My new Android phone has me giddy. HD video (which I haven’t figured out how to upload…Well I have but it doesn’t like the file sizes:P) 8 MP stills, internetie goodness and… well… you can tell I’m a fan.

This is, however, not a fanboy post. Harmonica Notes isn’t becoming a tech blog. I have set up a mobile interface for the site. I wanted access to the stuff on the site on my phone. Now I do, and you do too. It’s pretty business like but it works.

I’m going to start optimizing some of the posts for the new interface. I think I’m also going to setup a new bit of linking to make it easy to get to stuff you might need on the fly, like crossharp keys, tabs and so on.

I am also organizing a resource that I would like to have that you guys might want too. A list of harp songs, the key they’re in, what harp to use and what position to play. I hope to make something searchable.

Let me know what you think. Give me some input into what songs I need to put up. If you know key and position, that would be cool too. For you mobile users, check out the site on your phones and leave a comment on what you think.

I’ve had half an eye on harmonica beatboxing for a while and tried to figure something out from time to time when I was bored but it never went anywhere for me. That’s not what I’m talking about though.

Last night I went to my local open mic night to jam with the locals. They’re a great group of guys and fun to play with. When I got there a few guys were getting up on stage. A rapper, a guy with an amplified acoustic, a bass player, drummer and a guy I guess you could call a backup vocalist.

They laid down a  basic E jam and the guy started freestyling. After a few minutes of warming up my lips and my A harp, I went up, plugged my mic into the board and joined in. It was fun and a bit unusual. After hearing guys like Die Antwoord it makes me wonder if we might start seeing more of that stuff. I might just be out of touch and this stuff is all around.

If it is, post up some links and let me know. I’d like to find out more. It doesn’t seem far removed from the roots of the Blues.