Articles & Essays:

Harvey also has posted some essays on the Song Train web site that pertain to learning music.

Published

1. Confessions of a Reluctant Autoharp Teacher (1999) (Lula Magazine 2009 "The Magic Music Box)
2. The Puzzle of the 6-String Banjo (Banjo Newsletter 2000)
3. An Acoustic Musician's Guide to Digital Recording (Frets Magazine 1988)
4. Making your own Digital Recording (Acoustic Guitar Magazine 1990)
5. Plugging in a Bluegrass Band in the Age of Unplugged (Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine 1996)
6. Overview: Amplifying Your Acoustic Guitar (Acoustic Guitar 1990)

1. About Re-Mastering of Recordings
2. On the "Death" of the Compact Disc (2009)
3. Why Stringed Instruments Are Hard To Tune (2008)
4. Overview and Users Guide to the Fishman Stage Amplifiers
5. About the Fishman Aura Amplification System
6. iProtest: Essay on iTunes, iPods and Legal Music Downloads (2005)
7. Open letter about Internet Radio and CARP (May 2002)
8. 6-String Banjo: The Necessary but Evil Capo
9. Advice For Musicians Making a Recording (2001)
10. Essay: On Learning to Play Guitar (2000)
11. Essay on MP3 (2000)
12. Compression: Powerful Tool or Deadly Sin (1998)
13. ASCAP & BMI- Protectors of Artists or Shadowy Thieves?
14. On Copyrights, Music, & Money
15. An Open Letter to the Alternative media (from Newsletter 1995)
16. Essay On Live Stereo Recording
17. Amplification Strategies for the Performing Acoustic Musician
18. Amplifying your autoharp
19. Concerning Live Recording
20. Music as Information
21. About the Public Domain
22. Guitar Music
23. On Music and Mathematics
24. The Temptation to Overproduce
25. Neo-Tribalism in Acoustic Music
26. Why Guitarists Can't Read Music
27. Advice on Buying a Guitar
28. Advice on Playing in Bars
29. Musical Transmogrification

Essays from Harvey's Newsletter:

1. Practical Religion (from Newsletter 1994)
2. An Open Letter to the Acoustic Music media (from Newsletter 1995)
3. A Musician Looks at Sept 11 (from 2001-2002 Newsletter)

Whimsical Essays:

1. Toward More Efficient Jogging (from Newsletter 1991)
2. The Mysteries of Laundry (from Newsletter 1992)
3. A Fresh Look at Ancient Icons (from Newsletter 1993)
4. The Day the Guitar Invaded Crete
5. The Woes of Mosquitos
6. DWE and Other Offenses
7. Mysteries of Gastronomy Part I

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