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Today, 11:18 AM
I think there are better returns on your investment than guitars, at least for the average aficionado, but will be interesting to hear what others...
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Today, 11:13 AM
Banned in a box?
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Today, 11:11 AM
So maybe a step back before you get into Reg's stuff....
If a chart says D-7, G7, Cmaj7, what would be your go to voicings?
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Today, 11:11 AM
A Ban on the Banned Ban. (Or something...)
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Today, 11:06 AM
Dear nyc chaz,
Thank you so much for your kind words, I really appreciate it!
This guitar has a beautiful story...! When I arrived in France for...
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Today, 11:05 AM
Yeah, I play a R37 shell. But I want to do more, or at least, have knowledge of what else I could do. Like Reg said, it can get tiresome when you...
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Today, 11:03 AM
So what is the system to get to the second layer? Are you just subbing say Em over a Cmajor7? The iii over the I? What should I change or add to...
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Today, 11:01 AM
I almost never take my 175 out of the house, but when I do take it to play in public it will be in my line of sight 100% of the time. Mine is a...
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Today, 10:53 AM
Bravo! Beautiful playing.If you don't mine me asking what guitar is it that you are using.Nice warm sound.
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Today, 10:53 AM
As you said:
Then make it mean one thing, like play the shell. Which you're already doing, I believe.
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Today, 10:49 AM
To quote Borat, Very, uh, nice!
A local place in Omaha had one for sale for awhile--was still there about 3 weeks ago--for $1500. It was a late...
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Today, 10:49 AM
Think about it this way: The 12th fret is the knife edge for both the upper and lower scale registers. The bridge compensates the string lengths...
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Today, 10:48 AM
OK... great examples of what Vanilla is.... all the tunes Allen listed can be played simple... vanilla ... but that's what you will get.... boring...
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Today, 10:40 AM
just an update, i bought the Gator GL-Jumbo, found it on sale for $119 shipped, used it on the gig last night. It's very stout. I wouldn't put it in...
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Today, 10:39 AM
same here but i still prefer it to any real amp out there because if I find an amp that sounds great with my archtop, it's going to suck for pop...
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Today, 10:38 AM
I double on saxophone. At one of our regular venues, I brought my sax and played on several tunes. The owner of the venue came up to me and gave me...
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Today, 10:38 AM
Acoustic Guitar Soft Cases | Blue Heron Soft Cases
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Today, 10:33 AM
I had 3 175s in the 80's, trying to find one for a Yes tribute band I was playing in, and didn't bond with any of them. I ended up with a '78 Ibanez...
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Today, 10:21 AM
The phrase “scale of evil” when talking about different countries rings true for me. No simple binaries here…
In what nation are there no...
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Today, 10:17 AM
Y'know, I have a pretty elaborate setup in my classroom with a laptop, projector, document camera, speaker system, etc, that has run for 7-8 hours a...
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Today, 10:05 AM
Can't tell you without getting banned.
Jack certainly knows his 175s tho.
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Today, 09:57 AM
I’m up for it, but I only use at the most two or three sounds for jazz gig and screens frighten me.
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Today, 09:52 AM
Getz and Raney
https://youtu.be/QETmN8cnNXk
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Today, 09:52 AM
Hello,
I hope everyone is going well!
This time I share you a little waltz from one of the greatest composers from Venezuela, Mister Antonio...
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Today, 09:50 AM
I also saw Ben once at that same session but Tony Malabee was in town and they just played for an hour and a half. No song break. Just free stuff the...
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Today, 09:47 AM
I saw him a lot when he hosted a session so it was mostly standards. And at Bar Next Door he played all standards. It was absolutely heinous.
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Today, 09:36 AM
I’ve heard Sheryl play live. Badass.
Ben, actually no. I should then, I really like his records but much more from a compositional perspective or...
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Today, 09:32 AM
Me too. There’s a lot of helpful info in that witticism….
Also some of the tunes, I forget what they are called or how the tune goes even but my...
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Today, 09:27 AM
I’m new to modelers and multi effects units: are there on the web some good guides about how to choose the one which fits your needs?
and some tips...
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Today, 09:23 AM
You could get a late 50's / early 60's Guild for around 3K, or even a little less. Having A/B’ed them with Gibsons from the era, they are...
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Today, 09:23 AM
Banned for what reason?
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Today, 09:22 AM
A local shop posted this and i was fortunate to give it a new home. Came with original case in excellent condition (the handle still on it) original...
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Today, 09:19 AM
This is pretty typical though. I don’t remember the last time I set the metronome to click on every beat.
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Today, 09:12 AM
I do not rely on my government for information about other countries. I am not naïve for forming opinions from what I have learned.
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Today, 08:38 AM
Pm sent!!!
