Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise

Lovely, Phil. Great collaboration, and cool solo by you. Thanks a lot for sharing.

Very cool, Phil. What a neat project to get to participate in! Kudos to both the audio and video production - that must have been a real bear. Nice job on your solo, Phil.

Thanks for the kudos, guys. That was a cool collaboration. 17 people from 7 different countries.

I had no idea what the final product would sound like since all I saw was my assigned part. Don't know who did the arrangement, but they sure did a good job. And the video editing - imagine putting all that together. The sound guy also did a great job leveling out the volume each of our submissions.

Frank Vignola is quite a guy taking a back seat and letting his students have the spotlight. He played rhythm throughout the song.

If I looked relaxed I can assure you I wasn't. I already knew how good some of these other players were. It may not be noticeable in the final product but I really rushed the last few notes of my solo. However, I was very happy with the tone I got. This is the first time I ever mic-ed the amp. I tried a Shure SM57 and an Audio Technica AT2020 condenser mic. The AT2020 produced a noticeably better sound.

Jack - I do have a complete 32 bar solo recorded with a couple of flubs. I'll post it once I edit it. I remember how hard it was learning to play those octaves in "3 Ways..." I couldn't maintain the distance between my fingers when moving around. I'll have to take another crack at that song.

Jack,

Here's the whole solo. I flubbed in the 1st 8 bars and was way off on my timing on the bridge. The audio is how it was recorded. No EQ or compression. Just a blending of the camera mic and the AT2020.

Since the "A" sections of this tune are in C minor with a minor 1-2-5 chord vamp any Blues licks will work. The bridge goes to the relative major. I copied the 8 bar bridge solo from someone else on the Internet and the final 4 bars are an Emily Remler blues lick. Everything else is my own ideas or things floating around in my head that I probably heard at some time.

Phil I really enjoyed that whole thing! Really nice flow if ideas. A flub? Timing off? I didn't notice a thing Just really enjoyable to listen to. Bravo!

Thanks, Marc. I certainly hope to participate in more of these. Just waiting for someone to decide on the next tune. My only involvement is what you saw in the video.