Chord Workshop – Last Call
Published: Mon, 11/30/20
Chord Substitutions And How To Use Them I will be offering another Chord Substitutions workshop in the spring of 2021, and I've got an Improvisation…
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There's Pie...
Published: Fri, 11/27/20
Post gustatory-type e cess Yet in the fridge, for now at rest There's pie Another Youtube lesson's done This time with blues licks neatly spun To fit…
Chord Substitutions Workshop – Replay Now Available
Published: Tue, 11/24/20
was, in fact, one of his best-selling records, despite having been written in the studio to round out the album and featuring a melody consisting of…
Swiss Army Knives at La Cabane De Frou Frou
Published: Thu, 11/19/20
I spent the last couple days as a hired gun. An old New York pal of mine was working an ad job, and asked me to not only record some lap steel, but…
Chord Substitutions Workshop, Or, How To Sound Cool
Published: Fri, 11/13/20
I'm sure I'll hear about it if I open with the phrase, "I was eating barbecue once in Connecticut," but – I was eating barbecue once in Connecticut…
Love For Sale
Published: Thu, 11/12/20
It took a long time for me to back into the point and significance of the Great American Songbook. To some e tent, this has to do with where I sought…
Two New Courses!
Published: Tue, 11/10/20
e ample in all si lessons. And, of course, you can download all the videos, which means you can work on it whenever, wherever, and however you like.
Hello, Herbie
Published: Thu, 11/05/20
Herb Ellis is one of the first jazz guitarists I learned about, when I bought his quartet record with Joe Pass, Jazz/Concord, my freshman year of…
"Or I could leave it hang-innnng..."
Published: Thu, 10/29/20
I had a friend in New York named John who worked as a dialect coach. One night he was e plaining how he gave every client a mnemonic, a short phrase…
Deep Space
Published: Thu, 10/22/20
Like other social skills, including listening more than talking and doing the dishes without being asked, my ability to leave musical space seems to…