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Robert Ivačič won a title Accordion ( mouth harmonica ) champion in 2016. He plays harmonica since 1992. He continued playing harmonica blues in 1999 and then gospel christian music in 2000. He also sings and plays keyboards in styles he likes very… (read more)
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Robert Ivačič won a title Accordion ( mouth harmonica ) champion in 2016. He plays harmonica since 1992. He continued playing harmonica blues in 1999 and then gospel christian music in 2000. He also sings and plays keyboards in styles he likes very much. He plays in Churches, on festivals, He even played in Florida in front of 700 Business people and is a national champion (2015) on harmonica. In 2014 he played asa featured guest with Uroš Perić, imitator of Ray Charles, also playing a lot of other music, on Ljubljana Castle. This year, he played on gospel tour around Slovenia, Europe, sharing good news with a lot of people. His passion is sharing our Lord and Savior with everyone, who want's to confess sins to God and start to believe in Jesus Christ. You can help him reach the world fro Christ by coming to his concert and enjoying yourself, and be inspired and refreshed thru listening of the Slovenian's champion on harmonica (2015) and Vice Champion on blues harmonica playing in 2010 Bristol competition of National Harmonica League, where he also won 3rd place in Chromatic harmonica playing. Robert is also a translator, volunteer, he was teaching others how to play harmonica, but he did not start with blues. He played Tremolo harmonicas since 1992, and then continued with tin sandwich in 1999. In between those years, he also learned to play some chromatic harmonica, and he played country, gospel, pop and folk music of his youth.
Don't hesitate to join him on his performance in FIRST ROW!
Robert:
Here's a copy from my blog:
A BIT ABOUT ME HERE:
https://robertivacic.wordpress.com/about/
I will share some other pages and resources, for sharing the good news online and offline.
I am volunteer at several projects, christian and also work and business related.
I play harmonicas IN SEVERAL MUSIC GROUPS, keyboards and also sing a bit. I will be posting things, related to music events, connected with harmonicas and other stuff, some gospel music, when there will be some.
This is what I wrote about myself in another box in WP
I play mouth harmonicas ( blues harps, chromatic, keyboards and some singing, i used to play tremolo harmonicas for 7 years ). I am volunteer, helping with updating webpage of POSLOVNI TOK (~ CBMC / EUROPARTNERS ) locally, we have MONDAY MANA meetings weekly with my friends and I take care of some basics at sound system in International Church of Ljubljana. I like to worship God thru singin and playing harmonicas, among other ways of doing worship, like working at Academy for Music in Ljubljana, and translating sometimes at events when needed, and translating in general. I like to work on computers and using technology for various means. I’m an IDEALIST, di[S!1st](C2nd) introverted, with outgoing intuition.
If you ever come across, let me know, HOW MAY I HELP ( SERVE) YOU!
I like to listen to www.WBGL.org family friendly radio from CHICAGO area online.
OPY of my PROFILE on LINKEDIN
https://www.linkedin.com/in/blueharp
Robert Ivacic
harmonica player at music group ( DUO ) with Older Antonio Palomino Romero ) WE ARE OPENED
FOR BOOKING!
blueharp@gmail.com
Summary
i want to play mouth harmonica with Christ honoring groups or artists, i'd like to record live or in studios -
playing harmonica and singing with other artists Specialties: playing blues, boogie, rythmn'n'blues, some old
rock, gospel, evangelical christian worship songs on HARMONICA.
Volunteer Experience
volunteer at Poslovni Tok
August 2010 - Present (5 years 3 months)
I am helping with webpage updates,translate and i also conduct a small group discussions, prayer and reading
around publications of Monday Manna in Slovenian language. i was on the big WORLD CONVENTION
2014 CBMC in Orlando Florida in september 2014, where I had a chance to also perform playin blues
diatonic and chromatic harmonica music playing, and also some gospel in front of 700 businesspeople
from all over the world. several conferences in Slovenia, and some other bigger events ( Sept 2014:
WORLD CONVENTION 2014 CBMC , Orlando Florida ) ( Feb 2014, Europartners cenference in Prague )
( Macedonia Sept 2013 - Balkan leadership conference, ) ( Young leaders conference in Nederlands,
Aug 2010 ) local webpage: www.poslovnitok.si/en/ www.poslovnitok.si ( Slovenian language page )
www.europartners.org
Experience
volenteer at poslovni tok
September 2010 - Present (5 years 2 months)
i am updating weekly publications, namely "MONDAY MANA" in slovenian and english language, which i
get from leader of PT.
