out of wilderness

If you have to have assignments (4.00 / 1)

you could do a whole lot worse that those two above.  Nice!

Finally cooled a bit here, out of the 70's anyway.  Sure has been one warm ass winter.  I think I've put my jacket on less than 5 times so far in the mornings.  Usually wear it pretty much from late Dec to mid Feb.  

Whats going on out there?

Trending

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by: brobin @ Mon Feb 27, 2012 at 12:42:59 PM UTC

not a lot (0.00 / 0)

apparently.  appears to be a cloud over the desert....

me, I'm just hanging in....cooler here, too, like 5 degrees F, which is pure silly....even superskispouse is ready for some springitation.

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by: flagpole @ Mon Feb 27, 2012 at 15:47:38 PM UTC

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Remember: (4.00 / 1)

Lots of space.
Leave lots of space.

T-L SOTB

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by: nocatz @ Mon Feb 27, 2012 at 16:48:57 PM UTC

I've seen more space (0.00 / 0)

than most....I will find some to leave, effendi

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by: flagpole @ Mon Feb 27, 2012 at 20:00:50 PM UTC

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Wingers are voting today. (4.00 / 1)

I think that whoever is putting up the signs: What Are They Spraying? [i.e. Airplane contrails] will win in a walk.

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by: nocatz @ Tue Feb 28, 2012 at 15:46:19 PM UTC

take a sniff (0.00 / 0)

it's rapture

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by: flagpole @ Tue Feb 28, 2012 at 16:27:57 PM UTC

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Against my better judgement (4.00 / 1)

I messed with your assignments a little bit.  

Found another 'Freddie' YT in Bb [they mention that that lp upload is a little quick] so I can just use the black keys.  I love it that the volume of the piano solo is half of what the horns sound like. Fuckers. Hard to tell what kind of comping is going on otherwise....just running through the chords I reckon.  Somehow started playing a familiar riff over it.....turns out it was the opening to Satin Doll....WTF?

Anyway, it was more fun than I expected. Doesn't hurt [too much] to be a little familiar with it .  

Sambas always make me think of cheezy 60's NY 'sophisticate' comedies....guys in suits and women with pointy bras dancing at some cocktail party...then I start to smirk and lose the real samba feeling.


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by: nocatz @ Thu Mar 01, 2012 at 01:18:13 AM UTC

sorta the way (0.00 / 0)

I feel about this stuff.  I like Miles pretty well, but freddie isn't a fave; still, it's a standard, so some douche is going to make me play it eventually.  same with the silver thing.  mostly it's all for getting used to the axe and learning what works, context for some chord theory, and because the band organizer has no apparent taste.

my dream is to get good enough to gather with folks who know more or less what they're doing, and just mess around with rock and blues and jazz and whatnot, with no need for extensive rehearsal or formality:  when you start paring the tunes down, there's not a huge amount of variation across, or within, the genres, as far as infrastructure goes.  the fun part is seeing what people can do, given the framework.

you want I should scan the leadsheets/charts/whatever?  I suspect that most of this stuff you can find on-line somewhere, but happy to do it.

not surprised about the satin doll thing:  freddie is just 12 bar blues with a couple of goofy accidentals to make davis feel special

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by: flagpole @ Thu Mar 01, 2012 at 04:29:21 AM UTC

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don't bother with the charts for me. (2.00 / 1)

I'm absolutely certain that no-one is going to request either from me.  

T-L SOTB

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by: nocatz @ Thu Mar 01, 2012 at 16:38:48 PM UTC

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hmph (0.00 / 0)

or words to that effect.

latest from guitar teacher is blue bossa.  haven't heard or tried it yet

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by: flagpole @ Fri Mar 02, 2012 at 19:28:33 PM UTC

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North Korea (4.00 / 1)

Cautious US welcome for North Korea nuclear moratorium

I humbly acknowledge any kudos due to my small, but not insignificant, role in this latest development.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/worl...

T-L SOTB

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by: nocatz @ Thu Mar 01, 2012 at 02:50:52 AM UTC

brilliant! (0.00 / 0)

comrade

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by: flagpole @ Thu Mar 01, 2012 at 04:30:15 AM UTC

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small steps (4.00 / 1)

Not everyone will be tried in a military court, for a little while anyway. Yay!

http://www.reuters.com/article...

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by: nocatz @ Thu Mar 01, 2012 at 16:39:56 PM UTC

I'm going to demand (0.00 / 0)

a tennis court

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by: flagpole @ Fri Mar 02, 2012 at 19:27:15 PM UTC

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