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MJEB presents the Harp Guardian 5000 Anti-Bump Harp Case (patent pending)

Hey You! Yes, You, the harmonica player picking up all their harps from the floor because some overly enthusiastic dancer has pirouetted into your stuff and sent your harps flying.

No more will you be wondering 'WTF did my Bb harp go?' during your next song!

No more 'ARGH!' after Drunk Random #4590 has flipped all your carefully arranged stuff into the air because 'frazzzlle ruble mmm burp oops'!

That's because because you wisely invested in the

HARP GUARDIAN 5000 (patent unlikely) from MJEB Industries

We start with the finest, cheap ass alumininimum alummin...aaloo...A case from Bunnings Warehouse, made in China! that's right, China! They make'em good and cheap over there, oh boy.

Now here you can see the rookie mistake, all these harps and musical what-nots just lying in the case, almost inviting someone to come along and send them tumbling into the air!

We then visit Clark Rubber, that same place beloved by pool enthusiasts and fetishists and buy our selves some foam!

Yep, good old foam.

Then you find out that when Clark Rubber says 'We cut to size' they only mean '1 cut' and if you want all those little holes for your harmonica, you are on your own!

Good luck with your little craft knife and no, you can't borrow the cool foam cutting knife, now give me your money and get gone.

But here at MJEB Labs, we have the latest in Pen and Ruler tech. See how our experts work out how big stuff is and draw lines.

IMPRESSIVE!!!

And because we're not shmucks, we know to leave enough foam at the edges and between the holes so it doesn't suffer from Structural Fall Apart!

4cm by 3(ish)CM squares seems to do the trick and grip the harp cases nicely.

We even cut the holes in a pattern that allows more stability, why? Cos we thought of it as we were doing it and we're SMRT!!

When the foam is 100 MM thick and a craft knife won't cut all the way to the bottom it, what do we do?

No problems, we use a craft blade to cut the initial shape out , drill a hole in the centre of the foam, use a thin bladed file to cut the deep edges and then RIP the middle foam out by hand or with pliers! All hi tech! not done in a clean room.

ET VOILA!! Here you have it! the Harp Guardian 5000, loaded and ready for drunks everywhere!

I tried dropping this, knocking it over, turning upside down and those suckers stayed put. I am digging it.

Stay tuned for more technology of the future from MJEB industries!!

Stormcellar at the Taverners Hill Hotel, Saturday 6th october

After a few well spent weekends off...except for The Machine of course who gigged anyway...umm...where was I?

Oh yeah, we're back! At the Taverners Hill Hotel, this Saturday night from 8pm!

Tuvan throat singing and the blues

Despite recent suggestions to the contrary, I have not completely lost my mind. I admit, not everyone goes off on a Tuvan Throat Singing bender, but we all have our quirks.

I was randomly googling and came across a link between Tuvan Throat Singing and The Blues, via Paul 'Earthquake' Pena, writer of 'Jet Airliner' (yea, that one, you know, Steve miller didn't write it. Wow. Ok, another addition to the long list of things I didn't previously know.)

So here's Earthquake mixing Delta Blues and Kargyraa style Tuvan Throat Singing.

You can thank me for keeping your mind blown, later.

It’s Official , we are now gigging every Sat Oct to Jan inclusive.

Yo Band,

It’s Official , we are now working every Sat Oct to Jan inclusive.

Only few Fri/Suns at moment, but that should increase.

Worth bragging on.

Wiz---

Random blog about overtone singing

Howdy folks, here's some random coolness I had to share. .

Whilst listening to the current mixes/masters of the new album, I have been marveling at an effect Rosie uses, adding a harmonic overtone in one of the songs. I googled overtones and started listening to Tuvan Throat singing. Hey, I warned you this was random

I came across this clip that blew my mind.

It almost sounds like a Prairie Western, it reminds me a little of Tinariwen (modern day Mali roots of the blues) with its one-chord-no-changes link back to early folk/blues styles.

There's just something about this stuff that really has me going at the moment. You might even find me wandering around trying my hand at Khoomei singing. Great melodies in there.

Mastering progress almost complete

Howdy folks, just rebuilding the article we lost on our mastering last week.

Boy I wish you could have seen those articles, the humour, the pathos, the brilliant writing.

Of course if you did see those articles, just go along with me.

Here's some of the artefacts from Turtlerock - Rick has gathered some truly unique stuff, including components from Abbey Road that saw the likes of Floyd and The Beatles.