harmonica player at Music group ( DUO ) with Older Antonio Palomino Romero )
2010 - Present (5 years)
I play harmonica and sing a bit in this music group with a new born friend from Peru, who plays LATIN
BLUES ROCK POP music, with love songs and clean lyrics. We are both newborn christians, soo we are
planning to cooperate on a bigger scale. You are free to call us for concerts, festivals private parties. contact
us at blueharp@gmail.com or facebook: Robert IvaCiC, www.facebook.com/orglice Thank you!
Online Missionary at Global media outreach
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June 2007 - Present (8 years 5 months)
answering questions about various spiritual topics and praying for the needs of people, who send us emails
after reading a gospel presentation on one of our webpages.
harmonica player, singer at Various music groups and guitarists, playing with them on jam sessions,
concerts, festivals
October 1999 - Present (16 years 1 month)
I played quite a lot. more and more. with many superb musicians in Slovenia and abroad. There are so many
groups and name to mention, that there might not be enough space here. lately i'm member of: Stand Art
Blues Band ( Maribor ) and WInd's Caress ( Ljubljana ) guest at: Uroš PeriC, Bluesteam ( Zagorje ), Miki
Zadravec - BB BOOGIE and i play harmonica in meetings at International Church of LJubljana and at other
gatherings where we worship with music
Informator at Music Academy Ljubljana
October 2013 - July 2015 (1 year 10 months)
Informiranje obiskovalcev, sprejem klicev. Informing visitors, recieving phone calls, Izdajanje kljuCev
študentom in profesorjem ter korepetitorjem na dveh lokacijah ( Stari Trg in Vegova ) ter druga dela.
Handing out keys to students and professors for rooms where they can practice or teach.
Volunteer at Simbioza
October 2013 - October 2013 (1 month)
teaching and helping older people to get to know PCs and mobile phones.
Mentor, teaching basic computer and internet usage to older people at DCA Ljubljana-Dnevni centri
aktivnosti za starejše.
January 2013 - June 2013 (6 months)
I was teaching older "student" how to use computers ( WIN XP, WIN 7, WIN 8 and LINUX ), how to do
basic things on computers, how to do things on internet, using email and other social media interfaces. They
plan to continue to use me in this field, time permitting.
administrator at ŠENT – Slovenian Association for Mental Health
March 2012 - April 2012 (2 months)
connecting calls, delivering mail, counting the usage of paper on printers, helping with computer related
questions from coworkers, bringing print-outs to my coworkers, writing down the visitors and showing them
where to find who they are looking for...
messanger, working in EXCEL, WORD ( Ms OFFICE), assembling at dobrovita d.o.o.
December 2008 - April 2011 (2 years 5 months)
delivering documents to companies which deal with our company, helping coworkers solving diffrent
computer usage problems, also i am working at assembly of parts for Philips electric shavers. Using Excel
and Word programs to make various documents for the company.
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harmonica player at Emšo blues band
2005 - 2007 (2 years)
instructor of computer usage Course at osnovna šola Trnovo
March 2005 - May 2005 (3 months)
I was teaching pupils about basic parts of personal computers, using basic Microsoft Office programs and
email usage and internet.
Publications
Safety Warning
Authors: Robert Ivacic
This was a first take piece recorded thru microphone and amplifier ( Honeytone mini amp 2W ), directed into
a computer. It is preety loud, and it changes in speed and rythm. first it's like a boogie, and at the end it's
more like a rythm'n'blues.
