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In-ear Monitors for a Big Band

An interview with Henry Robinett

Artur Lang Super early to mid 1960s

1960? Guild Starfire at Goodwill

500 Miles High

You feel my pain! I will post how the in-ears work in the next couple of weeks

In-ear Monitors for a Big Band

I am not Peter, but this looks simply like the Finale Maestro music font plus Times New Roman for the text.

Bebop Technique

Sit next to the horns, not behind them. Don’t be too far away. Position yourself between the drums and the horns. Point the amp towards the horns, they need to hear you more than the audience. If...

In-ear Monitors for a Big Band

General comping vocab - check out Randy Vincent’s ‘the Guitarists Introduction to Jazz.’ Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Blues and Jazz-Blues Comping Recommendations ?

How do you make up your worksheets Peter? They look nice. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Bebop Technique

I like to record with a click on a DAW and then obsess about the way the little waves don’t line up with the beat. I’m sure this is very helpful and productive. Sent from my iPhone using...

Eliminating the Metronome for technical studies?

Regarding technical exercises (rather than solo transcriptions etc), my inclination is to say no. Play with a metronome. When you are comfortable, take out half the beats. Move the click to other...

Eliminating the Metronome for technical studies?

I like the project of Thelonious Monk interpretations he did with Peter Bernstein. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzWOEdv7cCw Those two (maybe together with Miles Okazaki in the latter's very...

New: Steve Cardenas - Blue Has A Range

I recently played a gig with a big band consisting of 5 saxophones, 4 trombones, 3 trumpets, and a full rhythm section. Since most of the instruments were acoustic and the room was fairly small, we...

In-ear Monitors for a Big Band

Opiates like Tramadol are often not very effective for pain in skeleton, muscles and connective tissue. It works better for pain in the inner organs like, for example, cancer pain. But it is depo...

Playing guitar with a broken clavicle

Nice interview. My favorite quote: “Play your own shit even if it stinks.” (Mingus) Best regards from disco town Munich EDIT: Second favorite quote: “Henry, the fact that Tommy is Chinese, does...

An interview with Henry Robinett

It's good but it sounds too much like a guitar, this is my opinion. If you don't like your way of playing you should listen to other instruments, for me the most important thing is to try to play...

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

Yeah, I mean started off listening to Coltrane and Brecker and only got into bop and pre war jazz much later. Which is not uncommon. It is however much easier to understand bop if you understand...

Jazz and Blues Single Note Soloing Recommendations ?

But if one looks at all these classic soloists from the bebop era, solos are like a whole, instant composition. Using music to carry an indulging story. That's the way I think about it, not...

Lets go and compare improvisation to spoken language.

That's it, export to pdf. But just to be safe, save a copy of it first in a different folder than the one you'd normally store it in - or just rename the saved copy. It would be difficult to...

Eliminating the Metronome for technical studies?

What's with all the weird Jazz guitars people buy?

Jazz and Blues Single Note Soloing Recommendations ?

JGO Virtual 'Bluez' Jam (Round 1) - Blue Monk in minor

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

Do these chords exists? Any different name for them?

The Summer of Rhythm Guitar 2024

Itching for a Fender, which one?

Telecaster - Single Coil or Humbucker?

Please Recommend Me Some Beginner Solos/Heads to Learn

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

Are Modern Amps Repairable?

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

Blues and Jazz-Blues Comping Recommendations ?