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Today, 02:50 PM
Well you don’t want to lose the movement of the tune.
C —— D7 ——
G7 —— C G7
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Today, 02:45 PM
You ruffian.
It's not exactly a travesty if everything isn't extremely crunchy all the time, I hear you guys play smooth stuff. And if it is, then...
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Today, 02:41 PM
Quite right.
Just points in the melody where lowering the third makes it less chromatic and less dissonant. The whole step right at the...
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Today, 02:35 PM
^ You are out-of-control.
It's ok, it's a jam. Jackassery, discussion, and compromise is permitted.
I didn't have any second thought about it...
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Today, 02:34 PM
Yeah but, Dm G7 is just C. The F is C too, it’s the IV not a key change.
If you really digest and understand the basics, you can simplify a lot....
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Today, 02:34 PM
“Mutiny” implies you were ever captain of this ship.
Avast! Gon w’ye!
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Today, 02:28 PM
Sorry, I'm not trying to make light of it...it's just putting it in minor smooths out the edges for me, and it just feels weird being that it's Monk....
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Today, 02:28 PM
Thank you guys,
That guitar is perfectly playable.
This is a 17.3” acoustic archtop guitar (lenght of 42.5” and scale lenght of 24.75”) made...
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Today, 02:16 PM
Which pole screws did you have to adjust and which way?
I found with my Loar, which has a retro fitted mini humbucker with screws, that I had to...
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Today, 02:13 PM
Edit: No rag, I didn't choose it to 'find a minor blues to play' what are you talking about. I actually just thought it sounds good and was a cool...
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Today, 02:08 PM
Bobby -
Before we get lost or go funny, I'm quite sure no one is saying they don't like Monk. That's not the point. The point is/was we're...
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Today, 02:07 PM
I have an early days PRS Custom 24. It was a wedding gift from my wife (how 'bout that, fellas?) and I like it a lot. In some ways, it is similar to...
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Today, 02:03 PM
I'll give Jerry the benefit of the doubt that tone cannot be discerned in text and he's actually interested on how you can pare a tune down that...
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Today, 02:00 PM
All true, but as you know plugins have been used by top pros for many years now. Most that I know found an EQ, compressor etc that they liked years...
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Today, 01:55 PM
A Benson burst. Nice looking guitar.
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Today, 01:52 PM
Jazznote beat me to it, the Armstrong 12 pole solved my string unbalance problem. Sounds nice and full as well.
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Today, 01:48 PM
For maximum adjustability chose a 12pole version. They come for neck mount or side mount (on pickguard)....
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Today, 01:42 PM
Well this thread got awfully snarky awfully fast
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Today, 01:42 PM
They're great.
Minor Blue Monk doesn't sound discordant. The original is actually much more angular. Which is a good thing.
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Today, 01:37 PM
You guys are seriously sick and need help if you think minor Blue Monk sounds bad. What is you opinion of actual discordant Monk tunes then?
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Today, 01:21 PM
Heres a couple recents that are jazz ish. After the one, my thumb was tired. Its the usual conn c200 tascam dr05 set up
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Today, 01:18 PM
Yes, I remember your guitar from when you used to post your playing in the Virtual Jam thread. It sounds great. Clearer and more sustain than a 175.
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Today, 01:17 PM
No, we can't, because no one has. Remember, this idea emerged out of the warped mind of Bobby Timmons Jr. :nightmare: :wink-new:
Straight No...
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Today, 01:14 PM
Sorry to hear this is happening to you.I've had problems with the tendons and arthritis in my fingers for the past 17 years.If you go to a hand...
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Today, 01:12 PM
As there are no further Joe Pass purchases from D'Aquisto after 1971 in the ledger, my guess is that Joe might have brought his 1971 laminate back to...
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Today, 01:11 PM
Blue Fugue - $9,950
LHT Guitars Blue Fugue
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Today, 01:09 PM
I like the stock effects in Ableton a lot; the 8 band EQ is great for most things I am doing. Sometimes I use a tilt shift eq to roll off high end...
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Today, 01:08 PM
^ The only guideline per week is we're going to set the key per week by going up a half step each week - A this week, Bb next week, B the week after...
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Today, 01:03 PM
Yes, but, what's the next tune? Will it be major or minor? And, if it is major, will it have to put into minor?
Or shall we only do known minor...