Blues Improvisation on international harmonica festival AH TE ORGLICE 2013
Ah te orglice festival 2013 February 23, 2013
Authors: Robert Ivacic
This solo performance was played at AH TE ORGLICE international harmonica festival in SLovenia,
Europe, in the small town of Mokronog, near Trebnje, Novo Mesto. This festival springs every last saturday
in February. I hope you will enjoy this music. I also played on chromatic, a song from a movie "Cvetje v
jeseni", just before playin this song.
VIDEO: Blues Improvisation on international harmonica festival AH TE ORGLICE 2013
Ah te orglice festival 2013 September 17, 2013
Authors: Robert Ivacic
This solo performance was played at AH TE ORGLICE international harmonica festival in SLovenia,
Europe, in the small town of Mokronog, near Trebnje, Novo Mesto. This festival springs every last saturday
in February. I hope you will enjoy this music. I also played on chromatic, a song from a movie "Cvetje v
jeseni", just before playin this song.
Languages
English (Professional working proficiency)
Croatian (Limited working proficiency)
Serbian (Limited working proficiency)
Slovenian (Native or bilingual proficiency)
Skills & Expertise
Gospel
Blues
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Harmonica
Singing
Soul
R&B
Music
Excel
Word
Access
Mixing
Rock
Teaching
Microsoft Office
English
Songs
Songwriting
Vocal
Music Industry
Band
Music Production
Recording
Entertainment
Audio Engineering
Studio Recording
Acoustic
Festivals
Sound
Lyrics
Social Media
Vocal Performance
PowerPoint
Bands
Original Music
Jazz
Concerts
Musicians
Keyboards
Music Education
Rock Music
Education
High school KrSko
1995 - 1999
Srednja šola Krško
5, electrician of electronics, 1995 - 1999
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Activities and Societies: School's newspaper, Writting songs for a project of song books of High School
students.
Honors and Awards
1st place ( Golden award ) 3 ( THREE! ) times in playing BLUES at AH TE ORGLICE harmonica festival in
Slovenia. 2nd price in blues harmonica in BRISTOL National Harmonica League 2010 3rd price in chromatic
solo harmonica, Bristol NHL 2010. 2nd place ( Silver award ) - slovenian folk music played on harmonica at
AH TE ORGLICE festival, national harmonica festival held in MOKRONOG, SLOVENIA in february, each
year. a bunch of awards, playing harmonica for diffrent events locally.
Interests
playing harmonica, keyboards, blues, rythm'n'blues, boogie, gospel, spreading the great news, evangelism
online and in person, being a voulenteer, playing with other artists and in church
Certifications
ECDL
Courses
Independent Coursework
ECDL 1
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Robert Ivacic
harmonica player at music group ( DUO ) with Older Antonio Palomino Romero ) WE ARE OPENED
FOR BOOKING!
blueharp@gmail.com
Contact Robert on LinkedIn
IN SLOVENIAN LANGUAGE:
O meni pa toliko, za uvod...
Robert Ivačič ( roj. v Brežicah, 9.avg.1980 ) , je gor rasel v Presladolu pri Brestanici, v Posavju.
V družini se je kar dosti prepevalo ljudske in ponarodele pesmi, sam pa je rad uničeval piskre in skede, na katere je rad tolkel s kuhalnicami. Teta Romana je že kar kmalu prinesla domov iz Sevnice radio-kasetofon, na katere je snemala petje in deklamacije, ter glasbene igre za otroke.
Robert se je že zgodaj seznanil z nekaj inštrumenti. Piščalka - blok flavta, uničil je 3 klavirske harmonike ( prve so ostale na vlagi čez noč zunaj, drugim se je uničil papirnati meh, ker n inimel zaščitenih vogalov, tretjim pa so počasi odletele ploščice, na katerih so bila peresa v notranjosti harmonike, in jih nikomur ni uspelo učinkovito prilepiti nazaj. Spoznal je tudi krajšo melodiko, ki pa prezimila nekje na travniku, in so jo starši našli šele po drugi ali tretji košnji drugo leto.
