Ted Greene – Solo Guitar – Autumn Leaves Prepare to be blown away. This amazing video of Ted Greene improvising over Autumn Leaves to contrast jazz with Bach was posted to the Andy Timmons forum by (due to this video) I think my new best friend Enjoy – and marvel
Why? Ask my boy. Mr 2 has been awake – and keeping my wife and me awake – since a little after 1 this morning. Since he has now decided he’s spending the rest of the night (morning) in our bed with his mummmmmmmmyyyyyy, it’s too hot to have all three of us in the...
Strings. Guitar strings. What a topic. It never ceases to amaze me how doggedly guitarists will cleave to one particular brand of string, forsaking all others. … I know I do …. Before I go any further I will declare my allegiance: Ernie Ball Slinkys (specifically super slinkys: 9-42, but possibly 10-46 on my soon-to-be-finished custom...
Falling Over I’ve been thinking lately about what I can and can’t play on the guitar, and about the frequency with which I make mistakes when playing. I’ve thought about why that is, after over quarter a century of playing the damn instrument. I ended up thinking about my comfort zone. In a couple of the...
It’s Monday. It’s music Monday. I’m supposed to write something about music, and I’m wondering what I’ve got. Should I quote the latest comment on one of my YouTube videos, which provides a nice counterpoint to last week’s post? I think maybe I shall but first, I’ll type something about playing the guitar...