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Today, 08:37 AM
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6vO96MuUMr/
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Today, 08:29 AM
I'm effluent in all keys.
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Today, 08:27 AM
Interestingly Sheryl and Ben Monder weren’t terribly interesting to me on record, but live …. Whew.
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Today, 08:16 AM
I most certainly do not.
I used to go see her play at Bar Next Door. She was on my “drop everything and go” list along with Vic Juris and...
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Today, 07:34 AM
<< Regarding PVA, I had thought of that and will try both. UF seems the most common in veneer working over here and I know PVA is effected by heat...
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Today, 07:28 AM
To me, this Peerless sounds lovely. Lots of talking and not much playing though! This guy does some great vids for the less advanced player like...
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Today, 06:45 AM
If you make em like ole cookie did, sure ;)
Good baguette is an art; the crust has to be strong and crispy without being more done than a...
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Today, 06:24 AM
Anyway, I'm a bit bored so you can have a nice version of the moon song. Just for fun. I need a tune :-)
Stream FMTTM by ragman | Listen online...
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Today, 06:17 AM
Something like this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeCVi2JzRvs
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Today, 06:07 AM
Yeah, what is that, a bronze-age (near-)ZeroGlide nut? :cool:
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Today, 05:41 AM
"Saxophonists: They know all the Coltrane and Bird licks but have their own sound, a mixture of Coltrane and Bird." Lol.
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Today, 04:11 AM
you need to go out more often
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Today, 03:29 AM
It is nice! I got it all done today.
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Today, 02:49 AM
True, she said it was an 8th note study and then proceeded to play 16th notes - but the same principle applies.
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Today, 02:48 AM
Who knows? lydian_dominant seems to have finished here. So I suppose we can use the thread for anything we like.
For example, did you know...
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Today, 02:45 AM
8 May 2024
Vinny Raniolo joins Frank Vignola, Ted Rosenthal, Gary Mazzaroppi and Vince Cherico.
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Today, 02:31 AM
That's pretty nice, don't transcribe the thunder. :)
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Today, 02:29 AM
Well, tension does not just inhibit your ability to play fast, it hinders your playing ability, period, not to mention the potential negative impact...
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Today, 02:26 AM
... and I lowered some of the prices. Buy one from me and we'll both be happy! Buy more than one from me and we'll talk!
-1998-2002 Fender...
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Today, 02:23 AM
2022 Fender-American Vintage II 1973 Strat - $1,800
Another one!, sheesh. This came in on a trade and I have no use for it. It's a 2022...
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Today, 02:23 AM
Sheryl's video is a little confusing; in jazz the beats per minute figure implies eighths with respect to "how fast". "140" as bpm is 2.33 quarter...
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Today, 02:22 AM
Yeah, I mean, what was the context, what is he attempting to illustrate? I shouldn't have to guess and/or transcribe it to find out. Was the entire...
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Today, 02:09 AM
And now the price has dropped a mere USD 5,500 / CAD 7,500.
I can ship it from Canada anytime, and from within the US next week, so someone please...
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Today, 02:02 AM
Every Gibson repair shop has a drawer of these that they can't give away, from the 2015 Gibson Les Paul Celebration of Satanic Darkness. If your...
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Today, 01:51 AM
I’m new to modelers and multi effects units: are there on the web some good guides about how to choose the one which fits your needs?
and some tips...
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Today, 01:02 AM
That's a bossa nova standard. Played without any bossa. As a brazilian, i can't call call it jazz nor bossa. Maybe, to give it a name in brazilian...
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Today, 12:41 AM
Johnny Mandel basically wrote Painless over the chords from the opening chorus of Autumn Leaves so I thought it would be basically going full circle...
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Today, 12:07 AM
I mean ... I did live there for a decade, but thank you.
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Today, 12:03 AM
Lac of effect of divestment campaign on South African policy—many South African black leaders were against the divestment campaign (Buthelezi for...
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Yesterday, 11:48 PM
when your buying guitars is it to keep and use?
a hedge against inflation because it was to good a deal to pass up?
or just to immediately flip in...
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Yesterday, 11:39 PM
Yes they are transplants in NY, but i mean it does attract the best of the best.
You can play the jams with 150 tunes, but on the real gigs I...
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Yesterday, 11:38 PM
Playing by ear is not just an alternative, some things about a tune you only discover by trying to figure out how they go by ear from memory. Here is...
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Yesterday, 11:35 PM
I don't have any expertise in this, so I don't know. Looking around the Internet for Gibson ledger images, I did find one page with 8995XX serial...
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Yesterday, 10:49 PM
This thread's still going? What are you guys even discussing? :P
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Yesterday, 10:48 PM
A little "Suicide Is Painless" (a.k.a "Theme From M*A*S*H") thrown in there?
