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I had a goal to play 12 gigs this year, my first year gigging and I have 14 on the books. So it's going great. How are your gigs?
I recognize that pic from the Hank Risan fire sale auction of one of the greatest collections. I won't go into the details but you can Google it.
Sorry, my fault, now it's Public. Try again!
There's no guarantee, no safe way. All you can do is practice well and what happens in the moment happens. Don't forget players like Wes and Coltrane who've done takes 2, 5, 7, etc, on some...
Yeah he’s a great player and I’ve known him a really long time but we haven’t gotten a lot of opportunities to play together since I moved back to the area. When in doubt, most folks stay out of the...
Uh … going fine? No one’s told me otherwise, anyway. I guess the implication here is that no one likes to listen to bebop? Or like .. maybe that dorks don’t get gigs? I don’t know. Dorks...
Stringswinger posted back in 2015 that "Two prototypes were made of this guitar. When Joe Died, his widow sent one back to Gibson (at their request, presumably in someone's private collection now)...
Ogden Avenue PART SEVEN Jazz Phrasing for Beginners by Ear Over the next few days, repeatedly listen to the track Ogden Avenue. Then repeatedly listen to the phrases on the whole Ogden...
Just curious fellas! Don’t get me wrong I love Charlie Parker,Dizzy,etc. But how are the gigs going so far? Lol!
You'd see it eventually, it's inevitable. There are metals that don't corrode but they don't make guitar strings out of them. Not entirely, anyway. I don't know what would happen if they made...
Well, of course they do. You're just delaying the process, that's all :-)
McCoy Tyner / Mike Brecker style pentatonic 2-5-1 licks, legato, inside/outside I used to hear Brecker and Tyner play these kind of licks and was mystified for years. There are several things...
As for FastFret, the only ingredient listed is white mineral oil. When it seems that there is no oil left, I just add some mineral oil. I don't expect to ever need to buy another can.
Where is that 1962 ES-175 today? Joe Pass Jr (Joe Pass' adopted son) told me that he believed John Pisano had it (and that it rightly belonged to Joe Pass Jr.). John Pisano denied having that...
McCoy Tyner / Mike Brecker style pentatonic 2-5-1...
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