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Recording “The Road Home From Skye”: Day Five in the Studio

5 years ago

Day One in the Studio
Day Two in the Studio
Day Three in the Studio
Day Four in the Studio

Day Five

In the evenings between the recording sessions, I listened to the mixes we …

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Recording “The Road Home From Skye”: Day Four in the Studio

5 years ago

Day One in the Studio
Day Two in the Studio
Day Three in the Studio

Day Four

Hannah Flowers joined us on the fourth day. She brought with her the most amazing almond-flavored scones. …

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Recording “The Road Home From Skye”: Day Three in the Studio

5 years ago

Day One in the Studio
Day Two in the Studio

Day Three

The following morning I felt almost blasé about getting ready. Day three, right? No big deal. And then I looked at …

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Recording “The Road Home From Skye”: Day Two in the Studio

5 years ago

Recording “The Road Home From Skye”: Day One in the Studio

Day Two

My dad stopped by the studio to take some videos and photos of me, since I always forget. I …

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Recording “The Road Home From Skye”: Day One in the Studio

5 years ago

Day One

I encountered morning rush hour on my way to the studio – to my shock. (Why do I always forget that rush hour is a thing?)

It took about forty …

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A Harp Weekend in Bemidji

6 years ago

Two weeks ago I spent a few days in Bemidji doing harp stuff.

My schedule included playing 2nd harp on Leonard Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms with the Bemidji Symphony Orchestra, giving …

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March Showers Are Better than February Snow Storms

6 years ago

New challenges

No really, I DO want you to come to harp lessons. See, I even built this lovely obstacle course on my sidewalk for you….”

Somehow I thought that when the …

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4 Things That Strike Terror Into the Heart of Every Harpist

7 years ago

(Being by no means a complete list of existing harpist problems)

1. The malfunctioning handicap entrance button

It lures one into a false sense of security, promising not only to open the …

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Well that was interesting| 2016

8 years ago

2016 brought many opportunities for me.
Challenges and fears accompanied every one of them.

Of course there are always challenges that show up unaccompanied (by opportunity or anything else) as well. Whether …

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An Artistic Process

9 years ago

I thought, for fun, I’d share my artistic process for my new album, Light So Brilliant: Carols and Tunes for Christmas. Make sure you read “artistic process” as meaning “a …

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