Thinking in Jazz: The
Infinite Art of Improvisation
In my opinion John Mehegan is the pioner in study and analysis of all elements and styles in jazz. Please complete it in Jazz Books.
1. JAZZ IMPROVISATION: "The bible of jazz". Amsco Music Publishing Co.
In four volumes:
I. Tonal and Rhythmic Principles
II. Jazz Rhythm and the Improvised Line
III. Swing and early Progressive Piano Styles
IV. Contemporary Piano Styles
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Three volumes: Studies in the art and practice of jazz improvisation.
Excelent for guys trained in classical piano that like beguin in the jazz world.
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Three volumes: Excelent for learning Styles of playing.
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One volume with 12 original didactic preludes.
After login, we get the screen that tells us where all the new messages are, but by the time I've checked out a few of them I forget what the others new ones were.
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You might consider putting the newest messages at the TOP. In a few months there will be tons of messages on this board and any newb that drops by is going to have to scroll down for ages to finally get to the latest discussions.
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Glad you said that you were going to institute the ability to respond directly to a post (ie. create a thread). Thanks.
You might want to check out the way http://www.wholenote.com works their forums ("Fretbuzz" section). You can actually respond to posts within posts.
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Maybe consider the word "Help" in a different color (possibly inside a box??) instead of your "?" symbol.
It seems wierd that the title of my room reads " 7's Heaven ? ", if you get my drift.
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On the LH menu bar, I think the "Lobby" should be on top. That seems to make more sense since it is the main area.
Also rather than just calling it "Lobby" no matter what section it's in, be more specific (because it's easy to get confused and lost) examples: "Personal Rooms Lobby" "Midi Files Lobby" "Main Hall Lobby".
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Zat's it for now.
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As for threads within threads- that tends to get confusing sometimes and allows for way to many levels of discussion. What I'll be doing here is making it so one room will have a forum very similar to the one on the old LJP site (with enhancements of course!). This threaded forum will take the place of one room. Other rooms will be just like this where the discussion can be more "intimate".
Ooo, I like the lobby idea by putting the hall name in front of it.
Hard to get a specific order of rooms to show up... But not impossible. Something for a rainy day :)
The help ? things need to be upgraded, I'll think about what to do. Probably just move it over to the right hand side, or something. Actually thought of changing it's color to blue or red to make it more distinct.
The public/private bug is still in effect, though, so there may be confusion in rooms that just had private messages.
In The Course of
Performance: Studies
in the World of
Musical Improvisation
Pseudo-Chat is not instant message at all! Messages won't automatically show up- they show up after you've refreshed the page, or done some other action.
Just another little thing to make life easier and more fun :)
Maybe I wasn't paying attention.
Where are those old midi files and old monthly standards again?
And I just noticed that the old MP3 page is no longer around.
Probably just something you haven't got to yet.
7
To send a private message, you have to click on the "Send a Private Message" link that is just to the right of the "force message formatting" check box. Then you select a recipient, then you send them a message.
The Pseudo-chat, well, you already have that one figured out since we had a chance to test it.
The Pat Metheny
Songbook: 167 tunes,
400 pages/lead sheets
I just tried setting up the room,but wasn't able to do it right.I wanted this message to appear-
I decided to name this room based on the idea of dealing with musical involvement in all its' aspects within the context of the forum itself.I'd like to invite anyone who wants to get info about improvisation,specific styles of jazz piano,voicings,melodic concepts,transcription, harmony,theory,composition,practice routines,online sources of educational materials,and related subjects to post here and I'll try to give as complete a response as possible when I can;and send you over to Scot,Barry,7,Ryan,Mike,
Whacky,Albetan,et al for more info(or when I think you're asking about something they'd be better suited to reply to!)
but no luck,I tried 2 times and ended up double posting the room itself...can you check into this and get back to me?
If i am in "userlog" and send a message to someone in line, how does it come to final destination?
