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![Finding the Dance Palace](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/memoire-blog-image-242x300.jpg)
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Louisiana Harp-Break with Strings of Passion
Hit it, boys! Let’s have a little Blues in C: I’m gonna Loooseeana, just to play my harp Oh, I’m gonna Loooooooseeana, just to play my old harp Gonna court my muse, gonna teach some Blues Loooseana here I come I’m headed to New Orleans for a tiny little festival...![Finding the Dance Palace](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/memoire-blog-image-242x300.jpg)
When I was a Prescription
I worked in the West Marin Medical Center as a receptionist for doctors Whitt, Sokolosky and Kozinki from the time I was about 17 until I was 19 or 20. It was the only time in my life that I had a real job. I was the one who sent out the monthly bills, a...![Finding the Dance Palace](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/memoire-blog-image-242x300.jpg)
Postal Celebrity
Condition #1: I am easily star-struck. And then I get shy, and I can’t say anything. Or I say too much, or say stupid things. Condition #2: I’ve always thought of postal workers as celebrities. Especially post-masters. I think it’s because, when I was 7, I met the...![The Moment I Became a Musician](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/memoire-blog-image1-242x300.jpg)
The Moment I Became a Musician
There was a moment when I made the transition in my life from person-who’s-passionate-about-music to professional musician. It sits in a picture frame in my mind, the moment of realization. I lived, then, just north of Pt. Reyes Station, California – in an old...I’ll Be Your Sous-Chef, Baby!
If you know about you know that I’m not asked too cook often. But I love to sous-chef for my husband, and wrote this song about it, which my Creative Admin-Guy, James, claims is one of the world’s raciest G-Rated songs. In my search to create a definitive...![Confessions of an Online-Course Junkie](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/online-course-junkie4.jpg)
Confessions of an Online-Course Junkie
It started about 3 years ago. My husband told me I should consider taking an online course. Which I thought was ridiculous. But it was a course in Social Media marketing specifically for musicians – and I didn’t even know how to post on my own Facebook page. I...![Dear (Contact First Name),](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/email-dear-contact-name.jpg)
Dear (Contact First Name),
Last night I sent out a email through Constant Contact, a multi-mail-sender-outer-service, to a small group of people who are my “First to Know” mailing list – about my new online course, along with a special code to get a major discount. This list is a handpicked...![Stitching a Connection](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/typewriter_1454.jpg)
Stitching a Connection
Last Friday, instead of creating my normal weekly enewsletter, I just sat down and wrote a letter. I went into Constant Contact (the program that lets me send out individual emails to the 7,000 people on my email list each week), I pulled out all the bells and...![Dumb is Deep](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/DHC-GermanBand-ZDF-02.jpg)