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Yesterday, 09:42 PM
Although I will say that the 1978 Benedetto I bought in the mid teens was absolutely mint. Commissioned by a collector, and probably hadn't been...
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Yesterday, 09:38 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5geB-nEMYl4
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Yesterday, 09:37 PM
No sorry needed, glad you like it Joe, I just couldn't recall seeing one w a volute.
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Yesterday, 09:25 PM
Sorry WM.
I love mine. Volute and all.
JD
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Yesterday, 09:24 PM
Available for Purchase: Henriksen Amplifiers “Forte” amp head with tube pre-amp – excellent condition!
This is the elusive Forte head (as...
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Yesterday, 09:20 PM
This thing is really sweet! On par with the best of anything out there.
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Yesterday, 09:19 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDdGrlylcEU
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Yesterday, 08:45 PM
I'm new to Ed Bickertt, just heard his name mentioned as a great jazz telecaster player, so I watched a video and came here to see what kind of...
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Yesterday, 08:39 PM
Thanks Joe,
You've always been a source of positive energy and I'm hoping that if I get to actually make a damn prototype, I'll send it out your...
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Yesterday, 07:56 PM
Monder has said he used Chord Chemistry/Ted Greene .. ALOT..
so taking that into account..all of the examples in the chart..do them in all 12...
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Yesterday, 07:50 PM
That sunburst model is dinged. Forget it!
I'm kidding I'm kidding lol
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Yesterday, 07:30 PM
I mean, in my opinion, the greatest guitarist to ever play jazz played that way, so...good company.
I'm gonna try it!
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Yesterday, 06:48 PM
Archie! That is crazy bro! I am proud of you man. You had a vision and put a tremendous amount time and money into this.
I sincerely hope you make...
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Yesterday, 06:32 PM
Currently enjoying working on a Richard Charlton piece, Black Cockatoo Flying Alone, but I've also enjoyed working on a few pieces by William Bay...
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Yesterday, 06:31 PM
Reference podcasts from the Economist. And Google.
Thing is.. who and what are you going to believe? Your government will tell you which...
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Yesterday, 06:28 PM
My bad, sorry. I got the videos right but then mixed up the guitars in my mind.
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Yesterday, 06:26 PM
Just a progress post. MM. 1-16, about 172 bpm. I played the L5ces through the Fender Tone Master Twin Reverb. I play the section twice, and on the...
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Yesterday, 06:11 PM
The hardware is certainly pristine for being 50 years old, shows no sign of ever being touched, other than very light wear on the neck pickup. The...
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Yesterday, 06:00 PM
Having a day job and doing music on the side sounds like a good deal, but I don't think there's really a way to balance it that doesn't give music...
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Yesterday, 05:57 PM
Thanks Sam, you're too kind.
In comparison to making a guitar, this pickguard build was a bit of playtime.
As my journey continues, my respect...
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Yesterday, 05:55 PM
I really liked his different sounds on the whole Star Of Jupiter album, but he's going for a compressed fusiony sounds there.
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Yesterday, 05:51 PM
I love BM but I find these videos unlistenable.
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Yesterday, 05:41 PM
Dagnab!
Back in 1982 the guy I was apprenticed to said something about fret-mills that has proven true about everything else:
"Sam, the first...
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Yesterday, 05:13 PM
This is a good era for 175's and a very good price assuming that the guitar needs no work.
The tuners have been changed. What else has been...
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Yesterday, 04:54 PM
My impression is that 7alt in a ii V type situation is usually comped without a #11 and with either or both altered 9ths (more commonly the #9 than...
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Yesterday, 04:50 PM
Do you have evidence for these claims?
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Yesterday, 04:24 PM
CC thanks for all that wonderful knowledge.
Yes the bandsaw should have been spot on, especially for the money. The company are coming round to...
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Yesterday, 04:22 PM
I would go look if it were closer.. that and I have no more room for guitars.
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Yesterday, 04:21 PM
Guitars with neck repairs typically get discounted by a fair amount.
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Yesterday, 04:14 PM
I think since I succeeded in my every key program, I may as well take the next step and go on the pauln program. I'll try to learn everything by ear...
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Yesterday, 04:11 PM
It's a well-known fact-NYC is filled with Mid-Westerners who just wanted to fulfill their childhood dreams of going to the NY they saw in the movies....
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Yesterday, 03:48 PM
A good time for me to chime in with my favorite quote: "I've forgotten more tunes than I know."
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Yesterday, 03:45 PM
He was definitely playing through an old Polytone amp with a 15" speaker at the time. He was also using the green Line 6 delay pedal in the late...
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Yesterday, 03:30 PM
All the artists in New York are from Ohio.
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Yesterday, 03:29 PM
I'm not even relaxed when I'm lying down watching tv. I'll never be fast.
