Hello-- I'm new here, so I hope I'm not repeating a previous conversation. I'm wondering how essential you find a solid top in getting a good amplified tone...
In the film the matrix, keanu reeves is hooked up to a computer for self defence training. minutes later he emerges saying 'I know kung fu'. If you could do...
In a message dated 5/1/03 9:15:28 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ... This is in my mind a really great question. Joe Pass gets a great tone on his wonderful hand...
sribeme@...
May 1, 2003 3:27 pm
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... standards ... them? for ... changes? ... Here's a thought that might interest some of you - I've been toying with this as a teaching concept over the past...
Hi there, my take on your question about changes to tunes: That's the whole thing for me... how you can find different changes for the tunes and how different...
... I'll have some of whatever you're having. Dave...
Dave Antonio
dantonio@...
May 1, 2003 6:23 pm
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I think you hit a great vein on approaching jazz tunes. Some standard jazz tunes are so common as to saying the repetitive prayers in church. I was impressed...
Was it here that someone had given a resource - a book or web site - that had catalogued a lot of standards according to their chord progressions? - i.e.,...
Bringing back the topic of commercialism in the music, I wanted to share some creepy information that I just learned about: Here in NYC, there was a strike of...
My opinion on this and other payment issues is straightforward..... There are a lot of players who will perform for nothing in the misguided belief that it...
... No argument from me - his voicings are amazing! Even ones that are more common that I've heard myself or others play, sound completely fresh and new from...
Chris Smart
smart@...
May 2, 2003 10:26 am
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Its been my experience in my playing career that being the nice guy and donating my talent and equipment has ultimately cost me friendships and lousy work...
... Yes indeed man... I totally agree with you. The pianistic way he accompanies his own solos with is amazing -sometimes I could swear he is playing with two...
I also think that if you start pulling the wages down they are not likely to get up. Where I live, people are not used to paying very much to see a band and...
I agree. There is a growing feeling the world that music is value-less, i.e. people shouldn't have to pay for it (file-sharing software is potentially both an...
Andrew Taylor
andrew@...
May 2, 2003 2:16 pm
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Thank you man.... agreed. Wholeheartedly. Been there too. Pete...
I have very dry (read slippery) hands and it is difficult for me to hang on to things. This has gotten worse as I have gotten older. I'm trying to start using...
Good Day All, I'm an amateur/hobbyist guitarist myself but I have a friend who is a professional. He told me that, in order to insure regular gigs, the...
I just started listening to Bickert. What a great player. Is he still around? Mark -- In jazz_guitar@yahoogroups.com, Chris Smart <smart@s...> ... that are...
I recently had a regular trio gig which I did for free. I thought this would "get my name out there"...? Man, what a joke. The club was always empty, the band...
There's another alternative to the bicycle tire patch for holding on to your picks. Hardware stores (like Ace and Home Depot) sell a liquid rubber for coating...
In a message dated 5/2/03 3:43:34 AM Pacific Daylight Time, petegtr_1971@... writes: << we should make sure that musicians don't start climbing down that...
Hello everyone, I've been studying Django and other Gypsy style players for the last several years. After hundreds of hours of lessons with Gypsies and ...
I fully agree with you Mr. Taylor. Arts in general are devaluated and considered "granted". Here -Spain- people spend, lets say 3000 EUR (about $3000) in...
I have the privilege of being a disciple of Lorne. His playing is extremely inpiring. He plays with great ease and with beauty. His phrasing is extremely...
For the longest time he used a humble Roland Cube 60 amp. I believe more recently he was using a Standel reissue. I don't get out to the clubs often anymore,...