If you "pchat" someone, the message will come up whever they are in the system AFTER THEY HAVE refreshed a page or did some other action like changing rooms.
Thanks for your time and help, it is much appreciated!
David
Straight, No Chaser:
Life and Genius
of Thelonious Monk
Everyone else, should go and check it out right now - it's in the solo piano room of the midi section.
Barry
Just go to the Lobby and create a new thread. That's the best place to start something.
Whacky- it's in the SOlo Piano Midi Files room.
Smooth Jazz: David
Benoit, Spyro Gyra, etc
I am sending again my bossa lesson FORCE MESSAGGE FORMATTING.
Alignement is essential in my explanations.
Please delete no aligned post, if possible. Thanks.
Or simply not so bigger the letters:
Example:
/ - - - C - - C - / - - C - - C - - / Guitar pattern (left)
/ B - - - B - - B / B - - B B - - B / Bass pattern (left)
/ F - - - F - - - / F - - - F - - - / Pulse (foot)
That´s solution: Same size in letters.
Thanks.
No, we can not edit our posts. But I will fix it so that the "force message formatting" option does not create huge letters.
Scot
That was solution: not so big formatted letter.
I tried to post my article last week,then I got an-e-mail from Jeff(7)suggesting I re-format it re-long paragraphs...I did this today,along with a few minor changes,and tried(apparently successfully)to upload it,after a couple of unsuccesful tries at posting it as a series of messages....I wasn't able to confirm that it was available though,as it didn't show up on the "list of files",maybe this is because it hasn't been virus-checked yet?Anyways,when you get a chance can you look into this and let me know what's what?(Also,I've been getting blank screens when I try to see the threads on "General Discussions")
Thanks,man...see you in the forum..
Chris
Herbie Hancock
Transcriptions
http://www.vanbasco.com
If you still get no sound you might need to go into windows control panel and set up your sound card settings.
7
I don't know where it is. I can't find a lesson like that on my computer. Will you to send it to me again? I'll turn it into a PDF and put it in your room.
Scot
Now I'm out of my country... I'l return home on February 24. Then I'l send to you my lessons. Thanks.
I am entering several times each day to LJP and i see more and more progress in our site. Congratulations.
ALBERTO
Just wanted to voice my appreciation for your time and effort put into this site- the new system is awesome! Keep up the great work :-)
Rick
Thanks!
I just noticed that there is someone with a name just like mine, who had it first. Would it be possible to delete the Ziggy user name? Sorry about that.
books and music that
I personally think
highly of, and others
that have been referred
to me by friends
and musicians. ~Scot
This new LJP is more and more splendid each day!
I saw my old lessons at my personal room "file list". Very practical system of downloading files. Congratulations! a big job!
How may i update a file? May i delete it and upload new file?
Thanks.
ALBERTO
Is it posible to change it in my personal room? I prefer "oldest first". Thanks.
ALBERTO
Files- You will be able to delete and update files that you upload. Because I uploaded the files, you can not manage those (yet!)
Message Order:
New messages are always Oldest First. When you click on Old Messages, then they are Newest First. I don't want to change that because some rooms will have hundreds of messages and most of the time people want to see the most recent instead of the first one.
Thesaurus Of Scales
And Melodic Patterns
by Nicolas Slonimsky
Thanks for hosting my two new lessons in Albetan's Area.
After reading your stuff about copyright laws, i have revised my article about Melodic Voicings. I have reduced examples and removed note for copyright owners.
I'm sending it to you by mail. Please change it and upload this revised version.
Thanks a lot.
ALBERTO BETANCOURT
Thanks Scot for selecting my Albetan's Area into "bookmarks". That's a great honor!
101 Montunos
Rebeca Mauleon-Santana
Afro-Caribbean instruction
All rooms on the system have the "bookmark" link. This allows people to create their own left menu of the rooms they enjoy visiting the most. Saves them time navigating the system to find their rooms.
Today i found something strange at "Albetan's Area" "file list".
