Back at the Piano

Christmas Time is Here

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Three Books

Working through three books on guitar:

- A Charlie Christian book

- A book on mini-arpeggios

- A book on Gypsy Jazz by Robin Nolan

In three music bands:

Katie and the Do Rights 

A Gypsy Jazz band

A duo with me on guitar and a harpist

All the Things You Are (Two)

https://soundcloud.com/guitarjazz/all-the-things-you-are-cover-1

All the Things You Are / Two

https://youtu.be/exLa_9N9Kng

https://soundcloud.com/guitarjazz/all-the-things-you-are-cover

All the Things You Are / One

https://youtu.be/MTgpka4L6Gs

Taking a course on chord melody for guitar, and here was an assignment: 

https://youtu.be/5-VwPdBgQAA

Happy 58th Birthday to me

Sax / Guitar

Practicing some soprano saxophone (today and yesterday). Liking it. Also today, getting back into the Guitar Improvisation book (Silver).

Piano

Usually I would painstakingly learn one song at a time on the piano. And then promptly forget it. 

Learning a new way, trying to learn a bunch. Using a step by step process and I’m finding it actually *enjoyable.* It’s a process described by Willie Myette, in which the student learns standards by learning first the right hand  melodies, and then other parts step by step. I find it refreshing in that he talks about getting the steps down *on a number of songs* rather than mastering one song at a time. Today worked on “Autumn Leaves,” and “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” getting my feet wet with his system. If you are reading this, Willie, thanks!

The intellect has little to do on the road to discovery. There comes a leap in consciousness, call it Intuition or what you will, the solution comes to you and you don't know how or why.

Albert Einstein

Vintage Me

REVOLVER

This was the band REVOLVER that I was in in the 1980’s. Tom, Tim, and me (left to right). Not pictured is Dan (on drums).

https://www.tributeslides.com/proxy/tributes/show/KQFZLNWZZR7J38LQ

Tim

All Over the Place!

Wanting to play my soprano sax....trying to learn piano, making music in the trio...recorded this today with me on guitars and some GarageBand strings:

https://soundcloud.com/guitarjazz/midnite

Soprano sax

Worked on the method book today. It’s getting easier to play than when I just got it. Enjoying it.

2020

Sold my Martin guitar. Hardly played it. Bought a soprano saxophone which is supposed to arrive on Thursday. Why not? I used to have one, and I miss it. It’ll be a cool hobby.

Piano to mostly go on hold.

Some Goals for the new year:

1) Continue trio

2) Figure out spirituality

3) Lose weight

4) Write songs and don’t worry about the quality of them

5) Take better physical care of self

Happy 2020 to all reading this!