Hey all,

I'm posting this tune for our new member Luc Lainé. Luc is among Patrice Guillon's friends. He lives near Bordeaux.

Here is a tune from a home made album he did in 2005 with accordion player Pascal Lamigne. The title "La Marine" is an adaptation of same tune from French legendary poet/guitarist/singer Georges Brassens.

Man I grew up with Brassens! But maybe, as non French will you get sent into some kind of "Ratatouille" mood?

Anyway, enjoy! And...

Welcome on board Luc!

- Marie

Okay, after Tony's joke on the practice tape post, I decided this subject probably needed its own thread.

So here is my story about the motor:

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Bobby's among the living vibes gods! How many times did we watch his vids? Listened to his albums? Felt deeply touched by a few seconds of love he can put in his music. Man he can make you cry with just one note!

That's a great power, a great blessing, a great chance for us to have him!

And today he just turned... well he turned 20 + half century!! Wow!!

Happy Birthday Mr Hutch!! :o)

i did this today.since it´s week of the practice tapes i thought i post this although the final totm lesson is not up yet. btw. it was inspired by david´s darn that dream version.

tarik

Here's another piece from that same gig. This is one of Ernie's original tunes dedicated to Errol Garner.

as a preperation for the workshop i was looking for darn that dream on youtube, look what i found :) i like it very much! the slowness, the voicings the little, quick dampening things. looking forward to study this at the workshop.

tarik

Hi Everyone,

There is a possibility that I will be in the UK (Leeds in particular) between July 2011 - Jan 2012 - might be the whole time may be only some of it. I'm just trying to get a feel for who is over there in the UK (and close surrounding areas) for me to visit/hang/play with or get lessons from.

Would love to hear from you all!

Cheers,
James

When I approach my instrument, I often do this. I used to do it with a tanpura machine (creates a drone that is used in Northern Indian classical music), but now I use the gong. It's not really a composition. I just start from a note and try to pre-hear notes and lines and build something. Tonight, it became a little counterpoint, then it took a turn to colors based up a half step from the drone, then combines the two... whatever. It's my ear training warm up to make sure I am hearing the pitches (or get an honest take on when I am NOT hearing the pitches) prior to playing.