"sheet_music" dowloaded by "jumpercable2"... clicking in it appears a blank page.
May you explain what is this?
If it is a somebody's joke... please delete it.
Thanks!
ALBERTO
anyway, it through me back to the "Lobby" and I had to log in again....time out? it was a fairly lengthy post...
The Ultimate
Jazz Fake Book
Why not include a "donations" box to your shopping cart area?
In addition to selling your CD's and Forum Compilations, donations would help supplement your income and help to let you live the lifestyle you'd like to become accustomed to.
(Let folks know that you're not embarassed by extremely large numbers - LOL)
It would be easy to set up and perfectly logical. The great service provided here and pertinent information available more than warrants accepting donations from those who find this site useful.
At almost two thousand accounts on the system, the law of averages says that there is a certain percentage of folks who would send you money just to wish you well.
I know I would (if I had any).
Think about it.
7
PS: On my T-shirt I want the old logo - this new logo is a little too unimaginative (sorry).
Donations- I've thought about that, and paypal is really set up to do that easily. I've always figured that people would be more inclined to donate second hand by buying a CD they want, or a book. I might do the donate thing, though.
Another idea I've been kicking around, and it wouldn't be hard to implement, is to set up something where people can put their own cd's up here for sale. I'd take a 15% "agent" fee. The shipping and such would be handled by whoever is selling the recording, and the money would be handled by PayPal. Reports of sales would go to me and the CD seller (and buyer of course). At the end of the month I'd transfer money into each person's paypal account.
The only advantage of doing it this way is that LJP gets more traffic than most people's individual sites, so it's another way to get your product out there.
Think anyone would go for that?
As long as the seller keeps up his/her end of the bargain.
Unscrupulous individuals might claim they have a CD to sell/send but once they've got the money it could vaporize.
Which could leave you with a headache taking care of customers that had been ripped off.
7
Of course there was a downside. All the yuppie assholes who showed up because they "wanted to be seen". Just like the old days! They screw up the show by yelling things they know nothing of, and acting like fools trying to be jazz lovers, and instead, they just turn out to be complete dumbasses.
Regardless, they couldn't mess up how cool it was to play with those guys.
Chick Corea: 150
pages of Transcriptions
Here's a picture of her:
http://www.learnjazzpiano.com/citadel/scotcit.mv?screen=dochtml
She has suffered kidney damage, no question about it. But at the same time, kidneys will adjust and given time she'll have blood toxin levels that are normal. Right now the creatine is still a bit high (should be 1.6, it's at about 2.3). The other levels (phosophorous was at over 1500 and now it's back down to double digits) are well within the "high" range.
So, thanks to all for thinking about her! The beach is calling. I must take my dog. I made bargians with all the dog dieties out there. if I don't take her to the beach on a nice day, I will be stricken with kennel cough :)
Good luck and health for your loved dog.
ALBERTO BETANCOURT
Message to all "visitors"
I decided to name this room based on the idea of dealing with musical involvement in all its' aspects within the context of the forum itself.I'd like to invite anyone who wants to get info about improvisation,specific styles of jazz piano,voicings,melodic concepts,transcription, harmony,theory,composition,practice routines,online sources of educational materials,and related subjects to post here and I'll try to give as complete a response as possible when I can;and send you over to Scot,Barry,7,Ryan,Mike,
Whacky,Albetan,et al for more info(or when I think you're asking about something they'd be better suited to reply to!)
Anyways it'd be great if you could put this on a screen that people would see when they get to 360.Also,if the old stuff I posted re-the file "developing.." before I uploaded it could be deleted that'd be good but probably not necessary if it's a hassle.
Sorry to hear about the Barcus-Berry..are you sure it's been stolen and not that either one of the other musicians picked it up thinking it was something else or maybe you forgot it and one of the people that works at the club put it aside for you....I'm waiting to see what's next re-Jon Moses(!!!)I wasn't sure how to deal with that "no hands" thing,did the best I could,maybe somebody else will get into it besides us....thanks again for the positive response to my files...
see you on the forum etc...
