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Today, 08:16 AM
I'm still trying with this. All the others were basically using subs, which I thought were more interesting hearing-wise. This one just plays the...
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Today, 08:03 AM
I have three G&Ls. Compared to the round '59 LPs, they are thinner. But they are not close to the Gibson '60's in thinness.
A friend sold me a...
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Today, 07:57 AM
From how I remember the NY subway (sauna and/or sardine cans) he was pretty courageous to take 2 valuable instruments on it. One of which was not his...
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Today, 07:56 AM
Sorry, I've got AINY on the brain. I'd completely forgotten Alone Together, which it was. This is the post:
Analyzing
So, yes, I'd be...
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Today, 07:21 AM
I did switch to the Beta 8a. Solved the problem but added a lot of weight. Sounded better too. I eventually just got a Bud 6 soon after though.
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Today, 07:17 AM
Most certainly did not. I think it was Alone Together with the whole godforsaken diminished thing.
Or shall it be Summertime Thrice?
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Today, 07:12 AM
This beauty sounds as good as it looks !!!!
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Today, 07:10 AM
Better is subjective here. Jazz 12 is a good amp. SS and tube sound and feel differently. Both have been used to create legendary jazz guitar tones....
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Today, 07:10 AM
Lots of people here use Toobs to solve your problem (and no need to buy two - one will do fine!). :encouragement:
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Today, 06:53 AM
Listening to and playing along with reggae tracks (meaning rhythm guitar) is a good lesson for how note length relates to groove and how different...
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Today, 06:50 AM
I understand that. I'm not sure that 'less contrived' isn't still contrived but I hear what you say :-)
By the way, I think you said when you got...
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Today, 06:32 AM
Hi, I have the DV Mark Jazz 12, it has a very warm sound! Do you think it would be better with tubes?
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Today, 06:28 AM
Would be nice if you could try plugging your guitar into a nice tube combo like a Princeton Reverb or a Tweed. That would probably have much bigger...
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Today, 06:20 AM
I shook his hand in 1991. Probably I got infected, haha.
But joking aside actually before that I was listening to African-American blues for one...
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Today, 06:17 AM
For SS a Mambo head is what I would be looking for.
A combo would probably be more portable than the head + cab.
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Today, 06:01 AM
This must've been around 2008 (fisrt video I posted on Youtube). Part noodling/part improvised... with McCoy Tyner in my mind...
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Today, 05:25 AM
"Let that boy boogie-woogie, it's in him and it's got to come out!" - John Lee Hooker
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Today, 05:12 AM
Grommet is just another name for a washer, the search term "rubber washer" turns up grommets too.
But I just learned that there are female washers...
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Today, 04:57 AM
That's funny. We had one of those north TX guys at the school who taught jazz 1 but the guy I am referencing was a bone player who came up in...
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Today, 04:31 AM
A state of being over-tired is the easiest starting point for getting into a mental state of flow for me.
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Today, 04:27 AM
If you are playing solo and not rhythm you can even play around consciously with the amount of being behind, before or on top. Or it happens rather...
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Today, 04:20 AM
I took a Holiday... a Billie Holiday that is.
God Bless the Child (whose got his own guitar)
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Today, 03:56 AM
As the title suggests I’m in the market for a new amp/cab solution. I’d like something portable so my idea is to go for a solid state head with a...
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Today, 03:51 AM
Well depends really. Sometimes you want to be consistently on top, sometimes consistently behind by just the right amount. The main thing as I...
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Today, 03:11 AM
I'm not weird at all. On the contrary.
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Today, 03:10 AM
I'm not weird. Guys with Bigsbies are weird.
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Today, 02:56 AM
I think what it demonstrates to me is it's more the driver, not the car, I think SS likes to say the mechanic, not the tool.
Its nice to have a...
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Today, 02:30 AM
I suspect that's because ur question has been answered, bro.
Or something :smile-new:
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Today, 02:15 AM
I couldn't agree more and I once had the same belief. In reality, it's more a matter on how the guitar is built than when it's been built. What has...
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Today, 01:56 AM
Prettys Womans from your town for night
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Today, 01:48 AM
I played and stayed for ten years in a leaderless rock band of brothers ...
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Today, 12:55 AM
You know, this demonstrates something I notice over and over with peoples's demo videos on this forum. You really only need a vintage guitar to get a...
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Today, 12:47 AM
Thread derailing ahead! :cool:
When Pat bought his ES-175, it had only a neck pickup (ES-175, not an ES-175D). In high school woodshop, he cut...
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Today, 12:41 AM
Threads derailed so that the original intent is obscured and buried under extraneous, trivial nonsense? Not here- you must've been searching some...
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Today, 12:30 AM
A 57 year old ES-335 that has only been played seven times? Definitely too good to be true.
A post with no photographs, no price, no location...
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Today, 12:13 AM
In Buffalo it was the drug dealer.
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Today, 12:09 AM
Ok. Ok. I take this to another level. I took my tip from Duke Ellington on how to keep a band. Pay them. These days I rarely take a leadership fee....
