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).

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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!

Christmas, 2019

My dad:

Songs To Learn

Learning how to play Jazz standards on piano. It’d be cool to follow some recent teaching I got on line and go for learning them in steps. I revisited a couple old posts of mind, and here’s some songs that I’d like to learn step by step:

MISTY

AS TIME GOES BY

DANNY BOY

OVER THE RAINBOW

SOMEWHERE

SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME

WHAT CHILD IS THIS

I'VE GOT A CRUSH ON YOU

SEND IN THE CLOWNS

YESTERDAY

WICHITA LINEMAN

I LOVES YOU PORGY 

WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD

THE CHRISTMAS SONG

THE NEARNESS OF YOU 

JUST THE WAY YOU ARE 

WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR 

THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD

AUTUMN LEAVES

BLACKBIRD 

POLKA DOTS AND MOONBEAMS 

WHEN I FALL IN LOVE

IF

I WILL

SOMETHING

IN MY LIFE

AND SO IT GOES

GEORGIA

MY FUNNY VALENTINE 

CAN YOU FEEL THE LIVE TONIGHT

MY HEART WILL GO ON

GODFATHER THEME

A DREAM IS A WISH UR HEART MAKES

YOU ARE THE SUNSHINE OF MY LIFE

UNFORGETTABLE 

ALL MY LOVIN

TILL THERE WAS YOU

UNCHAINED MELODY 

I’LL BE THERE

NEVER MY LOVE

GOD ONLY KNOWS

GOODNIGHT

BLUE EYES

DON’T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME

I’VE LOVED THESE DAYS

SHE’S GOT A WAY

NEW YORK STATE OF MIND

IF I ONLY HAD THE WORDS 2 TELL YOU

IF I FELL

IT NEVER ENTERED MY MIND (George

                    Shearing version)

HERE, THERE, AND EVERYWHERE

HAVE URSELF A VERY MERRY XMAS

WILLOW WEEP FOR ME

MOON RIVER

I’LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS 

BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER

MUSIC FROM “ROCKY” SOUNDTRACK

SHE’S LEAVING HOME 

WHITE CHRISTMAS