Enkrat za božiča je dobil v dar otroške citre, kjer si lahko pod strune porinil list papirja z "notami", točkami, po katerih je brenkal on, njegova sestra, teta, in mogoče še kdo. Kasneje je tudi sam začel sestavljat in zapisovat na posebno obrezane papirje "točke", po katerih je lahko nato preigraval razne skladbe. S petjem se je seznanil že kot mali in nadaljeval s prepevanjem v domači cerkvi na Blanci, od koder je prinesel domov kakšno vižo, in jo zapisal in zaigral na citre, kasneje tudi na manjši synthesizer - električne klaviature. Ta synthesizer je v družino prinesla teta Romana, ki je bila skupaj z njenim očetom, Robert-ovim dedkom, ali kot so ga v družini imenovali "star ate", pa tudi ob pomoči staršev ( Edvard, Antonija ) glavni "meceni" raznoraznih daril, med katerimi pa so glasbila doprinesla največ k "izkušenosti" Roberta na glasbenem področju.
Nekje hkrati je je kot samouk začel tudi s CASIO - synthesizerjem ( 2 oktavi in pol ) ter končno, med zimskimi šolskimi počitnicami pri teti , z orglicami, do katerih je prišel v Ljubljani, ko so šli s teto Romano in njegovo 3 leta mlajšo sestro Moniko na izlet z vlakom. Šli so v trgovino z glasbili na Wolfovi ulici, kjer mu je teta kupila njegove prve orglice, kitajske izdelave, na katere je začel že kar takoj pihati, kasneje pa tudi vleči zrak, kar je odkril po "pomoti", saj je sprva vdihal zrak, ne da bi igral, kmalu pa je odkril cel spekter od C-ja, do C-ja, namreč celo durovsko lestvico, kjer so se toni izmenoma ( pih / vlek ) vrstili od DESNE proti LEVI, pri čemer je tudi ostalo. Navadil se je namreč igrati tako, da je imel nizke tone na desni, visoke pa na levi, ravno obratno, kot pri klavirju.
kar nekaj časa je trajalo, da je odkril svojo "napako", ampak, ker se je že mehansko navadil igrati "narobe", je pri tem vztrajal. Pri poizkusih hkratnega igranja klaviatur in orglic, pa je imel zaradi tega težave, saj je bila smer igranja po tipkah na klaviaturah, in smer igranja na orglice različna, ravno obratna, tako da hkratnega igranja klaviatur in orglic še danes ne izvaja prav pogosto.
Na prve ( TREMOLO ) orglice, in potem še na nekaj takih orglic, se je navadil igrati enostavne otroške in ljudske skladbe, nato kakšno enostavnejšo pop skladbo, ki jo je slišal po radiu ali tv, napredoval je, čeprav malce bolj počasi, saj se je učil sam, kot samouk, a kmalu je znal že kar nekaj skladb, zelo rad pa je igral "Na kmetiji" oziroma " Oh Suzannah " in podobne country skladbe. Najbolj pa so mu bile ( in so mu še vedno ) skladbe, ki spadajo, ali izvirajo iz BLUESA. Eden prvih vzornikov mu je bil "kolednik", ki je prišel na obisk in nastop, verjetno je bil zunaj takrat sneg, in zaigral na kitaro, zapel in verjetno zaigral tudi na orglice. Kasneje pa je slišal nekajkrat po radiu pesem ali dve od kantavtorja ADI-ja Smolar-ja. Pri tem vzorniku je slišal vpliv Blues-a in drugih country in folk stilov. Tomaž Domicelj pa je bil najbrž kriv, da je RObertu orglice kupila teta, saj je bil Tomaž nekaj časa v istem razredu na Filozofski fakulteti v Ljubljani, kjer sta se oba učila angleškega jezika. Tomaž Domicelj je prav tako dobro vplival na Roberta, s svojim igranjem in petjem.
KROMATIČNE ORGLICE...