-Ryan
Is it possible to upload compositions written on Sibelius? I dont have access to a scanner so that could sort my problems
I tried to donate some money to LJP, but couldnt as amazon seem to only accept American Credit Cards (American Express, Visa etc)...I only have a British Solo, which is a debit card, do you have any ideas how I could donate using that?
Rick
Thanks for your message about my salsa sample.
Please correct your info about Latin Real Book. Pages: 48 That's a booklet! Really in my Latin Real Book i have 575 pages.
With Sibelius all you have to do is save as a graphic/image file and it's good to go. I believe Sibelius will save it as a tiff file. It would be a good thing then to convert it to .gif to drastically reduce it's size.
That's a good one- I will look into it. I never thought about that!
Atach file is a cool feature! I downloaded Salsa Sample in threads.
But i could not download files as .doc .rtf
I downloaded .tif but image was not correct.
.doc and .rtf are considered illegal because they could easily contain viruses and such.
.pdf, html, text, etc, are the best ones.
A .tif file is just an image file, so if it comes out wrong, you might have to adjust the settings in your web browser.
I know you're way too busy to deal with this now, but I'm wondering if there is a way to indicate which threads have new replies since my last visit? Like perhaps a heading color change or something like that?
Just a thought...
Thanks,
Rick
If all goes well, only a select few of you can see this message.
Whacky, 7, Mike, Ryan, SMG, barry, and a handful of others. I made this group so we could make fun of people.
No, no, not that...
Remember when you want to leave a group message, you select it down below by teh "post message" button.
I wish I took the time out to read things properly...
Sorry folks, i apologise
You guys let me know if I forgot to add anyone to the group that should be in it.
I nominate Doug McKenzie and Sid Thomas to join the coven.
What nefarious initiation rituals have you devised?
7
I moved the group drop down box so it will be easier to notice.
it took me a bit to figure out what was
going on but I think I have it now.
I guess I am more optomistic, I am hoping there will parties like
the Colorado Buffalos have.
I sent Nor an email a couple weeks ago, but haven't heard anything. Maybe his local FBI picked up him for all the copyrighted material he had made available for download?
I made it so certain rooms can be "group only". Enjoy The Piano Guild.
I downloaded both Bebop Bible vols. and could not unzip them. Got the same error message I got when I tried downloading them from the Russian site. Any suggestions? Thanks,
Joe
So a C6 for me doesn't always include a G since I look at the 6th as a substitute for the 5th. Or something like that.
Just a thought.
andy
Search results display could use a little work because the content of a message is not displayed, but it does work. You jsut have to choose whether you want to search rooms messages, forum messages, files, or everything.
Then when I do have time I can't remember where the heck it was on the site to get back to it.
Could we have a little link that would flag for follow up? If you have time, of course.
7
Ex 1:
You see a room that has both new messages and new files in it.
You check out the messages, but don't check out the files (even though you'd like to later).
Even though you didn't check out the files, they no longer show up on the Welcome Stats screen. Consequently "out of sight out of mind"
Ex2:
You read a message that you'd like to respond to, but don't have time. Since you've already visited that place it no longer shows up on the as a "new message" on the Welcome Stats screen. This site is so huge now it's often difficult to remember which room the message I wanted to respond to was in.
With emails you can read a message, yet choose to "keep it as new". In other words, you can tell the system to mark it as "unread" (or "flag for follow-up" - whatever).
If there was a flag like that here, I could read a message, mull over my response and then next time I log on it would still be on the Welcome Stats screen as a "new" or "unread" message. Which would make it a LOT easier to find.
In any case, the new files shouldn't dissappear from the Welcome Stats screen just because I visited their associated room. Files should only dissappear from the Welcome Stats screen if I've actually visited the files section itself.
Hopefully I've made myself clear this time. Sorry for any trouble.
