Back To Basics, Only Different
My first lesson (again) with Ron Eschete was today. It was a real treat and I had a good time. I felt like I learned more about playing in the hour I spent with him than I have in decades!
July 25, 2010
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Tags: Ear Training, GIT, JBGI, Jimmy Bruno, MI, Operating Principles, Ron Eschete, Songs, Tune Analysis · Posted in: Music
The Music Lesson
OK. This won’t be a music lesson per se, so calm down… The Music Lesson: A Spiritual Search for Growth Through Music is actually a book by Victor Wooten. If you don’t know who he is, he’s probably best recognized for his contributions as the bassist for the Flecktones (as in Bela Fleck and the [...]
September 9, 2009
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Tags: Flecktones, Groove Workshop, Improvising, Musicianship, Operating Principles, The Music Lesson, Victor Wooten · Posted in: Music
(Jazz) Tunes That Players *Must* Know
In the opening paragraph of the preface to David Baker’s book “How To Learn Tunes” (Jamey Aebersold Jazz), he quotes Barry Harris (from Jazz Changes, www.jazzcontinuum.com): “I can go to any part of the country, meet good musicians and we could play as if we had played together all of our lives, and the only [...]
August 23, 2009
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Tags: Barry Harris, David Baker, Jamey Aebersold, Memorization, Musicianship, Operating Principles · Posted in: Music
Operating Principles for Guitarists
I started thinking about what were the key operating principles at play in my return to music that a guitarist could use as guidance in how to approach music and their instrument of choice. While this is titled “for Guitarists”, I think that most of these are applicable to any instrument and something that any [...]
August 11, 2009
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Tags: Guitarists, Musicianship, Operating Principles · Posted in: Music