hello jazz talk needed

[gingerjazz]

hello is anyone there who wants to chat about jazz music and guitars as i live in a house full of slipknot and donny osmond fans please say hello before i forget how to talk

[neoksal]

hello there~
it's good to meet you

[gingerjazz]

neoksal where are you and what are your musical interests

[nateroberts]

I'm always down to talk music. What kind of stuff are you into?

[gingerjazz]

nateroberts im into just abot everything jazz but mainly mike stern ,grant green and all those bebop type guys my dream is to be able to improvise as freely as we talk like these guys seem to be able to the thought of being able to play over chord sequences spontaneously really aappeals to me i am currently working through my music grades with the london collage of music . thats enough about me for now what instrument do you play and what are you interests

[nateroberts]

I play guitar and piano (guitar is my main instrument.) I'm into a lot of stuff, but my favorite is sort of more modern stuff - Joshua Redman, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Chris Potter, Avishai Cohen, Vijay Iyer, Aaron Parks, stuff like that. I'm also really into older stuff too, but I'm up for checking out anything new usually as well. What about you? Do you have any recordings of your music or anything? Do you compose much?

I've got some recordings on my website of a new trio I just started playing with. They're nothing special - just ran into the studio and recorded some tunes to try to get a demo together, but you get the idea.

[gingerjazz]

ive only just started composing in the last few years all the bands i played in before were blues cover bands ive spent years tryin to play like other peeople .after meeting a great teacher a few years ago i feel i was shown the right path and what music is really all about so now im trying to find my own voice and express my own personality its only taken me 44 years to get there but it was woth the wait idont have any recordings of my own music yet but ill let you know when ido im off to check out yor site now back in about 5 mins so stay online if you can and ill tell you what i think of it

[gingerjazz]

are you still there nate just been listening to your incredible guitar playing i find your playing very moving to me listening to music played that way is like looking straight into someones soul you are a true artist this only shows me once again that music really is the language of mankind and the one and only true universal language i still cant believe im talking to someone so far away on such a hgh level . more power to this forum

[nateroberts]

Wow - what a kind response! I'm honored that you enjoyed the music so much.

Where are you located geographically? You mentioned that I was "so far away" and it just got me wondering where you're from.

[gingerjazz]

i live in a small industrial town called huddersfield in west yorkshire england surrounded by beutiful rolling hillsides there is a tv programme called last of the summer win that was filmed in my town but i doubt that you will have seen it in yor country please could you tell me moore about your musical journey and history and what you do for a living etc and ill do the same as i would love to be able to carry on corresponding with you in the future

[nateroberts]

Sure!

Well, I grew up in a small town called Westfield, NY. Out of high school I went to Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA, actually on a mandolin scholarship of all things. I was very much into the new acoustic music scene, and wanted to pursue that path. When I got to college though, I remember first semester I heard the album "Like Someone in Love - Live in Toronto," by Paul Desmond - with Ed Bickert on guitar. It changed my life. I'd never heard the guitar played that way. So I switched my major to guitar almost instantly and studied guitar for a year and a half there. I'm in my junior year now, and I just transferred this fall to Hope College in Holland, MI. It's a really small school - but the jazz faculty is great and I'm getting a lot more opportunities to gig and a lot more one-on-one attention.

So I'm a junior in college living in Western Michigan, to make a long story short. Haha. What about you? What's your story?

[gingerjazz]

well im 45 years old istarted playing viola at 8 years old in school and carried this on until i was 15 when all my mates if you can call them that took the mickey out of me so gave that up and have regretted that ever since allways wondering where that might have led me however the up side of that was i then started playing guitar in1980 after getting into believe it or not punk music my first band was a punk band but i kept getting into trouble for trying to play too technical so i left it was about then i discovered peter green after seeing him mentioned in a tutorial book something about his music just seemed to grab hold of me and move me that was it i spent years playing fleetwod mac and john mayals blues breakers songs unfortunately i wasnt able to go to music collage as i had to go out and work to support myself my parents believed music was a waste of time and even once me that groups and bands never get anywhwere when i said what about eric clapton was told that was different because he was famous so i am self taught however due to health problems iam now disabled and unable to work which has finally given me time to spend on my music study so i am now working though my music theory grades studying from home with the london collage of music and as i mentioned earlier i am a complete theory junkie and a self confessed obsessive jazz student which i think you have to be if you want to become a competant jazz player do you have a time when you go online it is twenty to five here at the moment what time is it where you are

[gingerjazz]

sorry nate ive got to go now my fish and chips are here friday is allways fish and chips over here still cant seem to lose any weight (WONDER WHY) HOPE TO TALK AGAIN SOON AND SWAP IDEAS AND PRACTICE METHODS ETC oops left caps lock on im hoping to start ajazz workshop soon but its hard to find enough people oh well by for now.PEACE.

[jazzbender]

Hey gingerjazz, FYI I watched a few episodes of Last Of The Summer Wine here in Washington, DC. I found it hilarious. I had the opportunity to visit the city of York years ago and walk the wall before enjoying a night in the pubs with some locals. Didn't hear any jazz, though.

[Sailor]

I must say that Slipknot and Donny Osmond aren't as bad as it COULD be!!!

And we have Fish and Chips every Friday here in NEW England...lots of vinegar and salt!!

Be Cool, Sailor

[gingerjazz]

jazzbender yorks agreat city sadly ive never been to your end of the pond maybe one day

[gingerjazz]

sailor please tell me what could be worsa than donnyand slipknot bear in mind if my wife hears us she will kill us both

[Sailor]

Didn't see this post today Gingerjazz...LOL!!

I mean slipknot is pretty bad and Donny Osmond is no bargain....BUT, isn't Justin Timberlake worse???? Or how about Lady Gaga??? Clay Aikin???