Who Gives Kudos: Phil (2) (2) Christina S.. (2) Fran Smith (2) Caratinga (2) apocryphal (1)

	Phil Philip Lord	Oooh, go for the solo instrumental harp album and the band album with lots of songs and an album of layered harps with ukelele and sitar and nyckelharpa and... OK, OK, I'm being silly, whatever you choose will be wonderful. I'm not the kind to complain...... X   Posted by Phil on Thursday, March 13, 2008 - 8:00 PM [Reply to this]

	Corrina Hewat	Do you know, I was thinking of just harp on this, and the band album being a much bigger affair entirely full of songs. Titles: Don't have one for harpy album yet but came up with Harpless Bitch for the song album. Hmmm I know, I know. Okaaaaayyy I know... i do just need to do 'what I do'. This constant niggling that everything has to be 'new and improved', never been done before type of stuff is tiring and eats away at what is just good old fashioned music. Just need some beautiful things I think.   Posted by Corrina Hewat on Saturday, March 15, 2008 - 3:33 PM [Reply to this]

	Corrina Hewat	Thanks Debs - I should email KT and see what she says. WBP would certainly be handy for doing solo gigs and sounding massive. I have a big multiple effects unit ME-50 given to me a few years ago, when I first started to get into this. I might call it the Big MeBox. saves swearing too much... Yep the GHP Trio are also talking about working on something like this. Can we get any more layered??!! Yes we think we can!! x   Posted by Corrina Hewat on Saturday, March 15, 2008 - 3:38 PM [Reply to this]

	Christina Stewart	This is an album for harpy events, right? So give the people what they want (as it were) and show all the wonderful things you can do (that is 'you' as in Corrina, not as in 'one') with a harp, really WOW them. The whole point of the people at these events buying your product (for them) is inspiration. Harp inspiration. They will be buying a piece of what inspired them at the event - they want more of that. Go for the whole gamut with everything from the scarily sparce to loops and layers. If you do include song it should really only be because it serves the HARP in some way - for this album specifically, of course. Be Hewat the Harp Heroine... or something like that...   Posted by Christina Stewart on Thursday, March 13, 2008 - 8:31 PM [Reply to this]

	Corrina Hewat	Hewat the Harp Heroine?? You know me Chrissie!!! Hewat the Harpy Herbal Hurpler.   Posted by Corrina Hewat on Saturday, March 15, 2008 - 3:41 PM [Reply to this]

	Phil Philip Lord	Hewat Harp Heroine. Corrina Clarsach Champion. Yep, Christina is right dazzle 'em with the harp. Now, this band album, that's a whole new ball game, a different kettle of fish, er...who's in the band? (yea, I know, not telling)   Posted by Phil on Thursday, March 13, 2008 - 8:53 PM [Reply to this]

	Corrina Hewat	Corrina the Clarsach Crippler. Yeah not telling. Only know of two others apart from me so far.   Posted by Corrina Hewat on Saturday, March 15, 2008 - 4:04 PM [Reply to this]

	Corrina Hewat	Yep so would I.   Posted by Corrina Hewat on Saturday, March 15, 2008 - 4:04 PM [Reply to this]

	Caratinga	It all sounds delicious, now go practice! But, maybe make a cup of tea first ... must go, I hear the kettle ...!   Posted by Caratinga on Friday, March 14, 2008 - 4:13 PM [Reply to this]

	Corrina Hewat	Hurray for sensible ideas!!   Posted by Corrina Hewat on Saturday, March 15, 2008 - 4:05 PM [Reply to this]

	Fran Smith	What is the harp album that you think is missing from your CD collection? Make it. A harp album unlike any other harp album that has ever been made. Something that no one has ever done on a harp before. It will be wonderful.   Posted by Fran Smith on Friday, March 14, 2008 - 10:05 PM [Reply to this]

	Corrina Hewat	Aww Fran you are so wise! I don't know if it'll be stuff 'never done on the harp before' but i really like the idea of the 'harp album that i think is missing from my cd collection'. That has definitely spurred on my creative juices! Thanks Fran - such words of wisdom from one so young. You're a wonder.   Posted by Corrina Hewat on Saturday, March 15, 2008 - 4:06 PM [Reply to this]

	Phil Philip Lord	'Something that no one has ever done on a harp before.' Hmmf...not sure about that Fran. I can do things no one has ever done before on a harp and you don't want to hear it. Corrina dear, just play some lovely tunes ro the best of your ability and that will be perfect.   Posted by Phil on Friday, March 14, 2008 - 11:23 PM [Reply to this]

