This blog is about me and my music. My current focus is on learning piano using the Sudnow Method and guitar improvisation. I currently play guitar in a band that concentrates on playing the early rock and roll of the 50’s and 60’s. I also play guitar in a trio setting that focuses more on the jazzy side. Seemingly irrelevant posts on this blog reflect topics that are probably expressed in my music somewhere.
Saturday, November 5, 2016
Musical Direction / Radio / Fewell Book
My son was the DJ for an hour last night on his college radio station. Here's what he played:
1) Bill Evans: "My Foolish Heart"
2) Vince Guarldi: "Skating"
3) Sufjan Stevens: "Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland Illinois"
4) Penguin Cafe: "Cherzo And Trio"
5) Fleet Foxes: "Lorelai"
6) Velvet Underground: "Candy Says"
7) Nick Drake: "Road"
8) A dad request: Rolling Stones: "Moonlight Mile"
9) George Harrison: "While My Guitar Gently Weeps (acoustic George Martin 'Love' version)"
10) Bob Dylan "Desolation Row"
Pretty Cool.
Practiced some Christmas stuff with the band, but also stretched myself a little musically by playing a couple of jazz standards with our sax player and a background music app. I think it's time to dig in deeper in guitar and get back into the book "Jazz Improvisation for Guitar: A Melodic Approach," by the late Garrison Fewell. We had some cool email interaction in the past, and he autographed a copy of his book: "Outside Music, Inside Voices; Dialogues on Improvisation and the Spirit of Creative Music."
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