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Post by rhythmeen on Dec 27, 2014 12:07:41 GMT -6
Typo bottom of page 15: "Below are the F, IV7 and V7 chords in the key of E."
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Post by joachim on Jan 21, 2015 1:38:57 GMT -6
is there an ETA for this 2nd edition?
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Post by JohnG on Jan 22, 2015 10:14:44 GMT -6
I just sent off the final corrections and edits to the new edition, and it should go to the printer soon, I'm told by HL. It will include 30 or so video clips (in the Cloud) which you can access with a unique code each book will have (this goes for e-books, too). I also made corrections of errors that have bothered me since 1995, when the HL first published BYCU. I added a couple of explanations which hopefully clear up some confusion the first edition created. But with the exception of the videos, the book is essentially the same.
Thanks, everybody, for your suggestions. They were all helpful. While they didn't all make it into this book, I am keeping them in mind for future projects.
Best of luck to you all.
JG
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Post by coleso on Feb 19, 2015 9:51:00 GMT -6
i will purchase this thanks john
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Post by wannaplayblues on Feb 28, 2015 14:52:18 GMT -6
Yep, I will certainly buy!
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Post by patgiff on Mar 20, 2015 4:54:26 GMT -6
Hi John,
unfortunately I missed the chance to give you feedback but I am glad to see you are releasing a version with video. As long as the reader still can use only the CD and not be required to use the video, which sounds like how you did it (the right way). I gave up on DVD based courses, where there was no audio-only, because it takes too much time to watch a video if you just want to check something repeatedly to get it right. This is one thing I really liked about BYCU, you can listen to that track a million times over if need be, and don't have to watch a video. I have 4 books from the series now, and I am sure to get more (I read that More Blues You Can Use is really hard so I am preparing myself for that one).
One feedback I would give about Blues Licks You Can Use, which I am in the middle of right now... the licks are targeted at specific bars of the backing track, i.e., where there is the I, the IV, the V and turnaround. I like the way at the end of the chapter you take a selection of the licks and put them together for the full 12 bars, to show how they can be pieced together. However, it would be very helpful if you had also included a recording of yourself playing these all together. That was really missing for me! Otherwise the books are all indispensable and I just dug out Rhythms You Can Use for a refresher because I am starting a blues band (was just in a rock band for the last 18 months), need to brush up on many different ways to play rhythm. Keep up the great work.
Pat Gifford
Munich, Germany
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Post by JohnG on May 7, 2015 14:21:37 GMT -6
News Flash: I just received notice from Hal Leonard that the 2nd edition of Blues You Can Use has been released. I haven't seen it yet - my copies should arrive in a day or two.
It's very much the same as the first edition, with corrections and additions I always wished I could make. Plus, as I mentioned before, there are 30 or so video clips included (in the cloud).
I'm excited. Now I turn my attention to other projects. See the BYCU app? thread here for more.
JG
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Post by jack1982 on May 15, 2015 5:59:33 GMT -6
Sounds great, I'll keep an eye out for when it shows up on Amazon - very much looking forwards to the videos. After spending almost a year working through your books, it will be great to finally "meet" you  |
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