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Let's Study 'I Should Care'

tonymiceli 10 December 2008
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If enough people sign up for this, then next Monday night I'll turn on the cams and talk about 'I Should Care'. We'll go over the harmony and I'll play it in different keys with a bass player.

Here's what you would need to do:

Learn the tune
Try and memorize the melody
Try and memorize the chords
Have a set of vibes or a keyboard nearby

Then:
I'll talk it down on monday, we'll play it and you can:

Play the bass movement
Play the melody
Play the chords

Blisters

dritske 9 December 2008

Hi everyone,

I was wondering if anyone had to deal with blisters. Once in a while I get a blister on the index finger of my right hand because of the rubbing of the mallet against my finger.

My main problem: sweaty hands + friction + Burton grip = blister.

I know callosity is common for conga players and that they use some kind of tape to protect their fingers and hands.
Usually I apply a Compeed blister plaster for prevention. Unfortunately I was too late this time so I have to deal with that lump on my finger again.

An Interesting Idea to Study Tunes

tonymiceli 9 December 2008

I was just thinking. (That's where my dad would say 'How did it feel?'.

I spent last night jamming with a bass player. We took some tunes got together and put them through a bunch of keys. I said to him I liked doing this with 'just the 2 of us' because if there were other players they'd be off to the side playing the new keys while I was soloing.

And then bam!!! Why not do this live, and you guys play along. You won't bother me, because I can't here you. We'd pick the songs and you guys would play along. Play the root of the chords, play the chords, play whatever you want.

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