Bubblegum Blues

In this track I'm playing cross harp in B (a Blues scale) against a backing track in B minor. The more major feel of the blues harp scale of the solo creates a tension against the minor backing track, and the harp is one of the higher pitched harps - so that when played at a faster tempo, like in this track, it creates an edgy, nervous kind of feel.

It's like what a kid would want to hear after drinking a 12 pack of Mountain Dew. This can be effective after a slow, "throaty" song. I call this stuff "Bubble gum Blues". It's for the kids more than us old folks. Myself, I'm like " you can't dance to that".

Anyways, I'm just jamming, then turning it into a MPEG file, and downloading it to this page. I was having too many problems with the movie making software, so I got some new software, Sony Vegas Studio.

Hopefully, this means I can cut down on how long it takes to make make a clip - it's ridiculous to spend 10 minutes practicing a track, 3 minutes recording a track, and 3 hours trying to get it in a movie format - this only took about a half hour to put together after I ran the setup program.

The Black Keeshond is Casey, and I'm doing going to be recording a memorial album for her (Casey passed away at 14 on Oct 1, 2007), and I have a number of dog-related songs I'm going to put together to make this CD.

Anyways, I have a web page, if your interested: http://glennbowen.biz/index.htm

and an email: glennwbowen@hotmail.com

Later,

Catfish