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I always think of Miles' greatest compositions as not the ones he published but the ones he composed as solos. His penned pieces are primarily great platforms for his solos: simple but IMO not as...
It's how I read. Anyone who has unified both theory and standard notation skills does this. But not everyone may take that approach. There are plenty of people who can read well and don't know any...
When I saw Mick yesterday I told him about all the comments on this thread and forum. He told me "I only made a few records but it's nice to know they were important." There are some recordings he...
That's more or less how I do it. If not strictly in order - just put a patch number against each item in your setlist. Also handy to group patches that you might switch between during a song.
The OEM actually a composite bridge called Tusq, which is a porous resin fairly similar to bone. I have found that it works well with this guitar. I would think a wooden bridge, especially ebony,...
This was my introduction to Kenny Wheeler, with John Abercrombie - it was in the big ECM haul I got in 1985 or so, see the start of the thread. I agree “Angel Song” is fantastic, “The Widow in the...
Even back in the day jams were often a waste of time, unless it was pro players of a high level with deeper repertoire. One of the things that really changed,was it being mostly pros to hobbyists...
and when Larry sped up to accomodate Bireli.....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YS_2CT7UmP8 Bassist is awesome too........
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWIaN0lXWz4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvyQsYxBFHc Ray
Start with the Kind of Blue record and listen non stop for month. You will discover many periods covering Bebop, Cool, The Quintet with Tony Williams,Herbie Hancock,Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter. Fusion...
A couple of lessons I’ve learned. You never make a lot of money working for others. Unless you’re a Surgeon, Lol! We have way too many lawyers and Marketing people, and they need to justify...
I know, it all looks so simple! F - A7 - Dm - G7... what could be simpler? :smile-new: Yes, I definitely had to feel that Eb coming in bar 4. I played Db (Gb lyd) in the next bit; the C...
I never managed to get what weed is about, it's probably incompatible with my personality. Most of my friends who smoked a lot for a period of time have very evident problems because of it.
the french connection :bireli and sylvain
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