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April catch up … How you doing?

Hi folks how are you? Just a quick update on what’s been happening in my life lately and to see how you all are too? I’ve been doing much session work in my studio of late and I must just take a minute to thank Avi Rosnfeld, Tallen Cross, Peter Daltrey, Gabrielle De Val, Atack…

How to play the Hammond organ part to “Highway Star”

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By popular demand I am back this week and will continue my thread of Deep Purple and Jon Lord covers, showing you how I play these classic tracks section by section. This week we are looking at the opener, Highway Star! Tricky little fella is this one, and as it’s the first song of the…

How to play Deep Purple’s “Child In Time” on the Hammond organ

Organs, Playing

Good morning all, for it was morning (and a cold one at that) in my studio today when I recorded a little video for you. After the success of last weeks Burn tutorial I had quite a few requests and one of them was for a tutorial on how to play Child In Time by…

Interview with Jamie Pipe (Danny Bryant, The Mentulls, Martin Barre)

Inspiration, Organs, Playing

Hello how are you today? I’m really pleased to be able share this video with you today. Today we meet Jamie Pipe. I have been a fan of him, his talent, hair and age for some time now and this week I finally got the time to have a good sit down with him. Today…

Autumn 2019 Update

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Hi Folks how are you all doing? Just a quick update on whats going on with Hammond For Hire currently. There will be a couple of new videos coming soon, by popular demand. One will be the test of overdrive pedals using the Hammond XK-5 and a Leslie 145 (pedals will include Boss, Lounsberry, MXR…

Gig report: The Flower Pot, Derby

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Morning guys, I had the pleasure of playing a new venue (to me) last week in Derby. A very nice place called The Flower Pot, a venue with a lot of history and character. I thought I might do a sort of day-in-the-life run through of how it went, for those of you who are…

Depping Update

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Hi All, Busy time here at Hammond for Hire towers with much going on, but more to come! With my studio completely overhauled and re-built I am in a much better position to deal with my remote/on-line clients. I found that the control room wasn’t getting enough room and the open booth for my Leslie…

Gigging a 1960 Hammond C3 Organ

Leslie Cabs, Organs, Playing

Hi Guys, This week we take a little behind-the-scenes look at life on the road through a recent gig that I played with my band The Quik Beats.

Spring update

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Busy few weeks here at Hammond for Hire what with gigs and recording sessions and a full overhaul of the Studio. From time to time however, I am asked to do Hammond sessions for people and on the whole if we can make it work I do. Its good to hone the skill of dropping…

Chopping a Hammond Organ

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I came across an interesting article recently on Chopping an Hammond Organ that I thought I would share with you: http://choppersguide.blogspot.co.uk/ Its something close to my heart as I am on the lookout for a tired but fully functional Hammond M100/101/102 that I can have a go at chopping. When I get one I will…

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April catch up … How you doing?

How to play the Hammond organ part to “Highway Star”

How to play Deep Purple’s “Child In Time” on the Hammond organ

Interview with Jamie Pipe (Danny Bryant, The Mentulls, Martin Barre)

Autumn 2019 Update

Gig report: The Flower Pot, Derby

Depping Update

Gigging a 1960 Hammond C3 Organ

Spring update

Chopping a Hammond Organ

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