Here’s home recording of But Beautiful with my friend Jerry A on upright bass. We tried to keep it simple and I like how it turned out.
Part of our focus on the session was experimenting with technique for recording the bass. I placed two condenser mics near his bridge (one cardioid and one omni). But he also had a pickup (piezo) on his b…Read More
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Another recording I liked from yesterday’s session was Alone Together. M4A audio file:
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super enjoyable to listen to, thanks for sharing this! sometimes I forget that music doesn’t need every theoretical device under the sun to be meaningful and musical. listening to others’ playing reminds me that expressive playing, even when “simple”, is what’s more important
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Thanks Anton. “Super enjoyable” is what I’m shooting for, so that’s good to hear. I like to study & practice chord voicings & substitutions, but I try to be driven by my ear mor than theory when I’m playing. Sometimes my ear takes me off the rails though!
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Sounds great Kirk! Was your guitar a direct input too?
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Thanks John. That’s my Eastman AR810CE into my Princeton/Deluxe hybrid (with your Raytheon 6V6GTs!) to a CAD M179 mic set to cardioid, to my Zoom H8. The amp is a bit hissy, partly because I was playing at living room volume, but I wonder if a resistor is getting noisy.
Tim and all. This popped up on my YT feed today. I certainly understand Joe Diorio’s influence on your playing. What a teacher.
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Popped up in mine as well!
Thanks for getting yesterday’s Master Class posted…I thought it was today. Anyway, I know how I’m spending the afternoon now.
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Maybe one day, we’ll get a master class on Jerome Kern’s “Yesterdays”, too 🙂
Back in June I tried to work out a solo arrangement for Almost Blue (Elvis Costello). When I’ve worked on a tune for a while I try to make a recording before I move on to something else. This time I first recorded the solo part, then switched to accompaniment to record a second guitar for another few rounds. It’s a little rough, but there’s a lot…Read More
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My iReal Pro chart:
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I had forgotten about this Kirk! Let’s play it!
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I’d forgotten about it too, until I ran across recording while looking for something else! I don’t recall if we tried it as a duo or trio. I’d be glad to. It was a project to fill spare time while vacationing in Santa Fe. Just for fun, here’s an earlier iPhone recording in the courtyard with birds & bugs adding to the ambience. https:/…Read More
Giving the alt scale a try (see lesson Melodic Minor) controled labo situation continuos backing track ii V I in C major………also including a 2 5 1 long line with one fowl note (but who cares about that)
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This is great Erik. You are getting it! This is exactly what you have to do, experiment, succeed, fall short, the whole spectrum as you developed the necessary control of the altered sound and its resolution. Well done keep it up.
Tim
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The link to the recording seems to have disappeared from the above post, so I’ll try again. It’s an M4A audio file.
https://app.box.com/s/hijnhfmfz8qwbhqp57oz0llla45sx0d8