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"Meet me in St Louis" Trolley Song goof?

Thad Jones Mel Lewis Big Band w/Joe...

Cannonball Adderley play along - Sack of Woe

Mapping Tonal Harmony

Gibson L5C

The amplified tone is nice but as always : which type/model amp was used, how was it mic'd up, how loud did you play ? I'd really be much more interested in the pure acoustic tone but I also...

Bishop - cool custom archtop

Everything you play sounds magical, sumptuous and exciting. This piece too! Bravo

Original composition dedicated to Chick Corea

It took a while but now when I think of a CMaj7 chord, there are "chordal lines" that I'll gravitate towards. One single chord just seems like a harmonic anchor. Y'know the way one uses the sus to...

Anybody use the Goodchord Voice Leading Books?

Ah yes, that'd be a helpful bit of info, wouldn't it? ;) The track is playing through the same amp.

JGBE Virtual Jam (Round 14) - Tune Up

For most show-type gigs where I'll need overdrive, fx etc. I take either my Line6 Stomp or the bigger HELIX board. Both have excellent DI signal quality, VERY convincing + amp-like dynamics and more...

Going ampless?

Although does anyone else find it annoying that we spend all this time on fretboard harmony and yet still the instinct is to play x3523x when you see a Cmaj7 chord? (or maybe it’s just me)

Anybody use the Goodchord Voice Leading Books?

Hi, C, Thanks for your honest reply. We must accept that we agree to disagree. When I write, I write from my own experience. As a young aspiring Jazz saxophonist, I purchased Oliver Nelson's...

What is sight reading?

From IMDB "Incorrectly regarded as goofs" "It is often incorrectly claimed that an off screen male voice calls out "Hiya, Judy" (referring to actress Judy Garland instead of her character,...

"Meet me in St Louis" Trolley Song goof?

Bose Compact on every gig. Has a direct out for going to PA, and is self-monitoring in that you set it up behind you (no feedback) and most of the band can hear it without going into the monitors...

Going ampless?

My view (based on having been an elite-level athlete and observing elite musicians): The real talent that the greats possess is the discipline and focus to work extraordiarily hard from a young...

John Williams Child First Guitar Recording 1949

Probably wasn’t very clear that I was responding directly to MattKent in the sense I think Barry can be more contrapuntal than he seems to think; a lot of the basic stuff you learn when getting into...

Anybody use the Goodchord Voice Leading Books?

It’s a “ second” and priced accordingly. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Two Gibson Johnny Smiths!

This. Figure out your budget and what you are trying to achieve. Then learn how to use the equipment you‘ve got (mic placement, room location, etc). I went for the lowest-cost usb...

The best microphone for recording classical guitar

The term triad over bass note is merely a name for a way that the initial 4 notes of a scale can be arranged within an octave so it includes a triadic grouping and either a 2(TBN4) or a 4(TBN 2). ...

Anybody use the Goodchord Voice Leading Books?

That is a stunning guitar no matter it's origin.

Do you dig Gretschs? Check out these.......

JGBE Virtual Jam (Round 13) - In Your Own Sweet Way

The State of Music

Don't complain that the guitar is too big for you

JGBE Virtual Jam (Round 14) - Tune Up

What is sight reading?

Big Band Tone - A Serious Conversation

Marcin Patrzalek-Giant Steps-is it easy or not?

Do you like every song on an artist's CD or album?

When the solo swings...Unit 7

Three Heritage Ghost Built Gretsches

Can I play jazz on my ESP Ron Wood custom telecaster?

Fender Twin Reverb Reissue - Best Power Tubes

A question for the Early Music experts in the house