1. The Benevolent Dr. K (Kostakos): a tribute to my Dr. of nearly 20 years and one of my favorite people (Katherine is her 1st name).
2. Gettin' Ahead of Myself: A reference to my lifelong proclivity for jumping the gun. Always wanted to write to this title.
3. Egret Regret: I thought up the title and liked its sound, then wrote a dark instrumental commentary on man's slow elimination of wildlife and ecosystems. I hope at least some people regret it...
*Edit: Oops! The good doctor needs a dot on the 1st beat, 2nd ending of B---or else you may grow dotty trying to play it...
Standard verbiage on all of the listings for his guitars:
"[the guitar] has been unplayed since it was gone over and has sat in the collection of Mr. Mike Hale until we purchased it to offer for...
Wow, Bike Mike is a great guy, I knew he was feeling ill but this is terribly sad news and I didn't even know him that well :( I would grab one of his GB10s if I could find one, I know he had a few....
I just got frets placed on this guitar, which was originally fretless. (REALLY STUPID move for anyone who aspires to play chords!). Gold EVO. 8 string, fanned fret Telecaster made by Victor Baker....
"It doesn't take intelligence to be a Jazz musician; there's plenty of proof of that around!" Hal Galper
Beware searching the internet for help on things... even this Forum's free lessons...
Jazz is still performance art, it's just a different kind of performance. I have been playing chord melody style jazz guitar for a good 35 years now, starting out on some pretty hard stuff, and I...
Guys, it's RHYTHM CHANGES.
These 2 bars at the tempo you're likely playing represent less than 2 seconds of music.
It's just getting to from I to V. Are some of you really trying to outline...
So it must be right:)
I can think of like 20 different types of swing...but you don't really put names to 'em I guess, like Henry said...you just play...
Right now I'm so concerned with placing...
Big Mike has a Heritage American Eagle for sale on Reverb. He got that from me. It's mint.
It is an amazingly well crafted instrument. The Heritage builders spent many more hours building them...
"He tends to buy interesting guitars just to check out and experience for awhile, and then he sells them."
No offense, but that sounds like a disease.* Have you kept any of them?
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Amazing Practice Tool! Track Splitter!
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