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Yesterday, 11:43 PM
This thread took a turn!
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Yesterday, 11:18 PM
Thank you kindly!
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Yesterday, 10:51 PM
I only have stories of sidemen and bad venues since I have mostly been a bandleader since the 90s. Only did a couple gigs as a sideman for a short...
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Yesterday, 10:39 PM
Dude, it’s an Internet forum for jazz, but not even regular jazz, guitar jazz. Of course it’s full of weird behavior, it’s incredibly niche.
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Yesterday, 10:34 PM
https://youtu.be/Sk6forjWtrw?si=CQHCg5Qo1OHSznD4
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Yesterday, 10:32 PM
Well that’s good. Because sometimes you go straight to “wtf yall are mad at ___” when the context would probably be helpful first.
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Yesterday, 10:31 PM
I didn't like the Seths that much in my semi hollow. Usable, but a little harsh in the highs for blues stuff. I like the 57 classics better. I would...
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Yesterday, 10:23 PM
I went for a couple years. No guitar program though. It was ok but not really worth it for someone like me. Truthfully I had zero bad experiences...
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Yesterday, 09:56 PM
Just my two cents; your humbucker height will depend on a few things, what magnets are on the humbucker, what kind of tone are you looking for, (on...
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Yesterday, 09:48 PM
I try.
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Yesterday, 09:24 PM
correct
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Yesterday, 09:22 PM
Ur mad and trying to shush me.
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Yesterday, 09:17 PM
Hmm.
Sounds like something I would say if I were boxing a strawman.
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Yesterday, 09:15 PM
It's not a strawman, it's true. And it is super weird. The behavior, not my exposing of it.
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Yesterday, 09:12 PM
Super weird, but it sounds like you might be trying to strawman someone here.
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Yesterday, 09:12 PM
Super weird, but it sounds like you might be trying to strawman someone here.
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Yesterday, 09:10 PM
u r mad at reading for context
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Yesterday, 08:59 PM
The forum is just intrinsically mad, wether explicit or tacit, caused by deep seeded irrational, neurotic, elitist contempt for certain topics.
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Yesterday, 08:46 PM
Okie dokie, I'm not trying to strawman anyone.
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Yesterday, 08:43 PM
Had a go at this a few years ago
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Yesterday, 08:05 PM
Come on man, that's not what I said.
You literally have me quoted there, so I'm going to assume you've actually read the discussion that came...
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Yesterday, 07:59 PM
I agree. Rhythm and various forms of inflection change or enhance the impact of whatever (rudimentary) notes are played, and sort of lend a 'color'...
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Yesterday, 07:48 PM
Bobby, just for whatever it's worth, this is basic jazz pedagogy. And basic counterpoint. Stuff that's been out there for several centuries.
The...
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Yesterday, 07:42 PM
I use those on my Loar 700.
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Yesterday, 07:41 PM
Then maybe get a pup like that! :redface-new: I don't have experience with Gibson pups, I was an SD fanboi. So what I can recommend that I know...
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Yesterday, 07:37 PM
I have only played one Wesmo, a 2016, just once and found that both E strings easily slipped off the sides of the neck. My 2005 CES doesn't suffer...
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Yesterday, 07:34 PM
Neck humbucker , TI jazz swings 13
on my two jazz boxes I've ended up with the bass side of the pickup
maybe 5-8 mm lower than the treble end ,...
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Yesterday, 07:27 PM
Beautiful
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Yesterday, 07:03 PM
Ur mad at notes bro. Color comes from the notes. Rhythm is a main element of what makes melodies function, but it doesn't factor into how the melody...
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Yesterday, 06:58 PM
WOW - another Gibsollone coming. I covet the 1st one.
And for those wondering the E is not silent in his last name. Vowels are never silent in...
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Yesterday, 06:41 PM
I am the son of an Italian immigrant and my Italian is decent. In Italy, they would likely pronounce it "Cam-PELL-own-eh" (the emphasis being on the...
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Yesterday, 06:11 PM
I understand totally …. but don’t compromise
You have found the source
keep going till you fix the rattle
even if the bridge pu has to go !
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Yesterday, 05:54 PM
10%. It's not especially high by international standards. GST in Canada ranges from 7% to 17% depending on the province.
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Yesterday, 05:38 PM
Ahhhhhh to be young again. This would be news to David Baker, I think.
The dose makes the poison.
The rhythm makes the tension.
Sure the...
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Yesterday, 05:38 PM
I played a WesMo today, and while the neck needed an adjustment and other things (the action was uneven and a tad high), it had a pleasant acoustic...
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Yesterday, 05:34 PM
Grommets are designed to fit into holes, to protect wires or other things from being damaged by the material the holes are in, usually metal. In...
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Yesterday, 05:20 PM
Thanks!
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Yesterday, 05:18 PM
Just curious Bobby, for a "syrupy" not muddy - not fat neck p/up for say, a 335, do you have anything in mind? I played my friend's '63 today and...
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Yesterday, 05:07 PM
Very nice offer, but no details! Where are you located. I would welcome the chance to view/play it. Price???