Čez nekaj let, nekje med letom 1992 in 1999 je Robertu (spet) teta kupila takrat ene najbolj modernih modelov kromatičnih orglic, kar so jih lahko v trgovini ( na Wolfovi v Ljubljani ) lahko priporočilo kot ene res kvalitetnih orglic. Robert je dobil prve kromatične, CX-12 Hohner orglice. Imele so 3 oktave, 12 lukenj, sicer plastični ustnik, ki bil v enem kosu tudi cel zunanji del orglic, enostavno odstranljiv drsnik za preklop med C in Cis toni, ter dokaj lahek dostop do jedra orglic, skratka Kromatične orglice v štirih enostavno razgradljivih kosih. Na njih je počasi začel igrati skladbe, ki jih je poznal že od prej, uspelo pa se mu je priučiti tudi igranja A-mol pozicije, naprimer "Daleč je za naju pomlad - Adi Smolar", hkrati pa je igral že kar suvereno tudi na synthesizer, kjer pa je zaradi omejitve dolžine tipkovnice igral blues in boogie iz G-dura, oziroma G7, C7 D7, namesto C7 F7 G7, ( 1, 4, 5 stopnja ) kot si sledijo osnovni toni v bluesu 12- dob, ali 12-bar bluesu. Tak način igranja je prenesel tudi na CX-12 orglice, kjer je v C duru znal zaigrati Blues ali hitrejši Boogie, z ustreznimi pritiski na drsnik, s katerim je dosegel tiste tone, ki jih drugače ni mogoče doseči na orglicah, s katermi je začel svojo orgličarsko pot ( TREMOLO orglicami ).
Leta 1995 je začel obiskovati Srednjo šolo Krško, kjer je zaključil z maturo smer elektrotehnik elektronik, že v prvem letniku pa je prihranil kar nekaj denarja od štipendije Termoelektrarne Brestanica, da si je kupil večji synthesizer, Goldstard, s 5 oktavami, in res odličnim izborom ritmov in zvokov ter ostalimi MIDI pritiklinami. Šele leta 1997 je odkril, da svoje igranje na tem glasbilu ne bo mogoče posneti na računalnik preko MIDI vmesnika, nekaj je bilo narobe, namreč klaviature in AWE-64 zvočna kartica, ki bila takrat ena najboljših kartic na področju midi glasbe, se nista med seboj razumeli, kot bi bilo treba.
Orglice so bile takrat vzporeden inštrument, glasbilo za na pot in za v šolo, a več kot TREMOLO in KROMATIČNIH orglic takrat še RObert ni imel v lasti. Že velikokrat pa je slišal zvok orglic, ki so zvenele precej drugače, niti ne kot TREMOLO orglice, niti kot KROMATIČNE. V knjižnjici je nekje leta 1997 naletel na zbirko posnetkov na dveh CD-jih z naslovom " NOTHIN' BUT THE BLUES". Takrat je to glasbo poslušal na računalniku, ki so ga kupili s skupnimi močmi teta, dedek, starši, del pa je kril tudi sam od štipendije Robert. Seznanil se je tudi, kako iz WAV formata pretvarjati glasbo v stisnjene formate, naprimer REal Audio, in kasneje MP3format, ker je bilo takrat še v povojih, če si hotel pretvoriti za približno 1 CD glasbe, si rabil nekje vsaj eno noč, če ne še celo več časa, odvisno seveda od hitrosti procesorja v računalniku.
DIATONIČNE ( DIATONIC ) ORGLICE ( BLUES HARP )
Leta 1999 je Robert Ivačič začel študij Računalništva in informatike v LJubljani. Tam je neučakano začel iskati blues brlog, za katerega je izvedel že prej na spletni strani ŽVPL ( žurerski vodnik po Ljubljani ) . Ime tega brloga je bilo BIRDLAND, starejše ime pa lahko ponazorim s kraticami P.M.
