Tomlin's Harmonica Podcast

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 My guest today is a versatile player and songwriter from Sweden who is passionate about combining roots music with contemporary rock and pop. She is the fantastic Elin Öberg also known as Luffar Lo. SHOW NOTES Elin’s Musical Projects - Among Lynx https://open.spotify.com/artist/5fib0YWb44SaGAQeFroJsu - Ladies Got The Blues https://www.facebook.com/watch/ladiesgottheblues/ - Root Imperial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuXm8e19c-8 - YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrdaTE7b3DxzoXLcjZ1az1w Elin’s Influences - Yardbirds “Steal The Blues” - Filip Jers  - Mikael Fall - Big Mama Thornton - Sonny Boy Williamson 
Harmonica Combs - Blue Moon Harmonicas https://bluemoonharmonicas.com/ - Joel Andersson https://www.jaharmonicas.com/

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 For today’s episode, I thought it would be fun to ask some of my harmonica friends and colleagues for their top practice tips for Beginners. This is definitely the “secret sauce” from some of the world’s top players and teachers. Although it is advice for Beginners, any level of player will benefit from listening to this. Make sure you check out all of the guests’ websites… Show Notes Brendan Power https://www.brendan-power.com/Carlos Del Junco https://carlosdeljunco.com/Joe Filisko http://www.filiskostore.com/Konstantin Reinfeld http://www.konstantinreinfeld.com/Liam Ward https://www.learntheharmonica.com/David Barrett https://www.bluesharmonica.com/Ronnie Shellist https://www.harmonica123.com/Shane Sager https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfLSdIPxKQxD-YQ2i2iYoMATodd Parrott http://www.toddparrott.com/Will WIlde https://www.willharmonicawilde.com/

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 a well-known harmonica player and teacher on YouTube. He works hard to teach harmonica in a fun and creative way. In his own words he teaches with a touch of the absurd. His name is Benjamin Tremblay Carpentier but you might know him better as Harmonica Vaudeville. Show Notes Check out Harmonica Vaudeville; - Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx-H6WhAnGJxpb12wzfWNUA- Facebook https://www.facebook.com/harmonicavaudeville- Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/harmonicavaudeville- Website https://www.harmonicavaudeville.com/ Check out Benjamin’s Musical Projects - Harmonica A Capella https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgtcjuWLDRU- Gadji Gadjo https://gadji-gadjo.bandcamp.com/- Trio Perce Oreille https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVCgUix7dS4- Póh https://www.facebook.com/pohharmonica- Tousk https://www.facebook.com/touskfolk

This week’s guest is a fantastic multi-instrumentalist from Byron Bay Australia. He plays up to six instruments simultaneously including drums, percussion, guitar and harmonica. Sometimes he even does this while juggling. He is the inimitable Juzzie Smith. 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 ► Show Notes Great performance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkJTmwHdOjo Purchase latest live album https://juzziesmith.com/store/juzzie-smith-live-mp3/ ► Follow Juzzie here; Website https://juzziesmith.com/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/JuzzieSmithOfficial/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/juzziesmithofficial/

This week’s podcast is part of a series where I’ll be interviewing Beginners rather than pros. Today’s guest is Jerry who has been playing for a while now but realised he needed to take his practice more seriously after he got a taste of playing in public. This podcast is brought to you by Tomlin Harmonica School - Step by step guidance and support to become a great harmonica player! http://www.tomlinharmonicaschool.com

This week’s podcast is part of a series where I’ll be interviewing Beginners rather than pros. Today’s guest is Frans from Sweden who started playing a few years ago and has already achieved some of his goals including playing with a band.  This podcast is brought to you by Tomlin Harmonica School - Step by step guidance and support to become a great harmonica player! http://www.tomlinharmonicaschool.com Recommended Listening * Neil Young* Bob Dylan* Howling Wolf

This week’s podcast is part of a series where I’ll be interviewing Beginners rather than pros. Today’s guest is Paula who started playing at the start of lock down. She is already fully committed to the journey and has great goals for the future as well as some awesome tips for anyone else starting on the harmonica. This podcast is brought to you by Tomlin Harmonica School - Step by step guidance and support to become a great harmonica player! http://www.tomlinharmonicaschool.com Recommended Listening * Big Momma Thornton* Will Wilde* Moses Concas

