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Post by jack1982 on Mar 10, 2019 19:50:50 GMT -6
So what the heck, the non-guitar player has to start the weekly update or you guys just let it slide? I've been listening to a fair bit of music, thinking that maybe some early stuff from Blondie reminds me a bit of a few tunes in "R&B You Can Use". Perhaps... Bought a punching bag so I'll probably be an MMA champ pretty soon lol. Other than that just been running the snowblower and drinkin' beer. Hope you guys had a solid week of practice.
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Post by Phil on Mar 10, 2019 23:26:19 GMT -6
Good to hear from you, Jack. I was waiting to see if anybody was still interested in the weekly update. It seems to me that this forum has been dead for a while now, but we just refuse to bury it. Hopefully it will come back to life again.
I really hope something sparks your interest in playing again. The longer you go without playing the tougher it will be to get back into it. My last layoff lasted almost 9 years. The last few months I was starting to lose interest again. I had no motivation. Playing with someone else got me motivated again.
Last week I got in 11.5 hours. 5.5 of those were practicing with another guitarist. I learned something important - the value of practicing with a metronome. I rarely practice with a metronome. Since I've been focused on playing solo arrangements, I haven't been practicing with backing tracks either. (Which is as good or better than with a metronome). The result was that when I played a couple of tunes that I thought I knew with another guitarist my timing was way off. I played a couple of notes a whole beat late which put them on the next chord in the tune causing cacophony, chaos, discordance, and looks of disgust from the other guy. The funny part is that I thought he was screwing up. Apparently, I'd been unconsciously practicing the melodies rubato (free time) holding some notes too long, cutting others short. That can sound fine when you play by yourself. The problem is that I had them memorized that way which caused all kinds of confusion when attempting to play with somebody else. I discovered a couple of years ago that my tapping foot would slow down or speed up to fit what I was playing. Not the other way around. Obviously, that didn't sink into my thick skull until now. I will now practice with a metronome or backing tracks regularly. A metronome is not a cure all. You can still play a melody out of time even with a metronome. The notes have to fall in the right place and for the correct length of time, but the metronome helps by forcing you to pay more attention to where the beats fall. Another lesson learned the hard way. I still haven't recorded anything recently, but I'm thinking more that direction. That's the 1st step.
Come on, Jack, pick up that guitar. It's waiting for you.
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Post by cunningr on Mar 10, 2019 23:45:48 GMT -6
I am amogst the almost non players this week. Network Engineer left on Thursday, too tired to play and missed a lesson. Did get an hour in last night.
On music front I reassymbled my vintage gear, ESD1000 Sony PreAmp, carver TFM35, Bose 601 and 301, Turn Table. Cleaned everything up. Waiting on a TT cartridge to ply some vinyl again. Loking for a different preamp Carver C19 if anyone has one they wanna sell!
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Post by bluesbruce on Mar 11, 2019 4:47:02 GMT -6
Was actually doing pretty well this week, but then came busy work day on Friday, then had to work this weekend, and suddenly haven't touched the guitar since Thursday... Hopefully get some time later today. Agree with Phil, both about the moribund state of the forum, as well as about playing with a metronome or back track.
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Post by joachim on Mar 11, 2019 6:32:28 GMT -6
I also hope you feel like playing again soon, Jack!
I still work on the same ideas with John, chipping away one week at a time. After spending some time at the last BYCU studies I returned to the "Tremblin' Tremolo" study in MBYCU. I still have some of the older MBYCU studies in the backlog, trying to polish them and getting the up to speed. I just practice a single one of them maybe 10 minutes a day.
Then I try to work more on constructive noodling, and I might start on the Joe Pass book with John, if it's not completely over my head.
I don't agree that the forum is dying, though. Just the other week a new forum member asked a BYCU related question and got several great answers within a day, even from John.
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Post by jack1982 on Mar 11, 2019 6:59:22 GMT -6
Come on, Jack, pick up that guitar. It's waiting for you.
I promise - this week I'll play something Yeah playing with a metronome / drum software is great practice. I remember when I was working through Jazzin' the Blues, I had the drums, bass, rhythm and lead guitar, and getting everything in sync was always my highest goal. Sometimes if you listen to a (good) bass player and guitarist, it almost sound like a tremendously deep guitar, or a bass with a really detailed top end - not even like two separate instruments at all. That's what I'd always strive for. Don't think I ever came close to achieving it but hey It's too bad about the forum. I remember the good ol' days days when we were all working through John's books, posting our progress and critiquing each other's recordings. Didn't think any of us would ever actually get to the end of any of those books, but we did
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Post by Phil on Mar 11, 2019 8:56:32 GMT -6
I also hope you feel like playing again soon, Jack! I still work on the same ideas with John, chipping away one week at a time. After spending some time at the last BYCU studies I returned to the "Tremblin' Tremolo" study in MBYCU. I still have some of the older MBYCU studies in the backlog, trying to polish them and getting the up to speed. I just practice a single one of them maybe 10 minutes a day. Then I try to work more on constructive noodling, and I might start on the Joe Pass book with John, if it's not completely over my head. I don't agree that the forum is dying, though. Just the other week a new forum member asked a BYCU related question and got several great answers within a day, even from John.Which Joe Pass book? I have no intentions of buying another book, but we'll still have a lot to talk about. I hope you decide to go for it. Be careful, Jazz guitar is addicting. Just don't abandon us for a Jazz forum.