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Today, 01:02 PM
Yes I thought the DA looked like an earlier model, as you pointed out, due to the D'Angelico appointments.
The laminate guitar he plays from 76...
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Today, 12:55 PM
Wow, can you post your A-Train solo? I would like to learn your concept.
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Today, 12:53 PM
I have one of these, except that mine is sunburst and has block inlays. Fantastic guitar.
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Today, 12:48 PM
Thank you so much for this - this is exactly what I'm looking for.
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Today, 12:46 PM
As we know the melodic lines used in jazz improvisation can be often played on different chords.
The simplest example can be done by playing a...
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Today, 12:42 PM
^ If it's so easy then you can outline the changes and not just play C. :P
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Today, 12:36 PM
:triumphant:
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Today, 12:31 PM
An hour on A Train? That seems over complicated all you need to do is mind that D7, everything else is C major.
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Today, 12:31 PM
I play up to bar 17 everyday for 10mins, but I'm stuck on 160bpm. :doh:
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Today, 12:30 PM
that tracks
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Today, 12:29 PM
Interestingly the "tube amp" in the video is also a hybrid amp like the Milkman. But the preamp might be more authentically tube circuit than some of...
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Today, 12:24 PM
If it's gonna cause you guys physical pain to play my nice arrangement of Blue Monk in minor, then I'll take your participation in major. I think you...
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Today, 12:23 PM
Here's a link to an almost hour long free entry level solo to A-Train you might enjoy, as it gave me a good jump start a few years ago:
A-Train...
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Today, 12:21 PM
Since we are talking about clean amps, the difference between tube and SS is mostly the compression of the tube design to my ears.
I was recently...
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Today, 12:19 PM
thanks! I will keep playing and posting through the pain. Actually, the movement of playing seems to help.
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Today, 12:18 PM
Sorry to hear that Mark. I'm a fan of your playing and you have a lot more music to give.
I'll just go over my situation. I decided to quit...
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Today, 12:18 PM
You may be right. And the tube is inside this pedal amp with no venting, so I wonder if there would be a heat problem playing outside on a hot day....
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Today, 12:12 PM
That's a hybrid pedal with a solid state (class D) power section, right? I am not sure if it's a good representation of a tube amp for an AB...
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Today, 12:09 PM
I found my Custom 22 PRS to be closer in tone and feel to a Les Paul than a Strat. Mine had their "wide-thin" neck and Dragon Humbucker pickups. It...
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Today, 12:09 PM
If I lived in the U.S. I would buy that immediately! Great guitar, great price. (Of course would have to chat with the seller re history of the...
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Today, 12:05 PM
I recently added a 5th amp to my toolbox that does use a single 12AX7 tube in the pre-amp stage ( Mikman The Amp 100). Just after I declared that my...
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Today, 12:04 PM
Does this mean that all the dom blues we can play have to be in minor now?
starts shaking..
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Today, 12:01 PM
Sending you all good wishes Mark ….
the planet needs you playing this stuff !
speedy recovery man
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Today, 11:58 AM
I have some Teles and SG's I use a lot, plus a Gretsch Electromatic, but since I bought this Ibanez I've been playing it pretty exclusively.
(day...
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Today, 11:55 AM
I have a copy of Jim D'Aquisto's Ledger book.
Joe Pass Bought the following from Jim D'Aquisto:
Excel Special #1039 finished in late 1970
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Today, 11:54 AM
It's just a blues, the chords are fine. The head just sounds weird to me...probably because I've heard the original a million times...Monk, for...
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Today, 11:40 AM
lol noted.
youre probably a real Mr congeniality at a live jam session
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Today, 11:33 AM
I’m also trying not to let the shiny new rhythm guitar thread pull me away before I finish here.
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Today, 11:33 AM
It’s a tune-o-matic, so it should be fine.
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Today, 11:25 AM
I got the whole thing down now...just practicing...not ready yet.
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Today, 11:22 AM
Thanks. I thought the chords were yours, I recognised them :smile-new:
I liked the C#m/Cm shift at the end and the extended last lick. I spotted...
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Today, 11:09 AM
Wtf? What's so terrible about it? It sounds good. And certainly no weirder than his other tunes.
No, just play it. You can call the next one if...
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Today, 10:30 AM
Errrr … if there’s any precision at all to that neck pocket fit, then it’s not a good idea.
I worked for a guitar builder for a time and every...