7
However, I could do something where you could hit a link that says, "Reset new messages" so that when you click on it your new message counter is reset and the system takes you to the lobby or something.
The files thing is totally doable. Don't know why I didn't think of it.
To tell you the truth, the files thing already h as the database, I just need to make the system update it when file list is viewed instead of when the room is visited... In fact, think I'll do that right now :)
Never got an answer to this one. Anything new happening?
jmjelder -- 03/04/2004, 19:30:36 -- #2112
Scot,
I downloaded both Bebop Bible vols. and could not unzip them. Got the same error message I got when I tried downloading them from the Russian site. Any suggestions? Thanks,
---------------------------------------
Also, since you are using the cookie system anything further on automatic log-ins for regulars?
Thanks,
Joe
PS - I don't recall if I complimented you on the new site. If not, consider it done, a great job on a great site. Like desert, I save it for last when on the net, unless I'm short of time when it's first right after an e-mail check.
Try going here: http://www.ghisler.com/name.htm
Download "Total Commander"
It's the best thing you can do for windows since sliced bread- small, fast, and makes it very easy to manipulate your files. Unless you use a mac, of course.
If not, get it and see if it can unzip. if not, give me your email and I'll work something out with you.
Maybe they only work on Mac ?
The pages just appear- no waiting for code to be executed, it's almost instant :)
You might want to take some theory lessons also.
I saw all the midi files on your site. Would you care to have a personal room to upload them here and talk about how you decided to play them?
Later I'll have chips and the home-made salsa that's congealing in the fridge.
:)
(You know we're all dying to know how old you are:)
They say birthdays are good for your health - The more you have the longer you live.
7
I'm a March baby too. But only Barry knows when (sshhhhh).
Thanks for the offer - I enjoy downloading stuff on this site.
The other site that you visited was set up by Hans Spieker in Holland, who maintains it, keeps it up to date, and above all pays for it! I would not like to risk offending him by duplicating all the files on his site in another room. And I would have the heavy responsibility of maintaining a room of my own!
However, I would like to continue to do as I have done yesterday - for files that are of particular interest to students, I would like to post them in one of the appropriate rooms here. For instance, I have been collecting ideas for classical pieces that have been, or could easily be adapted for jazz. I have played around with some of them, and would like to post them and / or start a discussion thread on the topic.
Hope that this is OK.
Doug
P.S Have a happy birthday!
That's OK- I just wanted to let you know that you had the option of a room if you wanted it.
I really enjoy your participation on this site, so thanks!
Scot
I wish success, healt and prosperity in your new year.
Thanks everyone for the birthday wishes. My post-birthday wish is that my head would stop ringing. Oh but I do enjoy that Tequila...
I wanted to add an nice edited version of my "Just Friends" analysis to the "Just Friends" room, but I can't find the threaded forum that was in the old Monthly Standard section.
There were a couple of boo-boos typos in the first analysis, that were followed by corrections in separate posts. I would like to clean this all up nice and shiny, for everyone's benefit.
Where can I find it?
Thanks,
7
I'll check out that tune!
Just in case you were talking to *me* saying "There is no threaded forum- I made a room for each tune. That way the discussions can be localized to a particular tune allowing for people to talk about each tune any time they want."
I'm talking about the OLD "comments" forum that went along with the OLD monthly standards. I wanted to copy and edit some material that I had posted there, but I can't find it anymore.
Please
7
http://www.learnjazzpiano.com/monthly/forum_monthly.mv
Don't make this link public, no sense in confusing people :)
Peter
(born in, but quickly left Arkansas)
His encore presentations were as long as the "legit" set. Not only that, I have a pretty good bootleg of the thing :)
Now I have enough inspiration to last until the end of July when I hit the Centrum jazz camp/festival.
Wish all you guys and gals could have been there- it was definitely something.
I'll be mastering the set into wav files and then mp3's that I'll upload to alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.jazz (or whatever it is) in the coming weeks. I'll let you know when I do- worth the download!