	Corrina Hewat	Thank you Phil. Haha your harp album would probably go down extremely well in some weird and wacky library somewhere. xx   Posted by Corrina Hewat on Saturday, March 15, 2008 - 4:08 PM [Reply to this]

	Caratinga	just posting this as I neglected to give kudos before! what is a kudo, anyway? i'm thinking lycra, slightly fluorescent maybe. or, alternatively, a japanese board game of some description, with very excitable commentary. anyway, have some!   Posted by Caratinga on Sunday, March 16, 2008 - 6:01 PM [Reply to this]

	apocryphal al hewat	If I can add my tuppence-worth, I go with Fran's idea - what's missing from your CD collection. Blow them away!!! Remember John Martyn's looping with a simple, cranky Echoplex? What a spacy, orchestral, ethereal sound he could produce with only a 6-string Martin! What could you do with a harp? I seem to remember Savourna toying with such as that, but this could be the definitive intergalactic harp album. (Would sell a bundle on Alpha Centauri. Expand your markets.)   Posted by apocryphal on Monday, March 24, 2008 - 1:44 PM [Reply to this]

	apocryphal al hewat	I'm replying to my own post, cos I forgot another possibility. What about a Celt's reply to 'Tubular Bells' - for the new Millenium?   Posted by apocryphal on Monday, March 24, 2008 - 1:52 PM [Reply to this]

	Corrina Hewat	Tubular Hell. Hmmmm well I have recorded 8 tracks so far, all just acoustic harp. It's the little yellow one I'm using, and it does sound really lovely just on its own. Mattie Foulds has been recording it, and has a great set up with 4 mics around me. The only thing that hindered it a little was the massive storm and wind outside on the third day. The roof was whistling along to the recording. ISo we had to stop. Going back once the Harp Fest is over, to finish it. I think yes to the layering loops in the band - and some of the material I've been recording just now, I'd like to incorporate into the band too. But that's a while away yet. As life is too busy at the moment to fit anything else in!! Thanks for reading the blog. x   Posted by Corrina Hewat on Wednesday, March 26, 2008 - 5:26 PM [Reply to this]

	Corrina Hewat	1 kudos??? Meany.   Posted by Corrina Hewat on Wednesday, March 26, 2008 - 5:27 PM [Reply to this]

	apocryphal al hewat	Ok. Forget previous. Just emote, in whatever form. It's gonna be amazing. "I believe in you ... ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ..." Who?   Posted by apocryphal on Wednesday, April 02, 2008 - 8:05 PM [Reply to this]

	apocryphal al hewat	Ok; forget previous. Just emote, in whatever form. It's gonna be amazing. (2 kudos cos I'm not really an Aberdonian, though I live nearby.)   Posted by apocryphal on Wednesday, April 02, 2008 - 7:58 PM [Reply to this]

	Jochen Vogel	Hi Corrina, I hope my "advice" is helpful. I had the same "problem" in 1998, when I put together my "Wege"-album, which You appropriately renamed. In spite of a lot of friends telling me to not mix vocal and instrumental tracks, because it confuses the audience, I chose a mix of instrumentals and songs and although I am a better singer and player now, when I listen to it, it feels like I did the right thing by trying to let the album materialize in its very own way. Commercially I am probably still doing the completely wrong thing anyway. ;-) Corrina, You are a fully grown and blooming artist and I love, what You are doing. If You follow Your sense of meaning in music, You cannot make a wrong decision. With You I am absoloutely sure about that! Be silly, be playful, be romantic, be sentimental, be strictly formal, be wild! It's all Corrina and at least I want to hear all of Your music. Besides, it won't be Your last record. You will make "better" ones after that anyway. But go for the best You have to offer now. I look forward to a great new harp- (and perhaps ukulele and cabasa and what not) record and raise my ginger-beer to that. A hug from Jochen   Posted by Jochen Vogel on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 - 10:42 PM [Reply to this]

	Corrina Hewat	Fantastic Jochen! Well I've finished the recording. It's harp alone. And I am very happy with the outcome, and yes it is silly, playful, romantic, sentimental, mental but not too mental. Mattie Foulds recorded it and I like very much the sound he is getting from the Aziliz. SO it's just that. Did I rename Wege?? Oh dear, I have a mouth as large as a very enormous thing living in humungus land. Hugs back x   Posted by Corrina Hewat on Thursday, April 24, 2008 - 1:33 PM [Reply to this]