Tam se je že kmalu seznanil s skupino MOJO HAND BLUES BAND, kjer je SLAVEN KALEBIČ, kitarist in vodja skupine ter jam sešnov, igral to, kar je prinesel domov iz študijske prakse v Ameriki, Texasu. Po več poizkusih igranja, kar med publiko, na skladbe, ki so se vrstile na odru, je Robert spoznal, da bo treba kupiti nekaj drugega, nekaj, kar je prirejeno za igranje bluesa. In tako je končno, spet na Wolfovi, v isti trgovini, kot pred kar nekaj leti TREMOLO, sedaj kupil BLUES HARP, najbrž v G duru, ali C duru, tega se ne spomni več tako dobro. Srečal je tudi američana, ki je bil na študentski izmenjavi ali praksi preko društva AIESEC, ki mu je pokazal 12 barski blues, in ko je neke noči iskal tega kitarista po Ljubljani, je poskušal na orglice ponoviti to, kar je slišal že mnogokrat, in končno mu je uspelo. Počasi se je naučil zaigrati , če zapišem z rimskimi številkami: 12 barski blues takole: "I,I,I,I,IV,IV,I,I,V,IV,I,V." Problem pri diatoničnih orglicah pa je, ko začenjaš tole: Lahko igraš v prvi poziciji, naprimer country skladbo "Oh suzannah", kot da bi igral na TREMOLO orglice, C na C, lahko pa igraš v 2. poziciji, 12 barski blues, ( kar je sicer izvedljivo tudi v 1. poziciji, ampak zveni precej bolj pocukrano in manjka nekaj tistega bluesovskega pridiha ), naprimer na orglice z oznako C, v G oziroma G7 poziciji, kar se imenuje 2. pozicija ( 2nd position ). IN ker je do takrat poznal le te dve variante, ( C ali G, in mogoče še A mol ), je bil pri sodelovanju na jam sešnih zelo , tehnično, omejen.
Spoznal je, da bo potrebno za igranje skladb v različnih osnovnih tonih ali durih, pa tudi molih, ( zaenkrat), kupiti še kakšne orglice več.
Počasi si je omislil C, G, A; E, D, F, in potem še ostale manjkajoče diatonične orglice, tako da je končno , sicer ne takoj, a kar se je dalo hitro, nakupil cel arzenal ( vseh 12 ) različnih orglic, kasneje še kakšne z oktavo nižjo uglasitvijo. ( C, Db, D, E, F, Fis, G, Ab, A, Bb, B=H, F-low, C-low- z 12 luknjami) in še kakšno rezervo, vsake tolko pa je bilo potrebno nadomestiti orglice, ki so se razglasile, ali se je kako peresce nepopravljivo poškodovalo, z novimi orglicami.
Sčasoma je spoznal igranje na orglice C v petih ali več različnih modalih. na C orglice je igral v C-duru,C-pentatoniki, G7,G7-molu, D-molu; A-molu in E-molu, ter včasih še v F-duru, kadar je spremljal kakšnega harmonikaša na njegovih diatoničnih (3 tonskih C F B ) ali ( B Es As ) harmonikah. Temu bi se po orgličarsko tehnično reklo, da je igral v 1., 2., 3., 4., 5., in še kakšni "poziciji", vsaj kar se diatoničnih orglic žargona tiče.
Svoje orglice je ponesel v Istanbul, Rijeko, Zagreb, Beograd, Barcelono, Loret de mar, Trossingen Nemčijo 2009, Bristol Britanijo 2010, Ohrid Makedonijo ( 2004, 2013), in še bi lahko našteval.
Večkrat je doprinesel k popestritvi blues Postojna festivala oziroma blues koncertov, kot je v dogovoru z nastopajočimi zvezdami uletel na oder s kakšnim solo vložkom ali dvema.
Sodeloval je že z veliko glasbeniki in skupinami, večkrat je nastopil v Avstriji na njihovih orgličarskih festivalih ( Celovec, Graz ), nastopil je na Dunaju z Urošem Perićem, ).
Doma in po svetu je dosegel stopničke na tekmovanjih, tako z diatoničnimi, kot kromatičnimi orglicami.
Najraje pa sodeluje pri slavljenjih na manjših ali večjih druženjih, kjer igra moderno in malce manj moderno krščansko glasbo, ki jo tudi rad posluša preko internetnih radijev in v živo, v slavo in čast našemu Odrešeniku in Gospodu.
Na internetnih straneh ima že celo zbirko posnetkov v različnih zasedbah, nekaj videev je objavil, sedaj pa je že utrujen, in gre spat.
Ljubljana, 4.2.2014