr. B CD, "Chrome Bullet Boogie"

In Improvising Study 1 you learned how to use repetition to create memorable solos and instrumentals. In Improvising Study 2 you learned the art of Focus Notes, Textures and Rhythm. In Improvising Study 3 we focused on the most important and most underused element in conveying emotion... dynamics. In Improvising Study 4 we developed your V-IV-I lick vocabulary. In this study we’ll develop your Turnaround lick vocabulary as well as learn how to utilize this area of the 12 Bar Blues to help lead into the next chorus of a solo. continue reading...

Join Aki as he starts his journey to compete at the International Blues Challenge!

In Improvising Study 1 you learned how to use repetition to create memorable solos and instrumentals. In Improvising Study 2 you learned the art of Focus Notes, Textures and Rhythm. In Improvising Study 3 we focused on the most important and most underused element in conveying emotion... dynamics. In this study we develop your V-IV-I lick vocabulary by building up your chord knowledge and studying almost a 100 licks from great players of the past and present. continue reading...