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Capriccio, I might have some Kessel transcriptions around here. I'll try to dig them up. By the way, the chord you have on your avatar. The 6 and 13 are the same notes.

I can't imagine someone thinking that you have to do it all or you're inept. If it wasn't for George Gershwin's brother, Ira, there would have been many, many lost songs. Hammerstein of Rogers and Hammerstein. Lorenz Hart of Rogers and Hart. Virtually every opera composer had a...

Barney Kessel played with one of my teachers. He'd let me sit in the first half of each set. One night Kessel was in the crowd and I got shell shocked. He turned around with a "what the heck is going on" look. I'm a bassist. 99% of what I play is on the Pollmann bass in my avatar. The...

That's nice to hear. Which, if any, any jazz musicians have influenced you?

Here's a pdf that I give my students. Many moons ago I attended his workshop and learned more in a week than in 4 years of college. I met Rufus Reid. He was my teacher. This link is to Send Space. It's free so don't pay anything. Jamey Aebersold Jazz Improvisation It says JAZZ...

Lesson 2. What other scales do you know? Here is a list of common scales that are used in improvising. Play them frontwards and backwards. Legato then staccato. C Major - C-D-E-F-G-A-B-C-D-C. It's played over a C major chord. C7 or C dominant - C-D-E-F-G-A-Bb-C. Played over a C...

Lesson 1. How to play scales. Do you really know your scales? This is where the rubber meets the road. It's a natural reaction to say, “yeah, I know my scales.” Do you know them well enough to play them in front of somebody? Seriously, do you. Scales need to be part of a musicians...

When I hear solos at a music store or have a student improvise for me I hear the same wrong notes. I used to make fun of those players, but not any more because it doesn't do that player any good and makes me sound like a pompous know-it-all. They simply don't know what they're doing. All...

Are you familiar with Garritan? I use them with Finale. Garritan Libraries

I'm having a flash back of the record cover of "The Guitars that Destroyed the World". http://tralfaz-archives.com/coverart/V/Various/VA_guitarsf.jpg Anyone here old enough to remember when this came out? I bought in 1973.

Big Bang of Stupid LOL! That's funny. I agree, it's getting ridiculous.

It appears the moderators have removed some posts. That's very good. I'll provide some advice on soloing after things cool down.

Thanx to everyone who helped. I'm going to be sitting in on some recording studio workshops this semester. Sounds like fun.

Thanx, GGGT

The Precision is virtually the industry standard bass in the studio. No frills with a fabulous tone. Of course, I'm talking about Fender. Other brands are good and what's best is always subjective. A P-J set up is going to widen the scope of the bass since the J pickup is 99% at the tail...

Eye contact and body language is the key. Looking around and focusing on what's happening is crucial. Hey JG96, what's reamping?

What's reamping?

This is very true. Not that overdubbing is bad. When I'm recording jazz everyone is recorded at the same time including the solos. It affords the opportunity for the musicians to play off each other and contribute spontaneously. Mind you it's acoustic straight ahead jazz and not fusion.

I don't see that as a problem since most entries are one line at a time. If one wants enter a live keyboard performance using the entire range then the 25 key. For a $100 it's hard to go wrong.

That's good. Not sure how much leg pulling you're doing but I suspect it's 99%. I can tell you this from my studio experience... Genre is very important. If the producers says it's a honky tonk tune then you better know what that means. West Coast Swing, samba, rhumba, mambo, dixieland...