Yeah, a new member popped in to ask a question, got some good answers, then disappeared without ever responding.
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Post by Phil on Mar 11, 2019 9:04:11 GMT -6
Come on, Jack, pick up that guitar. It's waiting for you.
I promise - this week I'll play something Yeah playing with a metronome / drum software is great practice. I remember when I was working through Jazzin' the Blues, I had the drums, bass, rhythm and lead guitar, and getting everything in sync was always my highest goal. Sometimes if you listen to a (good) bass player and guitarist, it almost sound like a tremendously deep guitar, or a bass with a really detailed top end - not even like two separate instruments at all. That's what I'd always strive for. Don't think I ever came close to achieving it but hey It's too bad about the forum. I remember the good ol' days days when we were all working through John's books, posting our progress and critiquing each other's recordings. Didn't think any of us would ever actually get to the end of any of those books, but we did I hope this isn't like my promises to record something.
Ah, the good old days. I can't believe I worked cover-to-cover on 3 of John's books. I've still never done that with any other course or book I have, and I have a lot. I hope to finish the Mickey Baker book someday before I depart this world.
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Post by joachim on Mar 11, 2019 10:10:22 GMT -6
I also hope you feel like playing again soon, Jack! I still work on the same ideas with John, chipping away one week at a time. After spending some time at the last BYCU studies I returned to the "Tremblin' Tremolo" study in MBYCU. I still have some of the older MBYCU studies in the backlog, trying to polish them and getting the up to speed. I just practice a single one of them maybe 10 minutes a day. Then I try to work more on constructive noodling, and I might start on the Joe Pass book with John, if it's not completely over my head. I don't agree that the forum is dying, though. Just the other week a new forum member asked a BYCU related question and got several great answers within a day, even from John.Which Joe Pass book? I have no intentions of buying another book, but we'll still have a lot to talk about. I hope you decide to go for it. Be careful, Jazz guitar is addicting. Just don't abandon us for a Jazz forum.
Yeah, a new member popped in to ask a question, got some good answers, then disappeared without ever responding.
It's called "The Joe Pass Method" - although that's not exactly the version I have. Mine is a collection called "Complete Joe Pass" which includes the method books as well as some other material.
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Post by joachim on Mar 11, 2019 10:42:30 GMT -6
Perhaps T-Bone's suggestion of a common journey into the Joe Pass book could spawn some forum activity again. There ia a good of blues material in the book as well.
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Post by grampalerxst on Mar 11, 2019 11:54:01 GMT -6
I did my usual 5-6 hours (at least 95% of which included a metronome or other external tempo enforcement). I even have an accidental method to mute the external tempo temporarily and test my ability to go a few seconds solo and see if I can maintain the tempo. I do better than I would have guessed.
My only complaint is that I would like to triple the amount of time I spend w/the guitar every week.
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Post by Phil on Mar 11, 2019 19:12:30 GMT -6
Perhaps T-Bone's suggestion of a common journey into the Joe Pass book could spawn some forum activity again. There ia a good of blues material in the book as well. Noooo. Stop tempting me. I'm sticking to the path I'm currently on (it's a long meandering path that often goes in circles). However, there will still be many points of common interest to discuss. Looking forward to hearing you play some Jazz. Go for it.
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Post by Phil on Mar 11, 2019 19:16:11 GMT -6
Hey y'all! Don't you worry about not playing the guitar for a while, Jack- sometimes it's just good to take a break or slow down for a while. Maybe you'll just listen to some good music... that's okay, isn't it? Joachim, the JP book is something I'd like to work on later, but I'd prefer to start with the MB book. However, that won't be before the end of the year, I want to finish some other stuff first. BTW, it seems we're playing the same MBYCU tunes, send me a PM if you want to discuss them via Skype Phil, that's a heckuva Website you got there, man!
Bruce, if you find typos - Jeep them Greetings, T. Thank you very much, T-Bone. Coming from you that means a lot. Instead of writing long winded posts here on the forum, I decided to start a blog and bore people there.
It's good to hear from you again. Stick around for a while and keep us posted on what you're up to.
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Post by joachim on Mar 12, 2019 0:02:00 GMT -6
Perhaps T-Bone's suggestion of a common journey into the Joe Pass book could spawn some forum activity again. There ia a good of blues material in the book as well. Noooo. Stop tempting me. I'm sticking to the path I'm currently on (it's a long meandering path that often goes in circles). However, there will still be many points of common interest to discuss. Looking forward to hearing you play some Jazz.Go for it. That will be a while... In the meantime we're waiting to hear you play some jazz How are those videos coming?
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Post by jack1982 on Mar 12, 2019 7:32:33 GMT -6
Yeah, Phil, how ARE those videos coming?
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Post by Phil on Mar 12, 2019 13:50:37 GMT -6
Hey, you guys are putting me under a lot of pressure. This kind of stress can have an adverse effect on my health.
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