One of the best things about that room was the anonymity. Without the anonymity some people might not want to play.
Thanks!
7
Could you please make the birthdate OPTIONAL in the user profiles?
Auntie doesn't want everyone to know her age.
I knew you'd understand.
Hugs and Kisses,
Auntie
THANKS,
NEW KID ON THE BLOCK..
DAVID
There are numerous threads about block chords in the Lobby forum. Just do forum search (top right of the screen) and search for "block". You'll find what you're looking for.
In "Albetan's area" you will find some stuff about blocks.
Search in "files":
Melodic voicings 2, 3, 4.
Scales in blocks.
Good luck.
The problem for me is that the work I did for him and his company was over 50% of my monthly income, so I'm kind of stressed right now trying to figure out how I'm going to keep up with things like house payments and such.
So I'm doing a lot of coding on other projects to make an attempt at putting some products out for resale. We'll see what happens... Also trying to do the hustle again for more gigs, but my town is pretty sparse for gigs, so I might have to go back to Seattle. Kind of sucks down there, but there's a LOT of work if you know how to get it.
Ok, that's my gripe for the day :)
I'm tired of living like PP (purist pauper)...I'm actually thinking of quitting everything I do for the summer and taking a stab at real estate investing...pretty risky, but what the hell...if I can make a go of it, maybe I could afford that grand piano I've always wanted...
now...my mind changes about as often as I need to buy toilet paper...so I'm probably just griping:) we'll see...I wish I owned some property in Seattle!
I’ve downloaded the bebop bible from Russia , but can’t unzip the files by “ normal “ unzip programm
Help
I appreciate any help
Best wishes
Rudy
I’ve downloaded the bebop bible from Russia , but can’t unzip the files by “ normal “ unzip programm
Help
I appreciate any help
Best wishes
Rudy
I run a jam session on Tuesdays and it's a blast. I couldn't find a bass player who would do it last night (it only pays $60 a head) and I was talking to a buddy who plays guitar who had an idea...
So last night was the FIRST, but definitely not the last, gig I have EVER played on a Hammond B3!
Very very sweet. To hell with bass players- when I have full harmonic control, man not only does it swing, but I was able to pull out harmonic stuff that I've only been able to do solo piano.
So we had organ, guitar, and drums, and that made for a really nice trio. I think I'll experiment with it for a while :)
Plus, playing around with an organ all night just leaves the door open to all sorts of jokes, and you don't even have to think about them.
"Folks, I would appreciate it if you wouldn't keep on staring at my great big organ."
Avoid troubles with bass players, practising bass pedalboard in your old B3. That's a nice instrument for jazz as Jimmy Smith, Shirley Scot, Earl Grandt, Jacky Davis.... I like to play jazz in Hammond.
Good luck in your new gig.
(couldn't resist)
It wasn't mine- the local jazz guitar pro (he's actually REALLY good- http://www.nicholashoffman.com) has a B3 and hires organ players for his gigs.
I was just tapping the foot pedals while playing the bass part in my left hand. My grandma had an old Wulitzer organ with pedals for a while and I used to mess around with it, but I'm not at the point where I can walk with my feet. If I could, I probably would have a B3 (or electronic equivalent :) and use that on gigs all the time!
They can really tire your leg out if you're attempting to play real bass lines with them instead of simply stating the root.
I saw a guy in Zurich that had a special chair made with a springy thingy to hold his left leg up.
The tension on the spring was perfectly adjusted so the he expended the minimum amount of effort to get to the bass pedals and so avoided those horrible leg cramps you can get by playing bass pedals all night long.
Pretty clever guy! And a damn good player too!
7
I am a jazz piano beginner, learing by the ABRSM new jazz syllabus. I was recommended to get a real book to learn some standars which will enable me to play with a group, as well as practice, learn chord changes etc. What one should I buy??? I don't have a clue! Preferably it should be available in the Uk and Ireland. Also what is the difference between a real book and a fake book?
