Fourth chords create harmonies reminiscent of McCoy Tyner's playing. Stacked fourths have a wide open texture and are complimented very well by pentatonic scales. Begin on the third of a major scale and keep adding fourths as your taste dictates. … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2006
Sensory Acuity Exercises: Visual Acuity
Sometime today, preferably during a quiet moment, look out across a familiar outdoor scene. Maybe your back yard or the view from your office window. Notice any small movements in your field of vision and focus in on the movement. What do you see? … [Read more...]
Welcome to Absolute Pitch University
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Sensory Acuity Exercises: Kinesthetic Acuity
The next time you take a shower, pause to notice how the water feels against your body. Notice the temperature, water pressure, whether the spray is sharp or gentle, and how the water feels as it rolls off your body. Notice if these feelings are … [Read more...]
Hit Songwriting Tips Podcast 08-03-06
Topics covered: Song titles, P.T. Barnum, hooks, headlines, direct response, songwriting, the internet... Download: Hit Songwriting Tips Podcast 08-03-06 … [Read more...]
Rockers Work a Web-Savvy Crowd
Rockers Work a Web-Savvy Crowd, by Robert La Franco from Wired magazine. Japanese alt-metal group Dir en grey's first U.S. tour finds the band playing packed halls and moving mountains of merch, all thanks to the promo power of anime conventions, … [Read more...]
Music from 12-14-05b
[tag]Practicing[/tag] [tag]walking bass[/tag] and soloing over [tag]Bb[/tag] [tag]rhythm changes[/tag] on the [tag]Hammond[/tag] [tag]organ[/tag] at [tag]195bpm[/tag]. [tag]jazz[/tag] [tag]Perdido[/tag] [tag]bebop[/tag] [tag]organ … [Read more...]
Music from 12-14-05a
This is an [tag]iPod[/tag] recording of me playing with an [tag]Fmin7[/tag] [tag]Funk[/tag] [tag]riff[/tag] at [tag]110bpm[/tag] on the [tag]Hammond[/tag] organ, [tag]wah wah clav[/tag], and [tag]Trinity[/tag] [tag]synth … [Read more...]
Piano Voicings Part 2: So What Chords
So what chords get their name from the song of the same title on Miles Davis' record, Kind Of Blue. This voicing consists of a series of three perfect fourths with a third on top: So what chords can be moved up and down all scale degrees of … [Read more...]
The term “Music Hack” deserves some explanation…
Lately, I've been excited about a new type of musical mini-model that I call a "Music Hack." But first, I need to explain what modeling is. Long ago, during the peak of the Human Potential Movement, the mind technology "Neuro-Linguistic Programming" … [Read more...]
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