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Would an L12 scratch that itch?

2021 Collings i30 - as new

How do you understand the 5th and 6th bars of...

L-5, L-50, ES-150 questions

Ham Radio

I'll gladly watch Rick's interviews, they're great, but here he's getting dazzled and worked up about a bunch of repackaged clichés with slick productions. Much ado....

AI music, yikes, it's improving fast

I guess I'm thinking of medium and small sized business. What will happen, or has already happened, is that businesses that need music will bring the creative in house, rather than calling a music...

AI music, yikes, it's improving fast

If one would like to, at sometime, own an early acoustic L5 before they shuffle off this mortal coil, and in the meantime a nice L12 came along, would that scratch the itch? Are all L12s, in...

Would an L12 scratch that itch?

As you can read in the ad, this was recently refinished and is in dead mint condition as a result (except for a bit of fading on the pickup covers). I can do a little better for Forum members. ...

2021 Collings i30 - as new

That's the rub, people aren't in charge of business when it's a corporation. So, no matter what is good for the people, be it a 4 day work week, higher pay, more vacation (all have been proven to...

AI music, yikes, it's improving fast

When you're using no amps and everything is in ear, you're at the mercy of the sound person. I did "Smoky Joe's Cafe" (the show), for a whole summer, and the contractor came down to hear it. He said...

In-ear Monitors for a Big Band

Wish I felt the same way. However, the whole job of generative AI is to emulate humans based on what we have created in the past. Given the resources being applied, I believe we will get there with...

AI music, yikes, it's improving fast

There was a whole industry called pre-press that was almost entirely shut down by Photoshop, Quark and desktop scanners in a matter of a few years. Look what DAW did to recording studios, and what...

AI music, yikes, it's improving fast

I think actually simplifying the chord changes to their essence is a little more important. The Barry Harris changes are pretty useful in that respect. If someone is working out the form, I think...

How do you understand the 5th and 6th bars of rhythm changes?

I'm assuming this is in my response to my post. I did watch the video and made references to what the guy was saying in my post. There was need to explain to me that it's my money. There is no need...

Rubber Grommet Bushing for Gibson Toggles

I really should proof read before submitting a post. I don't disagree. But I gather that the OP is in the process of mastering the form, and if that is the case I think it can be benificial to...

How do you understand the 5th and 6th bars of rhythm changes?

Thats the rub. I think trying to make a key change or think about it as a modulation or something misses that second point you made. We’re trying to do a little loop-the-loop to get back to Bb and...

How do you understand the 5th and 6th bars of rhythm changes?

AJL guitars of Finland makes a Master 400 19" guitar based on the Stromberg: AJL-Guitars | 19" Master 400

Did D’Angelico make a 19” archtop? And other makers who did

Try listening to a purely acoustic ensemble (pref. with singers) from the opposite end of a vast cathedral... It can be as if different wavelengths travel at different speeds and you get dissonances...

In-ear Monitors for a Big Band

Yes, I have experimented quite a bit with using only my fingers and using different hybrid techniques.. My preference is to use the plectrum only. It's more of an aesthetic choice I guess.. The idea...

Don't Explain - Solo Guitar

Playing the changes vs. playing over the key center

Rosewood vs Maple fretboard head to head - There's a difference

Jazz and Blues Single Note Soloing Recommendations ?

Telecaster - Single Coil or Humbucker?

Not really sounding very 'jazzy'. Is it in the playing technique?

Eliminating the Metronome for technical studies?

Blues and Jazz-Blues Comping Recommendations ?

Don Cherry on Lennie Tristano

Rich Severson’s top 5 guitars

JGO Virtual 'Bluez' Jam (Round 3) - Straight No Chaser

Lets go and compare improvisation to spoken language.

JGO Virtual 'Bluez' Jam (Round 2) - Misterioso

How bad is this?