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Yesterday, 03:28 PM
A really nice guitar. Excellent condition . Barely a mark on it. The tone is brilliant. I just can't play it like it should be played. I've primarily...
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Yesterday, 03:26 PM
Lol. Nah.
I knew about 150 at my tops and got around just fine. Got vibed hard once or twice for not knowing something off the beaten path, but...
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Yesterday, 03:22 PM
Don't forget playing opportunities have dried up. Drummer in my band is in his 60s. He used to play hotel gigs 4 times a week in Chicago. There...
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Yesterday, 03:19 PM
I found her "Power of 3" album in a box of my CDs today (great album, hadn't listened to it in years) and wondered what she's been up to lately -...
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Yesterday, 03:15 PM
Man, I answered OP's question on the first page. Foundational scale work. If he had a grip on that, he wouldn't have to ask the question.
But,...
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Yesterday, 03:12 PM
This thing where players know 500+ tunes in every key is going away. An older experienced musician was explaining this to me. He said people over age...
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Yesterday, 03:10 PM
Every time I hear Sheryl Bailey speak, I’m struck by the notion that she might be the hippest person on planet earth.
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Yesterday, 02:59 PM
I loved it when I was there. The thing I noticed in circles I was playing in was that you’d absolutely be vibed if you brought out a book, but you...
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Yesterday, 02:53 PM
Sheryl Bailey on playing fast:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HT5uNWgs6sk
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Yesterday, 02:39 PM
Thanks.
if you're being sarcastic, I'm sorry I didn't thank you but I had contacted that seller several weeks ago...
I do appreciate it.
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Yesterday, 02:38 PM
So, it turns everyone likes to play in G … it’s just our idea of G differs!
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Yesterday, 02:37 PM
Your post completely confuses me. The Barkers have the original Dearmonds. Barker guitars are well known among jazz archtop players.
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Yesterday, 02:35 PM
You're welcome.
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Yesterday, 02:34 PM
When you get the Green bug… it hits hard
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Yesterday, 02:32 PM
Did he mention if he's getting much response to his ad?
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Yesterday, 02:29 PM
That's mostly a NYC thing from what I've seen. Everyone should build their repertoire and be able to play many tunes from memory (you'll play better...
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Yesterday, 02:24 PM
Are there any ways possible to to direct it back to OP?
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Yesterday, 02:24 PM
Yeah that's fair, I just prefer the bandleader to be upfront about it which, again, is totally fine with me if they take a bigger cut. You never...
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Yesterday, 02:20 PM
What was the question to which he was responding?
I found the attached on Scribd.
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Yesterday, 02:19 PM
Hello,
This letter from Roger Borys to my may help.
Regards
GK
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Yesterday, 02:18 PM
Right, I missed that post. Oh, well, that's another subject. But at least it gives us a break from ice cream. :triumphant:
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Yesterday, 02:06 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU6PPSJ5a-Q
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Yesterday, 02:06 PM
I don't lead standards gigs, but I play them occasionally. I can't think of one where there was a song list (of standards) sent out in advance....
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Yesterday, 02:06 PM
Haha, just using metaphysical aural intuition? I have some of that ability. It's just a pain the ear work taking forever and then not being able to...
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Yesterday, 02:00 PM
I made a pickguard for the 93 Artist Award.
Not a fan of the later style and I have a Dearmond RC1000 on the way so thought it best to make a new...
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Yesterday, 01:58 PM
Isn't his thing to close his eyes, imagine the song, then draw the rest of the damn owl.
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Yesterday, 01:56 PM
The Jazz Jam Session Primer: A First-Timer?s Guide
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Yesterday, 01:54 PM
Hm, the other thread gave the idea. There are many others. Lot's of funny things has happened over the century (and longer) on the stage.
What if...
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Yesterday, 01:52 PM
I agree, I'm not playing the fifth. Which is something that I keep forgetting when I'm here, away from my guitar.
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Yesterday, 01:51 PM
I didn't think Reg wanted songs with Alt chords. I thought it was going turn more general and we would go over what chord patterns are and his...
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Yesterday, 01:47 PM
I've done blues gigs where they guy plays his arrangements and the bass player helped me along.
For my own gigs, I have set lists worked out. I'm...
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Yesterday, 01:43 PM
Eventually the bassist will learn and not play anything when you do your... "alt". I would.
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Yesterday, 01:35 PM
One of my goals is to take independent parts heard in the combo like bass lines and make it sound pianistic in solo piano.
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Yesterday, 01:32 PM
If I've learned anything from my Freddie Green obsession, it's that three notes in a chord is a LOT.
See alt? maybe 3 and 7 and one of the altered...
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Yesterday, 01:27 PM
pauln program?
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