Posted Wed, 06/17/2015 - 06:48 by David Barrett Admin
In this video for "Recording Study 4 - Studio Recording" Gary Smith and Aki Kumar construct and improvise a slow blues that turns into the song titled "A.G. Blues."
Posted Wed, 05/06/2015 - 08:50 by David Barrett Admin
In these two videos we record the slow blues instrumental heavily influenced by George "Harmonica" Smith titled "Dark Night." Pianist Steve Lucky joins the recording crew for this and two more songs.
Posted Wed, 04/29/2015 - 08:28 by David Barrett Admin
We're now on to the second day of recording. I move into the smaller isolation room and we start the day with all of my solo tunes. These two videos I record "Here We Go." This Tramp groove, based on Lowell Fulson’s song “Tramp,” has long been a favorite groove of mine. With a rhythm driven by 8th and 16th notes, it allows for fast playing and some very cool runs that traverse the entire range of the harmonica. continue reading...
Posted Fri, 02/13/2015 - 09:40 by David Barrett Admin
I'm now releasing Section 5 footage of the actual studio recording session. It's taking about three hours to edit every ten minutes of finished footage (three cameras rolling), so instead of waiting until I'm done with the entire project I'll release one video a week for you. Thanks to volunteer cameramen Marc Graci, Gleidson Sousa and John Rafferty!
Posted Wed, 01/28/2015 - 12:38 by David Barrett Admin
In our latest episode of the BluesHarmonica.com Recording Study series Gary Smith, Aki Kumar and I rehearse our harmony tunes together and I provide you with MP3 scratch tracks and PDF music/TAB for you to play along with.