It might sound foolish but my videos on archtops often get thousands of views.
My videos on the workshop get hundreds.
I see the archtop videos as my best form of marketing. When people...
One of the funniest film lines ever, was in one of the Tom Hanks renaissance adventure films. When the good/bad guy is cleaning up after his stabbing murdering, he says something like "Not my best...
I'm one of those people who likes to do arrangements (and compositions), and brings them in to two bands I play with. The lousier of the two bands I play in and write for, massacred an arr. I did...
Groyniad, maybe the sideways angle of the neck does not allow a straight centered line from the middle of the nut through the center of the tailpiece to the endpin. A frontal pic of the whole guitar...
I once depped as a bass player several times in a nice 5 piece. We did a few gigs in a pub in England. The regular bassist got his own band a gig there so the bandleader for whom I depped sacked his...
In the guitar concertos thread, I stumbled on the above mentioned Johnny Smith recording that i was never fond of before, because of the poor job they did recording it on vinyl in 1955. The...
I'll be at Red Hot Strings next week and I'm really looking forward to taking some classes with you along with some other awesome teachers there. Seems like a great learning opportunity in a very...
Well, as I said I bought my ES-175 for $2500 just a few months ago. The seller dropped the price after a month or so without any nibbles at $3000; I think that pretty clearly suggests the local...
Are you telling the sideman...
Don't try to book the JazzIsGood band on my behalf without my knowledge or presence
or
Don't try to book your own band at places where the JazzIsGood band plays
...
Thx, yes the piano is better. I am playing single notes with my left hand and jazzy voicings in the right hand, it's my Tony training. When I started piano, I was locked into the beginner way of...
Jack,
This guitar compliments your playing style to a T.
I just think you are very comfortable playing this guitar. I think because responds quickly, and it matches your fast clean lines. You add...
Actually, the US has became a consumer and services based economy. So, it changed. More data centers, fewer machine shops. Which is fine. Except for some strategic stuff like chips and weapons. ...
I did a fair bit in the 80s 90s and into the 00s. Rock bands, Country, Function, House band, Jazz residencies, Duo/trio, Dep work, several operating at the same time. All this while working in...
Mosaic Select's great remastering of Johnny Smith...
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