Photos would be nice too. Help us...
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Yesterday, 05:05 PM
Bring back the Beard!
That is an absolutely lovely arrangement of Early Autumn. Clever moves without showiness, ringing melody notes, tight...
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Yesterday, 05:00 PM
Still looking!
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Yesterday, 05:00 PM
In the North Jersey I grew up in a bazzilion years ago in a predominately Italian culture we called pasta noodles, sauce gravy, and calzone pacheese...
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Yesterday, 04:48 PM
grommets are rubber washers with a groove along the edge.
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Yesterday, 04:44 PM
I’m 2-1/2 years later answering this, but I replaced the whizzer with a Beta 8A and like the tone better. As I recall I found it warmer and cleaner....
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Yesterday, 04:37 PM
So, this is Cal zon ee or Cal zon ay?
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Yesterday, 04:35 PM
Your right, if your self employed you never get to clock out
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Yesterday, 04:35 PM
Just thought I might add some details about this batch - some interesting stuff - another Cameo (#11) and two non-cutaway models - one of which will...
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Yesterday, 04:18 PM
Yes, he says that in his book The Art of Picking. I think several guys from Philly learned to pick (primarily) from the elbow. It may go back to...
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Yesterday, 04:17 PM
I live in Sweden. I Googled Grommets but I still don’t get it. I am curious what you mean?
I strapped a Velcro across the strings and the...
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Yesterday, 04:14 PM
Breh. That isn't true. They're separate issues. You can put whatever rhythms you want on 1 root note, it's not going to sound terribly colorful...
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Yesterday, 03:55 PM
Isn't it an Italian name?
I feel funny using an anglicized pronunciation.
I have to pronounce that "e" at the end as a long "a" or it just...
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Yesterday, 03:49 PM
I would recommend a guitar with a floating pickup - this results in better acoustic sound. The rest ist up to the "individual character" of the...
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Yesterday, 03:37 PM
Not something I worry about much. Part of the purpose practice I think is the freedom to sound contrived so that I might sound less so when I play.
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Yesterday, 03:34 PM
I agree, not my best feature. Don't know how much I can radically alter it, though; I tend to play as I feel. Consciously trying to change it would...
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Yesterday, 03:31 PM
May I also suggest when you (or anyone else) reduce a price, keep the original asking price in your post for comparison. A lower price might have...
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Yesterday, 03:18 PM
Why actually not?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otLEUwHao_E
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Yesterday, 03:10 PM
Shitty bands are better than no bands.
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Yesterday, 03:09 PM
Hahahaha, I forgot.
Songs I comped by ear yesterday at the manouche session without haveing learned them before:
Hungaria (seems close to Out...
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Yesterday, 03:03 PM
no doubt there's luthiers like this...but there's also a lot of em that'll be happy to take your money and turn a 9 month wait into saying you...
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Yesterday, 02:47 PM
I thought Frank was quite good in this one.
Stout is always good too. Frank is kinda winning me over with this one.
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Yesterday, 02:44 PM
Yes, the L4c are very nice carved archtop smaller 16 inch guitars.
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Yesterday, 02:42 PM
The trick lies in talking them into it
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Yesterday, 02:41 PM
I think it's cool. In my experience, Classical musicians can usually do way more than they think they can.
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Yesterday, 02:35 PM
Personally, I'm only posting Notated Licks on this thread, I'm not posting videos or sounds clips.
(I find it easier posting notated licks than...
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Yesterday, 02:11 PM
You need a band to play techno?
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Yesterday, 02:04 PM
I have been watching the Birdland live streams regularly and Frank always seems to be using that blackface Princeton Reverb. Although there is often...
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Yesterday, 01:37 PM
The 2 guitar builders I worked with and knew had their shop attached to the house. It was a dangerous thing in they could go out and simply work all...
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Yesterday, 01:37 PM
There are multiple ways to damp the strings between the bridge and tailpiece. You can use Velcro across the strings, or a piece of rubber, felt,...
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Yesterday, 01:35 PM
Thanks for your suggestion, I just reduced the price to $4200 in the original posting.
There are indeed some other black ones for sale at the...
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Yesterday, 01:34 PM
The Seth is on the chirpier side, but it is nice and vintage. Works better with roundwounds. It's not a fat and syrupy pup. Depends what you're...
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Yesterday, 01:33 PM
That sharp cutaway body is another Hammertone project - I'm gonna put a new neck on it for him.
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Yesterday, 01:32 PM
Sir, this is a guitar forum.
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Yesterday, 01:20 PM
Well I think so too, but you try telling them that haha. A lot of kids who've been in the system since a young age, too. And not everyone is like...
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Yesterday, 01:19 PM
I am not great but decent at sight-singing from some time in a chorus. But if I don't sing it out loud I won't hear it that well in my head. And that...
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Yesterday, 01:16 PM
When you're reading a part that is supposed to mesh with the horns, it's essential to be really accurate. Notes need to stop, and end, at the right...
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Yesterday, 01:14 PM
He sings too!!
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