Here's some tips to practicing a faster 7 tempo . Mic gain was high, so a little distorting on some chords toward the end.
Tony re-posted an older blog I wrote a couple of years ago about my experience sitting in with Bill Evans and with Milt. Reading it again reminded me that there are two more stories along this line worth telling.
Has anyone heard of Jeremy Kittel? He is a member of Turtle Island String Quartet. He's one of the best fiddle players I have ever heard. His other group (Jeremy Kittel Band) came to Columbia Friday for a concert. I was blown away. Below is a link of his arrangement of Hendrix's 'Hey Joe'. I will let the music do the rest of the talking for how incredible this guy is.
This is picture of a tiny dutch car. I put the seat up and the M55 frame fit in perfectly. Well snuggly. I couldn't fit the cases I brought down here in the car, they were hard cases.
This is my oldest instrument from 1978, a present from my mom when I went to school.
This video shows part of what keeps me from practicing my beloved melodic minor scales and tunes for the jazz-ensemble class as well as the tunes for the jams with my buddies outside of that and let alone logging onto this site for months. The mission of the job is to give 59x 45min interactive concerts for school kids presenting "percussion". Criteria for accepting this:
- I feel more valuable, if I work and I want to work.
I went to the Jazz Education Network (http://www.jazzednet.org/) annual conference this month, in Louisville, KY. Wasn't planning on spending a ton of money, but saw this in the exhibition hall and the rest is history. I've been walking two blocks to the college to practice vibes every day, so having my own set is a dream come true. Best money I've ever spent! :)
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Here's some tips on soloing in 5/4
I like this tune by Wayne Shorter, love the way he keeps it simple but at the same time keeps you on your toes, I have made some mistakes but I wanted to post anyway I have not done an outro so it breaks after 3 choruses, comments are welcome
What is the best software to use to fade out etc...?
John