General Music Chat

as in tools of the trade.....not the tools who were on stage last night!

pics from last night's gig w P-JAZZ. the venue had just put up gtr hangers which is great because their stage is the size of postage stamp. there's one or two other places around here that have done that. i wish all venues did this.

from left to right:

Mid Missouri Elec solid body mandolin
Thinline tele w Warmoth body, strat neck, and Rio Grande p/u's
1954 GUILD X-150 Savoy

Mark you are having too much fun. I'm very jealous at this point.

I got an email from my band today describing the weekend's activities and reminding me to get well soon. I'm on leave for health reasons, had to quit the other band. I'm glad they like me enough to not replace me but I guess bass players are always thin on the ground...

Damn I'm ready to jump back on it.

Talbot

Mark you are having too much fun. I'm very jealous at this point.

don't be jealous, mike...just get well. sooner better than later!

I would love to sit in w/ you guys and throw some swamp water into the mix!!
Maybe some 90w mixed w/ Tabasco.

Ten hours, 41 minutes away. Yikes!!

i don't know, jook... do you have any wacky arrangement ideas for "Girl From Ip"?????

"90w" ????

I would not want to meet planetguy in some dark alley, look at those biceps and quads..??.. he could kick some ass..LOL

I would not want to meet planetguy in some dark alley, look at those biceps and quads..??.. he could kick some ass..LOL

c'mon dayne, can't you tell from my smile that i'm a pussycat? tell ya what...just stay on my good side on ya got nuthin' to worry about!

I would love to sit in w/ you guys and throw some swamp water into the mix!!
Maybe some 90w mixed w/ Tabasco.

Ten hours, 41 minutes away. Yikes!!

i don't know, jook... do you have any wacky arrangement ideas for "Girl From Ip"?????

"90w" ????

Sure. Get away from a 'straight' bossa nova and play it over a loose 3>2 clave, NOLA marching band style. Slur the melody line like it's falling off a cliff. Want me to record it for ya?? I can deconstruct almost anything.
Supposed to be raining tomorrow. I'll record it and post it for my audition.


90w = gear lube = greasy

yeah, right gear lube. that stuff is more than TWICE as good as WD40

jook, i'm well known in these parts for my deconstruction of tunes. (though "demolition" might be more accurate).

my first go to move is almost always reggae-fying things. a close second is putting a Nawlins second line feel to tunes. then there's always time misalignment.....playing 4/4 tunes in 6/8 and vice versa.

there's a few "straight" tunes that PJAZZ has given the NO treatment to w varying results...."Moonlight In VT", "Out Of Nowhere", Tranes "Equinox" and one that i think works really well w that feel ...."Blue Monk"

"Blue Monk" in our other trio lineup of sax/drums/bass:
https://soundcloud.com/planetguy-1/blue-cajun-monk-planet-jazz


you definitely should record that NO version of "...Ipanema" and perhaps retitle it "Girl With Etouffe Sauce"....i'd love to hear it!

Here's Stanton Moore's take on the feel- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUvaeKGTaOI
While I can't touch his finesse, I think I can get close. It's really not much different than the bossa nova clave of Getz, just looser and more open.

more open and looser??? saaaaaay WHUT???

i gotta disagree w you there, Holmes. listen to how very light the drum feel/vibe is on the getz version.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5QfXjsoNe4

Now, that feel that SM is laying down...it's cool enough, but man.... w that kick drum, cowbell, and the snare stuff going on? i don't know....it's definitely got a lot more heft and weight to it to my ears. Not what i would call lighter.

That's the thing about bossa nova....it's very light.

BTW, i used to play w a lounge lizard pianist who always announced the tune as "Girl With Emphysema".....yeah, THAT never got old!

ok. that's pretty out there. sounds like a bunch of N.O. guys got together w some brazilians...and they had way too much to drink and are falling down the stairs leaving the bar w instruments in hand!

some advice....don't include this on your demo for securing gigs!!

nicely done.

so you want to get crazy then? ok, I will show you crazy,,..here it goes:

https://soundcloud.com/dayne-nobody-iv/ ... ants-awake

nicely done! my little number was a first take too..just a little jam to show you that you don't have a monopoly on crazy..LOL