So I finished a lesson on how to play salsa guitar. I still am planning to record some audio/video so each section has a demo. But I figured I might as well release it now and add some more later! How to play salsa guitar I’ve been trying to learn salsa on and off for […]
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Drum circle!
So my musical adventure for the day became the drum circle! I have gone off and on for many years but last summer I went fairly often. It takes me on a trip out of the city. The park is beautiful, the people are relaxed and its nice to hang out in the grass with […]
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Playing solo guitar at a wedding
I love to play at weddings.
Especially when it’s outside and there are good people.
There is something about playing an event that is very important to at least a few people.
If you want a musical event to be better, make pertinent preparations. You probably have 2-5 hours to get ready. You may have less. Look at the big picture. Are your clothes ready? Is your gear good? Do you know where you are going? Could you use a nap? Some food? What is your body […]
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Duet groove from august
thanks Andrew! this starts with some weird interference with the mics but we play some music a little later…im working on recording some of the parts of the solo violin music by Bach but didn’t quite get anything that would work completely…anyways hope you enjoy… Groove duet
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Dub for Bob!
My dub! Hope you enjoy it I played bass and the two guitar parts… I added the effects with cubase which is what used to mix the song…the fellow talking is from a poem written by a Jamaican poet… I wish I could remember his name but thanks very much…I used beat craft for the […]
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Been working on some songs
just wanted to post a few songs that i recorded recently thanks! Love Wave
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Every good song ends
Trying to think of good album names… And a good way of looking at the cycle of life and how to see things in a beautiful way…
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Suggesting substitutions in your melody
I just picked a few notes out of a solo by John Coltrane from If I Were a Bell. I love when folks play descending watefalls of appregios. Mr. Coltrane plays a series of descending appregios on probably a bunch of stuff, but I always think about how he does it on Milestones. On Milestones, […]
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Practicing bebop songs
So this was something I was doing recently. It’s based on using the omnibook (though I guess you could use other folk’s solos) and then David Baker’s books about learning bebop. Anyways, here’s what it was… Just read through Charlie Parker’s solo at a pace that you can get a bunch of the notes and […]