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Today, 10:18 AM
True for domestic US flights, but international/non-US (or domestic US flights on smaller planes) is much more of a crapshoot.
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Today, 10:18 AM
I’m travelling in europe
sorry I should have said that
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Today, 10:18 AM
Yea Rag...
It's one of many standard Minor Blues Chord patterns. I just adjusted the melody... which I just noticed, the + of beat one... in bar...
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Today, 10:16 AM
I think MuseScore can do pretty much everything the big boys do now, and it's mainly a matter of familiarity and format. I used MuseScore for lead...
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Today, 10:14 AM
I got sick and now have a gig Friday so I'm behind. I'll catch up, you said the second half is easier.
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Today, 10:01 AM
Another possibility for sharing these tracks is to put them in a cloud storage account. Anyone can get free storage on Dropbox, Google Drive, Box,...
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Today, 09:53 AM
Certainly hope not. I've had a classic car crisis to deal with for 2 weeks so have fallen hopelessly off schedule with no chance of catching up, but...
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Today, 09:49 AM
Nice git at a nice price. Looks like a wound G on a bridge that is set for a plain G intonation. I would assume you could turn around the saddle...
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Today, 09:46 AM
And a few kilos even lighter than the older version.
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Today, 09:38 AM
Yeah I have some catching up to do!
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Today, 09:36 AM
Did this thread die? Suddenly it seems like the lights went off.
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Today, 09:33 AM
I was going to say the same thing.
are we allowed to participate if we play it in major?
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Today, 09:29 AM
I have a very grainy VHS video of Joe Pass's last performance in what looks like an upstairs private room of a club. John Pisano is there and Joe is...
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Today, 09:27 AM
I travel with a tele in a gig bag. Have never had an issue getting it onto the plane. TSA regulation says if there’s room they can’t ask you to check...
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Today, 09:20 AM
Pull the solos and heads apart for vocabulary. There's a conversation about this in the Donna Lee study group thread.
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Today, 09:08 AM
yes It does , I’m flying BA and they
allow a 56 x 45 x 25cm cabin bag
which is just big enough on the diagonal for a tele neck
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Today, 09:07 AM
I appreciate all the effort, but Blue Monk in minor is somehow very unsettling to me.
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Today, 09:02 AM
Does the tele neck fit inside your carry-on luggage? I remember that was an issue. In my case, the neck didn't fit even diagonally across the longest...
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Today, 08:54 AM
I see I’m not allowed to take
any kind of tools in my cabin bag
(so i think i’ll just have to borrow
or buy a cheap cross head screwdriver
when...
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Today, 08:52 AM
not a Katana but
Ive ordered one of these ….
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0BCQG4NT4?ref=ppx_pt2_mob_b_prod_image
£30 if it makes any kind...
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Today, 08:46 AM
I mean —- those all sound awesome.
Other Parker blueses: Cheryl and Bloomdido are really cool.
Solos: anything Charlie Christian, anything...
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Today, 08:23 AM
The 24-fret neck makes it more like a cross between a super-strat and a LP. The effect on the neck pickup tone may be the main reason PRS wound up...
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Today, 08:23 AM
That checking (which doesn't look at all like a checkerboard!) looks great on/in that black finish!
The fingerrest though, that's not even bling or...
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Today, 08:12 AM
I used a Steinberger for several years. People looked at me in the airport because the case looked like it may have a rifle in it.
I like the...
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Today, 08:10 AM
I like finale better. Then again I’ve been using it for fifteen years now so there’s some sunk cost.
Unless someone wanted to compose or arrange...
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Today, 08:09 AM
I'm trying to develop my Jazz and Jazz-Blues Soloing Vocabulary by learning Heads & Solos. I wonder if you could give me some suggestions? If you...
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Today, 08:04 AM
Yessir.
Theyre all over. Billie’s Bounce, Now’s the Time. Anything written by a trumpet — Ceora, Joy Spring, for example. That cliche ending like...
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Today, 07:58 AM
It'd take a lot of travelling to strip the screw holes. The repair for that is fairly easy using a wood filler. Fill the holes. Make new holes with a...
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Today, 07:42 AM
I used to do that with my lightest guitar (a chambered Strat) before I got a travel guitar. It works well. I'd put a capo on the first fret and...
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Today, 07:17 AM
I’ve been thinking of doing this, too, after finding various travel guitars somehow disappointing.
