Here's mine. As usual, I didn't know this one before. I wasn't going to post, but I listened to it today and I didn't hate it as much as I did last nite. And hopefully I'll continue with it during the month and improve.
Oh, that was better, sounds more thought-out. Familiarity with the tune helps, of course. No one's that good the first time. The blues sounds were good, suits the tune, I think.
Out of curiosity, what were the Garrison Fewell tips you were using, roughly? Not that I want to copy them or anything but for interest's sake.
It's one of the study threads in the Improvisation forum. It's to do with triads w/extensions to create lines. It's something I've been interested in for awhile now, but never found anything I seemed to "get". His book "A Melodic Approach" looked good and has really made sense to me so far.
Well, Bali Hai (from South Pacific) goes up an octave and immediately down to the major 7th, so it's close, if you can simply imagine the second note...
In the first clip, to my ears, Hubbard is playing a sustained Bb there, not a B natural (which would be b5, a very different animal). In the second, he's not hanging onto E natural anywhere, though...
I get that the guys that started the company were old Gibson employees, but it would've been nice if they had come up w/ some original designs. 'The Heritage' [c'mon, really?] the Kalamazoo Award...
This is an example from a group I was in decades ago, that later became a Broadway show (Pump Boys and Dinettes). This was our first performance, at The Cat's Cradle in Chapel Hill. I played bass,...
For me, A '51 Nocaster sized neck is big; a '58 Les Paul is big. I like 'em big. I don't need them that big, but I do enjoy them and find them very comfortable. Around 1" deep at the nut, I guess,...
I tend to like this. Someone recently posted Jimmy Bruno playing Poinciana, and it sounded rather anemic. I caught myself wishing his playing more resembled his prickly personality.
This is not an...
[QUOTE=Josejzz;1330974]Dear Mark,
I hope that you're going well! Thank you so much for your kind words! I'm really sorry for this late answer, these months are being really speed and really busy...
Chet Baker - Do It The Hard Way, Scat Solo...
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