Oh ,this site is THE BEST!!! It is a real help to me.
Thanks
Caoimhín
I've been so busy that I haven't had a chance to really do anything about your file yet. Sorry about that! It's fairly stressful right now for me as pretty much all my forms of income just dried up, apart from the paltry sum that music pays so LJP has kind of gone on the back burner while I try to drum up some new business.
I'll leave a note to myself to look at your file thing in the next day or so. Sorry for the delay-
Scot
Rafa.
Please go to search engine (upwards at right corner) and look for "harmonic voicings", selecting "files".
My older albums are at amazon.com having been rereleased--- another one will be available 6/22/04 "The Primitive and the Passionate" for Warner.I'm "Tiki" on that one---show biz!!
I created the above room as I have "The Redding Academy of the Vocal Arts" for professional singers and those that want to be, although I am very active as a live entertainer and recording artist as well.
I was new to the forum and now I know how the room should be handled.
More "to the point and less words" as "instant clarification" can be enthusiastic and inpirational too.
we females can get a bit "wordy", so I "got it" as to how you like the forum to be--hey, it's your show!Should be!!You do it great!
I really want this to be a good room, and I can help a lot of singer,musicians, but you would need to tell me where it should go.
Jeff Brent and I are friends and he said I should ask you to delete the room and you can tell me where the room should go. You do a fab job, by the way,so you have a fan. Beverly Redding
r
Hope it gets handled as it could be so good--if in the right place and enough input.
I think I know how to get that now, and can write more like you(my teacher)to the point---- and clearly and fewer words the better---- as long as inpiration and enthusiam are present in the text.
Hey, it's learning----from whoever is the teacher and perceiving who that teacher is---- of the moment----- because of the love of one's art----coming first.
Now is the time to get this room right as later I won't have as much input--my own music is accelerating fast, but hey, with us communicating about the coaching(I have a fool proof system--so help me)you can help a lot of people too and would be great at it.
I anylyzed my own gifts, put it in simplified, quick, and easily absorbed visual form, so that it "hits the mark" and cannot miss--- if someone has a good voice to start with--If they don't--I don't care that much---"waste of time".
I plan to syndicate "The Redding Academy of the Vocal Arts". Now I only will coach in LA and Palm Springs as financially this area is too "depressed" to make it worth my while.
I sing too well to give it priority now, so will train others. Love that live audience!!!
As you know , my heart is into getting into "Producing" and have to have everything work to that ---for the benefit of everyone involved, including me.
I won't let anything stop my goals from reaching the goal line---and way past it!!!
As you said"wasted time".
I make it point to never linger past the lesson once all has been absorbed and ---nothing new possible--- from whatever source.
I said "I do" to the music and it is, and will remain, my first love.
of course, it is embodied in humans--so I love the ones where that exists----more than anything or anyone else,as for me, that's right!
It's who I was intended to be!
Hope you are doing great!! I always picture you working on that wonderful music of yours and hope the muse is ever faithful to you as it is to me.Of course it is!!!!!!!And will always be!!!!
Randa told me you are tying the knot in Jan. Bev.
How've things been going?You back for a while this time?Let me know whats'up......
Well, I check in two or three times a week, add a little bit where I can, but it's hard to get really into it. In another month or two my situation might be back to where I can spend some time enhancing this system again. Actually, it's been good to just see it go without me doing anything to it- it's actually pretty strong.
Anyway, been working on other scripts that are starting to pay off a bit more, so hopefully soon I can get some stuff done here!
Just between you and me, I'm also working on a jazz piano technique book. Lots of books on theory and such, but not a lot of books devoted to simply developing technique while at the same time training hands to "feel" jazz chords and intervals. I think it will be pretty cool :)
Following a post in the LL, I decided to have a go at kickstarting the monthly standard thing again and have suggested 'How High The Moon' as this months standard.