I read that some of those who travel with Teles...
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Today, 07:05 AM
Hi all,
I’m flying with my tele packed
in a suitcase with the neck removed from the body ….
(capo on the first fret strings staying on)
It’s...
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Today, 06:46 AM
sorry to hear that the condition of your hands is severe. I’m curious to know if the condition was very gradually worsened or sudden, and if there...
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Today, 06:19 AM
I recently added an "Empress Parametric EQ Deluxe" pedal to my rig and this in combination with the EQ on my BUD amp put an end to the recurring...
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Today, 05:33 AM
Still for sale.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Today, 04:14 AM
Hi wintermoon,
there are three Jimmy Raney & Tal Farlow duets on the cd that's included with the 2014 illustrated biography of Tal Farlow, Un...
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Today, 03:18 AM
It is the newer blue tooth version. I am glad the price seems OK. Shame your in Paris..
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Today, 03:13 AM
Congratulations! I hope that, despite the heavy checking, everything is functionally in good shape.
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Today, 02:42 AM
At this point I'm far beyond any influence my parent's music might've had on me. Actually, they weren't all that musical beyond dancing. Swing,...
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Today, 02:05 AM
I have a Tonemaster Deluxe. I have minimal interest in modelling amps etc. which is why the Tonemaster amps are so appealing to me; they behave very...
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Today, 01:52 AM
It’s indeed a well-worn tune. We sometimes do these things at open jam sessions. Blue Monk is either done ploddingly slow or blazingly fast, but...
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Today, 01:42 AM
I don’t think it sounds anything like a LP either. But you may have touched upon the heart of the matter. Ever since their inception, PRS guitars...
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Today, 12:45 AM
Just a moment...
This is a single pick-up version in a natural finish. No affiliation with the seller. They don't come up very often...
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Today, 12:40 AM
Geez, look at that headstock! OK, there is "bling" on some guitars and then there's this. Holy smokes! That raises bling into full on art.
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Today, 12:00 AM
I don't notate stuff very often. I just picked whatever free program. I should survive with its operation search function and google.
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Yesterday, 11:50 PM
Ah! I've heard it can be difficult, been using it a long time? Finale is the other academic app, don't know if it's any better, have seen it's files...
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Yesterday, 11:46 PM
Yeah, I participated rather heavily in a Gearslutz thread about this around 20 years ago when plugin designers were beginning to flood the market...
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Yesterday, 11:43 PM
You're referring to this guitar?
Japanese MANN Howard Roberts guitar (Ibanez 2453 ?)
I had no idea that so many different Japanese branded...
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Yesterday, 11:27 PM
Sibelius
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Yesterday, 11:25 PM
Reg -
Is that your version or by a recording artist?
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Yesterday, 11:22 PM
ReaEq is my first choice as well but if I want noise reduction as well then I use ReaFir. I also have EQ's that also include compression. I also...
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Yesterday, 11:22 PM
These turns, is that where those twiddles in Song For My Father come from? After the C in the head.
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Yesterday, 11:20 PM
What "program" is that?
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Yesterday, 11:14 PM
But you still listen to stuff from the 70's and beyond too, right? Here's a question that's probably impossible to answer, are you listening for...
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Yesterday, 11:00 PM
Ah, so that's how it went down, interesting. Thanks for sharing. Still, you can't blame Herbie or Wynton for Columbia's actions...?
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Yesterday, 10:15 PM
The jazz sound started with tubes, mainly because they were around for many decades before transistors.
If you want to sound like early jazz players...
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Yesterday, 09:52 PM
Don’t forget the King of the Delta Blues. Robert Johnson lived 27 years, during which time he recorded a total of 29 songs in the only 2 sessions he...
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Yesterday, 09:28 PM
This song has been on repeat for me since I heard it. Pete's solo is dead simple, and yet I think it's one of the most beautiful guitar solos I've...
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Yesterday, 09:27 PM
New lower price
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Yesterday, 09:20 PM
Just revised the lead sheet for like the 8th time trying to remove all redundant accidentals and get everything correct. I'm gonna kill that program....
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Yesterday, 09:13 PM
Thanks for the post Marty. Yours is the real thing; mine is just a facsimile but I'm still glad to have it. They're so unique.
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Yesterday, 09:02 PM
I'm just getting my feet wet with modern day recording. Pre-sets are fantastic.
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