42. July Q and A

Welcome to Tomlin’s Harmonica Podcast. This is the place to be for a variety of harmonica-related content including interviews, lessons and discussions about all aspects of harmonica playing. This podcast is brought to you by the Tomlin Harmonica School where I provide a step-by-step curriculum for Beginners to Advanced Intermediate players as well as personalised feedback and all the resources you need to get better at Blues harmonica.  Today’s episode is just a short announcement. ► Join tomlinharmonicaschool.com to take your harmonica playing to the next level

Welcome to Tomlin’s Harmonica Podcast. This is the place to be for a variety of harmonica-related content including interviews, lessons and discussions about all aspects of harmonica playing. This podcast is brought to you by the Tomlin Harmonica School where I provide a step-by-step curriculum for Beginners to Advanced Intermediate players as well as personalised feedback and all the resources you need to get better at Blues harmonica.  Today’s guest is one of my students over at tomlinharmonicaschool.com called Lise. We’ll be hearing her play and learning about how she started playing harmonica. ► Join tomlinharmonicaschool.com to take your harmonica playing to the next level

Hello and welcome to Tomlin’s Harmonica Podcast where I’ll be talking about all things harmonica. This podcast is brought to you by the Tomlin Harmonica School where we provide you all the resources and feedback you need to get better at Blues Harmonica. To find out more go to tomlinharmonicaschool.com Today’s episode is going to be part of a semi-regular series where I answer listener questions. If you want me to answer your question in a future episode just record it as a voice memo and send it [email protected] (Please keep the questions under 1 minute) ► Train Rhythm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27MEhavh0Nw ► Taps https://www.harptabs.com/song.php?ID=19 ► Oh Susannah https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hnz9O-0uQ8 ► Harmonica Reed Replacement https://harp.andrewzajac.ca/GuitarStrings ► Harmonica Cleaning  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRtKQEBJknk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTT2JK-jsr8

Welcome to Tomlin’s Harmonica Podcast. This is the place to be for a variety of harmonica-related content including interviews, lessons and discussions about all aspects of harmonica playing. This podcast is brought to you by the Tomlin Harmonica School where I provide a step-by-step curriculum for Beginners to Advanced Intermediate players as well as personalised feedback and all the resources you need to get better at Blues harmonica.  Go to http://www.tomlinharmonicaschool.com to find out more now. In today’s episode I’m joined by Philip Jackson who is a good harmonica player who u-blocks and is also a National Harmonica League's blues and rock contest winner. Philip is going to set the record straight about u-blocking versus puckering and tongue-blocking. Show notes Check out Philip’s band Jaxhill - https://open.spotify.com/artist/78Aey8do4kpoK5AeRVrdGs

Welcome to Tomlin’s Harmonica Podcast. This is the place to be for a variety of harmonica-related content including interviews, lessons and discussions about all aspects of harmonica playing. This podcast is brought to you by the Tomlin Harmonica School where I provide a step-by-step curriculum for Beginners to Advanced Intermediate players as well as personalised feedback and all the resources you need to get better at Blues harmonica.  Go to http://www.tomlinharmonicaschool.com to find out more now. In today’s episode I’m joined by someone who has a truly holistic view of the instrument. He is an extremely well-respected player, teacher and customiser. He has studied the construction of the harmonica in great depth which has led to him discovering some great ways to improve the instrument. He is the awesome Richard Sleigh! Show notes - Richard’s Harmonica School https://www.ultimateharmonica.com/p/the-ultimate-beginner-harmonica-course - Richard’s Online Store http://hotrodharmonicas.com - Hotrodharmonicas.com blog - Current YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/user/richardroysleigh - First YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/user/rsleighharp - Christmas Swing Harmonica Lesson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mt3N4M-Waco

Welcome to Tomlin’s Harmonica Podcast. This is the place to be for a variety of harmonica-related content including interviews, lessons and discussions about all aspects of harmonica playing. This podcast is brought to you by the Tomlin Harmonica School where I provide a step-by-step curriculum for Beginners to Advanced Intermediate players as well as personalised feedback and all the resources you need to get better at Blues harmonica. Go to tomlinharmonicaschool.com to get your first month for $1 using promo code PODCAST   Today’s guest is one of the most influential figures in the harmonica world. He has played professionally for more than 40 years, he wrote The Harp Handbook and is a consultant for Hohner. He has been closely involved in a lot of the great developments to the instrument that we know and love. He is Steve Baker! Show Notes Live in lockdown with Baker Family https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcXRJGEO7Bw&list=PL5dC3pKSfIt6AFZyMJtYBF55-e2aH9SkX Website http://www.stevebaker.de Timezone Records https://timezone-records.shop Acoustic Music Records https://www.acoustic-music.de

Hello and welcome to Tomlin’s Harmonica Podcast where I’ll be talking about all things harmonica. This podcast is brought to you by the Tomlin Harmonica School where we provide you all the resources and feedback you need to get better at Blues Harmonica. To find out more go to tomlinharmonicaschool.com Today’s episode is part of a new series where I will be getting a lesson from an awesome harmonica player/teacher. This episode’s lesson is from Filip Jers. He will be showing me how I can bring jazz elements into my Blues playing. Learn more about Filip here… Patreon Page - https://www.patreon.com/filipjersharmonica Website http://www.filipjers.com/

Hello and welcome to Tomlin’s Harmonica Podcast where I’ll be talking about all things harmonica. This podcast is brought to you by the Tomlin Harmonica School where we provide you all the resources and feedback you need to get better at Blues Harmonica. To find out more go to tomlinharmonicaschool.com I’m very excited about today’s guest. He is an OPUS Klassik award winning harmonica player and he has been described as a wunderkind since he first started playing. Equally at home in jazz and classical environments he is the fantastic Konstantin Reinfeld. Show Notes - Check out Konstantin’s Twitch for harmonica live streams: https://www.twitch.tv/konstantinreinfeld - Instagram https://www.instagram.com/konstantin_reinfeld/ - Facebook https://www.facebook.com/konstantinreinfeldofficial - Website http://www.konstantinreinfeld.com/

Hello and welcome to Tomlin’s Harmonica Podcast where I’ll be talking about all things harmonica. This podcast is brought to you by the Tomlin Harmonica School where we provide you all the resources and feedback you need to get better at Blues Harmonica. To find out more go to tomlinharmonicaschool.com Today’s episode is part of a new series where I will be discussing big topics with my good friend Liam Ward from learntheharmonica.com. Today we are chatting about Embouchure. We’ll be looking at tongue-blocking, lip pursing and u-blocking.

Hello and welcome to Tomlin’s Harmonica Podcast where I’ll be talking about all things harmonica. This podcast is brought to you by the Tomlin Harmonica School where we provide you all the resources and feedback you need to get better at Blues Harmonica. To find out more go to tomlinharmonicaschool.com Today’s episode is part of a new series where I will be getting a lesson from an awesome harmonica player/teacher. This episode’s lesson is from Hank Shreve and we will be talking about all things improvisation and he will be giving me the low-down on his approach to improv! Learn more about Hank here… Hank Shreve Band https://www.hankshreveband.com/ YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/user/hankshreve Lessons https://www.musicmastersstudio.com/teacher-roster/hank-shreve-guitar-and-drum-lessons-eugene/