[Harp-L] New blues harp software from Annie Raines

[Nick Loss-Eaton <nick.losseaton@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi everyone - Heads up that Annie Raines has released a new interact blues
harmonica instructional software. It's a pretty remarkable system, packing
incredible amounts of info, animation, playing, video of Annie, and tab
into it in an unprecedented way. She even talks about the contrasting
histories and styles of the masters and demonstrates their licks! Annie, of
course, is a fantastic blower.

More info below along with video samples.

-Nick

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W.C. HANDY AWARD WINNER & LEADING FEMALE HARMONICA PLAYER ANNIE RAINES
RELEASES FIRST INSTRUCTIONAL INTERACTIVE VIDEO SOFTWARE "BLUES HARMONICA
BLUEPRINT" ON TRUEFIRE JULY 31

68 VIDEO LESSONS AND 263 MINUTES OF INSTRUCTION MAKE THIS MOST
COMPREHENSIVE INSTRUCTION TO DATE

Blues Music Award winner and foremost of only a handful of female harmonica
players Annie Raines has recorded the most comprehensive harmonica
instruction to date and the only interactive video format with "Blues
Harmonica Blueprint" with 263 minutes of instruction, 68 video lessons, and
over 75 charts. It will be available as interactive video software
available via DVD-R or download July 31. Raines is eminently qualified to
teach as harmonica legend James Cotton calls Raines “James Cotton Junior”
and Muddy Waters sideman Pinetop Perkins said, “She plays so good it hurts."

Here is TrueFire's Blues Harmonica Blueprint playlist on YouTube, with
numerous embeddable clips:
http://truefire.com/tftv/index.html?channel=harmonica-blueprint

Presented for the beginner to advanced intermediate player, this
revolutionary video drills deeper and wider than any blues harmonica course
ever published. Over two years in the making, with hundreds of hours
dedicated just to the visual notation guides and animations, "Blues
Harmonica Blueprint" features animated graphics showing where the notes are
as they're being played; detailed video breakdowns of songs and exercises;
text descriptions; live band jam tracks so you can play along with a blues
combo including guitarists Paul Rishell & Troy Gonyea; an adjustable
metronome; and a guitar tuner in multiple tunings.

One of the challenges of teaching harmonica is that one cannot see what a
harp player is doing and TrueFire's animation over the footage of Raines
cuts through that barrier.

Finally, Raines teaches solos and repertoire in the styles of blues
harmonica masters such as Sonny Boy Williamson II, Big Walter Horton, Jimmy
Reed, and Little Walter.

Having learned from Jerry Portnoy who has toured with Muddy Waters and Eric
Clapton, Raines has performed on three Susan Tedeschi albums and with John
Sebastian over her distinguished twenty-five year career. She has been the
touring and recording partner of Paul Rishell for over twenty years. They
have released six albums together, including the W.C. Handy Award-winning
'Moving to the Country.'

Over the past 20 years, TrueFire has worked with over 600 top artists and
educators building what Guitar Player magazine calls "the planet's largest
and most comprehensive selection of guitar lessons. Over 220,000 students
from 140 countries are enrolled in various TrueFire educational programs"

For more information on Annie Raines or "Blues Harmonica Blueprint," please
contact Nick Loss-Eaton at nick.losseaton@xxxxxxxxx or 718.541.1130.

http://nicklosseaton.blogspot.com/

http://www.paulandannie.com

http://truefire.com