If it's alright with you, could you please create the relevant room in the monthly standard section. I don't know what you think about this, but I'm prepared to moderate the monthly standard room - i.e. selecting the tunes, deciding when to move on to the next one and giving people feedback and so on. Of course, if you would like to do this yourself, then that's fine. I only suggested me doing this as that room seems to have gone a bit stagnant recently. I'm hoping that the new site has attracted enough peopl to make a success of that section.Let me know if this is Ok. I don't want to tread on any toes....
Barry
that's all. just thought i'd drop a line and say hi:)
I just had some beers with him last night. He's a really chill kind of guy and always shows a lot of interest in what I'm doing (actually comes to some of my gigs). I used to be frightened of him- he was my mentor in jazz piano- but now we have kind of a mutual respect for each other's playing. Not to say I don't get anything out of those sessions we do at his house where we play four hand piano and stuff! Yep, Marc can play the strings off a piano. He had a masters in classical music, by the way, that certainly helped his jazz chops, you know?
i remembered a couple days ago the thing i was talking about was a 'diversi organ'. Beastish.
damnnn 4hands nice:) i had a REAL nice setup before 2 pianos 4 hands in my old house but little/no people to play with, and at that time i was just begining to delve into the world of jazz.
beginging to realize more and more each day how much classical music has helped with my studies in the world of jazz. solid foundation for sure.
That's awesome that he's interested in your progress/ideas etc and that there's so much mutual respect. Guy sound VERY chill.
His new cd what kind of setting is it? trio? He playing acoustic piano?
damn. i'm curious to hear you play live:D
An inversion of that same chord is: E G C
So a good voicing for an F7 might be: Eb G A D (with an F in the bass/left hand).
Reharmonization is the act of substituing chords, basically.
A simple example is this- you have a 2-5-1 chord (Dm, G7, C)
It's called 2 5 1 because we are in the key of C, and the 2 chord is Dm, the 5 chord is G7, and the 1 chord is C.
If I wanted to do a simple reharmonization of it I could do this:
Dm Db7 C
The Db7 chord acts in the same way as the G7 chord, serves the same purpose, but is a different chord. So I just reharmonized.
Please go to the Lessons hall and Personal Rooms halls because there are a LOT of lessons, articles, and other files in there that will help you figure this stuff out.
You mentionned it quite a few times, I wonder if you are still looking for it? If so and if it's a book by a guy named Les Wise, then I have it (got it from emule)
If not, just forgot this post and have a good day :)
Seb.
Would be so kind to let me know the changes for "Smile". A transcription of the midi file you uploaded (or a part of it) would be welcomed,'cause when I open the file in Sonar or Cakewalk it´s hard to visualize LH and RH lines clearly,at least to me as a beginner.
I am afraid your answer will be "then transcribe it", I hope not!!
Rgds
Eduardo
Some of the "vets" of LJP have suggested that you be included in a private group. I agreed with them because you obviously know what you are talking about and have contributed some great stuff to LJP.
So, welcome to the group.
You'll notice a new room in the Root hall called "The Piano Guild". This is a room that only a few people have access to (about 10).
Scot
Would it be possible that we could post graphic so that they appear in the message? It would be very convenient when we want to share musical ideas. I know it exists on some other forums but don't know if your system can handle this?
Have a nice day :)
Seb.
Email me, if you want: johngardner@nocharge.com
As for working on it, I haven't even started the RPG plugins because they are going to be rather time consuming and there are a lot of other things that need to be done first- things that will help pay the bills :)
As soon as I'm not losing money every month I will have some time to work on hobby stuff.
I actually played for an entire year last year with friends. I took a wizard up to level 20 actually. In a regular game AD&D you must absolutely have fighters in the party or you're screwed. You need a thief too, but I don't like to play them either.
To have a telnet BBS you'd need to have a website and have telnet access so you can install one of those BBS's. Then you'd have to modify a few settings in teh cgi-bin (possibly create an http.conf file or something) and then it would run.
I'm sure any of the unix/telnet cits out there have explicit instructions on how to get one up and running on a web site.