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What do I DO with it? Why you should learn to “Arrange Yourself”
For Harp Players Only Tonight at midnight is the DEADLINE to register for “Hip Harp Toolkit” – my arranging class just for harp players — and get a $200 discount PLUS two great Bonus Classes. If you play the harp I don’t want you to miss this...![Brazil – I LOVE YOU!!!](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/uanaete-brazil-birdseyeview.jpg)
Brazil – I LOVE YOU!!!
I just got back from the forests of Brazil where I lived, taught, ate, performed and adventured at the beautiful Uaná Eté Music Garden about 2 hours from Rio. It was a jazz immersion with harp players from all over the world: Australia, USA, Canada, France, Greece,...![Freedom, can it be followed?](https://www.hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/can-freedom-be-followed-vai-dhc-longshot.png)
Freedom, can it be followed?
Sun. July 8th I have a free Webinar for Harp Players called “Play with Freedom” Register for FREE here (Registration includes a replay link) We often think of creative freedom as complete independence, marching to our own drummer (who is, supposedly, us?)....![Play, Play, Play the Blues](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Cover-Blues-Guy-1-e1493871732472.jpg)
Play, Play, Play the Blues
This is an archive post ~ originally published May 4, 2017 and updated in 2018 When I’m trying to teach … or learn … anything – it always helps me to have a song. This is one I wrote for a workshop on the Blues. The way we did this is that...![Blues As Creative Structure](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/bhs-mood-swing-blues-phrases2.jpg)
Blues As Creative Structure
This is an archive post ~ originally published Jun. 18, 2013 and updated in 2018 I recently had a mastermind session with music therapist, coach & harpist Trista Hill about my online program Blues Harp-Style, a 6-Week program on the Blues specifically for harp...![Blues Lets You Tell Your Story with Music](https://www.hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/blues-lets-you-tell-your-story-with-music-jake-1024x532.jpg)
Blues Lets You Tell Your Story with Music
This is an archive post ~ originally published Jan. 13, 2016 and updated in 2018 A few years back at a show in the Boston area, I launched into an impromptu story of my life and how I started playing the harp – all while playing the harp. Afterwards, the theater owner...![Speak Your Musical Mind … BLUES on Harp](https://www.hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/BHS-Square-image.jpg)
Speak Your Musical Mind … BLUES on Harp
This is an archive post ~ originally published Jan. 3, 2016 and updated in 2018 Would you read every word from a script if you were pouring your heart out to your best friend? No? Then why read every single note when you’re trying to express yourself on the harp? As a...![Blues Harp Riff-of-the-Day!](https://www.hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Free-harp-minicourseJoin-me-now-FB-boost-e1493174069965.jpg)
Blues Harp Riff-of-the-Day!
I always wanted to create a project like this: A 6 day series where harp players get one short riff each day and an MP3 Playalong Blues so they can just down and play their HARPS out!! I created the “Riff-of-the-Day” mini-course as a warmup for my...![Inside the Creativity Gym](https://www.hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/inside-creativity-gym-video-youtube-arrow.jpg)