The Builder's Bench

Bebop heads: Scrapple From the Apple

A little help explaining shielding with archtop...

JGO Virtual 'Bluez' Jam (Round 4) - C Jam Blues

Amazing Practice Tool! Track Splitter!

Let's hear it for Al Schackman

Thanks both! I appreciate you taking the time to answer :)

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

I’m in the camp of, Keep your hands on the strings and turn down the volume knob when you aren’t playing.

A little help explaining shielding with archtop guitars?

My wife and her duet partner use a Mackie SRM Flex with backing tracks. They do classic jazzy pop tunes like "Moon River," etc. Sounds nice. Also, depending on the room, you can use less of the...

Seeking Advice for PA Speaker Voiced For Jazz Ballads

Interesting sidetrack. Back on topic, I have been following "Top Music Attorney" - the woman in the YouTube video of the original post. She does a great job of explaining the law and what...

Why you shouldn't use AI to 'compose' music

Okay, I read the article. At best it seems the article presents an untested hypothesis and there was no evidence or actual games presented as examples. I hypothesize that the human would just...

Why you shouldn't use AI to 'compose' music

CliffR: Sure, but again, RC is usually played FAST. If you try and outline every change-- particularly in a "chorded up" version like the OP posted--it quickly becomes a Giant Steps like exercise....

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

Actually it can give you fewer. Thinking about that bird solo I posted, if you’re setting out to play Ebm7 and Ab7, with two beats to get to each, then you’re kind of bound to those chords. You’d...

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

Sorry about the chess sidetrack. Evidently the chess players here say that a human contributes nothing to AI in a closed, solved system like chess. Which is not surprising, though I’ve heard and read...

Why you shouldn't use AI to 'compose' music

One thing I wonder about this notion of simplifying the changes: I get that it might be useful - if not essential - for a chord-scale approach to improvisation. But, if you're approaching soloing...

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

Heavy strings though, whatever the composition...Lang used a wound B!

What did early Jazz guitarists in America play live pre-swing era?

Try to think of this as an equation where the chessboard is the equal sign. If you can bar the computer on both sides because they are equals you're left with a "doh" situation (human vs. no one)....

Why you shouldn't use AI to 'compose' music

But early Gibson archtops sold as such were carved. Brass, not bronze (which was introduced only in '76 or so IIRC). But I was talking about the trebles (and possible the core wire used in...

What did early Jazz guitarists in America play live pre-swing era?

The contention isn’t that humans play chess better than computers, but that the strongest player is a human or a team of humans in combination with a computer.

Why you shouldn't use AI to 'compose' music

I play chess. Humans beating machines at chess are a thing of the past. From this article: Can A GM And Rybka Beat Stockfish? - Chess.com (Magnus Carlsen is considered the best player in the...

Why you shouldn't use AI to 'compose' music

Don’t forget the Bose S1 Pro runs on a battery too, which may be handy for your outdoor festivals and other situations. However the PA Board would of course require power as would the bass amp/guitar...

Seeking Advice for PA Speaker Voiced For Jazz Ballads

Playing the changes vs. playing over the key center

Jazz and Blues Single Note Soloing Recommendations ?

Don Cherry on Lennie Tristano

Telecaster - Single Coil or Humbucker?

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

Eliminating the Metronome for technical studies?

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

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

Rich Severson’s top 5 guitars

Blues and Jazz-Blues Comping Recommendations ?

Just a Gigolo C7 Bb7 A7

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AI music, yikes, it's improving fast