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On Beyond Zebra
It’s the eve of the last week of rehearsals before tour with Steve Vai. I’ve spent the last six weeks working on the music in a kind of frenzied preparation, rapids between islands of intense focus. It’s all still so new, some of the techniques are...War of Inertia and Endeavor
In the war between inertia and endeavor … Inertia claims: “I’m hot and tired and therefore should do NOTHING.” Endeavor says: “If I can just find that mic I really think I can make the audio in my course videos way better … if I can find the mic.” It...
Deborah Henson-Conant – Tour Bio 2012
Here’s a preview of my new bio for the Steve Vai STORY OF LIGHT program book: When Deborah Henson-Conant (aka ‘DHC’) slings her signature carbon fibre electric harp, she defies definition and shatters convention. She’s a multi-talented GRAMMY®-Nominated...
The Shape of Music
I just started teaching my first online course and found myself writing to a student to explain what I meant, in our first module, by the ‘shape’ of the music. Here’s what I wrote her (with a few changes): I often think of what would a deaf person...Wanna give me feedback on my bio?
I’m about to submit my bio for the Steve Vai “Story of Light” Tour Program book. Wanna give me some 11-th hour feedback? Does it describe the me you know (assuming you’ve seen my shows)? Is it fun to read? Do you get a picture of what I do...Profoundly Affecting Yourself
“It’s amazing to realize that you can have a profound effect on yourself.” Jeweler and singer Cherie Magnello said that to me about 20 years ago. She was talking about a change she’d made in her own life. It’s one of those moments that...Melting Rabbit
I was going to say that I’m torn between an idea and a feeling, but it’s really an idea and a state of mind. And it’s not so much an idea as a … well, I don’t know what it is. The state of mind is “hot and tired” and the idea is: “can I make the audio quality in my...
Accomplishit
My teaching partner, Karen Montanaro, a solo performer who does with dance-and-mime what I do with music-and-theater, sent me this email today: “I got the most amazing group of letters-from-students (fifth graders) the other day. One kid wrote: ‘You also taught us...
I am the Ghost in the Machine
As I prepare for touring as the electric harpist in Steve Vai’s “Story of Light” tour, I’m in a time machine. One minute I’m back at U.C. Berkeley, throwing myself on the floor during a practice session and sobbing “Why do I always have to work twice...