This week’s podcast is part of a series where I’ll be interviewing Beginners rather than pros. Today’s guest is Peter who started playing a few months ago at the start of lock down and is already getting over some big hurdles in his playing. This podcast is brought to you by Tomlin Harmonica School - Step by step guidance and support to become a great harmonica player! http://www.tomlinharmonicaschool.com Show Notes Recommended Listening - Magic Dick and J Geils Band

This week’s podcast is part of a series where I’ll be interviewing Beginners rather than Pros so you can hear what it’s like starting out on the harmonica journey. Although this week’s guest John has been playing for 30 years, he has recently realised he needs to go back to the beginning and strengthen his foundations. This podcast is brought to you by Tomlin Harmonica School - Step by step guidance and support to become a great harmonica player! http://www.tomlinharmonicaschool.com Show Notes Recommended Listening - Paul Lamb - Big Walter - Sonny Terry

This week's podcast is a short Public Service Announcement about the future of the series! This podcast is brought to you by Tomlin Harmonica School - Step by step guidance and support to become a great harmonica player! http://www.tomlinharmonicaschool.com

This week’s podcast is the first in a series where I will be interviewing beginners instead of pros so that you can hear what it’s like starting out on the harmonica journey. Our first beginner guest will be Patrick who started playing about a year ago. This podcast is brought to you by Tomlin Harmonica School - Step by step guidance and support to become a great harmonica player! http://www.tomlinharmonicaschool.com

Over the past 30 years, this week’s guest has pushed the harmonica to new technical heights while still staying true to the Blues tradition. He is a technical wizard who has won too many awards to list plus he is a fantastic and thoughtful teacher. He is Carlos del Junco.  This podcast is brought to you by Tomlin Harmonica School - Step by step guidance and support to become a great harmonica player! http://www.tomlinharmonicaschool.com Show Notes - Carlos Del Junco’s Webinar 15th August 2020 Noon ET; Webinar with David Burgin - http://www.harmonicapractice.com - Carlos Del Junco’s Music Blues at Café Campus - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBVfdvNLLKE Little Wing - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVtGf43_Sv4 - Recommended Listening * Lee Oskar* Howard Levy* Paul Butterfield* David Burgin

This week’s guest is not a harmonica teacher or player but he is a fantastic musician, teacher and composer. I thought it would be fun to pick his brains about the process of practice as a student of an instrument, how best to do it and why it is important. He is my good friend Vid Gobac. This podcast is brought to you by Tomlin Harmonica School - Step by step guidance and support to become a great harmonica player! http://www.tomlinharmonicaschool.com Show Notes Follow Vid here - https://www.vidgobac.com/ Check out Vid’s seminar on tomlinharmonicaschool.com all about timing - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6gD2SPhdSg

This week’s guest is a fantastic harmonica player, performer and songwriter. Having given up a career as a software engineer to become a musician he has gone on to develop a unique style blending classic West Coast Blues Harmonica with traditional Indian music. He is the inimitable Aki Kumar. SHOW NOTES Aki’s Projects New Album: https://lnkfi.re/akikumar New Single: Aana Mere Pyar Ko https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waAmX91RPMs Website: http://www.akikumar.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aki_kumar/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/akikumar/ Recommended Listening - John Mayall and The Bluesbreakers - Muddy Waters - Gary Smith - David Barrett - George Smith - Rod Piazza - Kim Wilson - William Clark - Rick Estrin Misc. - Little Village Foundation http://littlevillagefoundation.com/our-people/founder-jim-pugh/

Not only is this week’s guest an awesome diatonic and chromatic player but he is also an amazing band leader, singer, drummer, keyboard player and lap-steel player. Jason Ricci describes him as a fiery, open minded, unique and musical harmonica player. He is the sensational Hank Shreve… Show Notes • Hank’s Projects The Hank Shreve Band - http://www.hankshreveband.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/hank.shreve Band Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/HankShreveBand/ YouTube Page - https://www.youtube.com/user/hankshreve Music Masters Teaching Studio - https://www.musicmastersstudio.com/teacher-roster/hank-shreve-guitar-and-drum-lessons-eugene/ • Recommended Listening Paul deLay Carlos Del Junco William Clark Norton Buffalo Jimmy Reed Sonny Boy Williamson I Rob Paparozzi Deak Harp Rick Estrin Dennis Gruenling Stevie Wonder • Amp Used Roland Cube GX80