Download: You Got What You Wanted From Me Last.fm: You Got What You Wanted From Me I went outside and I looked all around But baby you were nowhere to be found Just a note on your side of the bed We are over, was all you said My eyes were … [Read more...]
Music from 12-06-05
I've taken a few months off of posting music here but I'm back in the saddle now. It took a while to get my work flow down after my move to Boston. So I'll be archiving all my new and old music again. This is an [tag]iPod[/tag] recording of a … [Read more...]
Hit Songwriting Tips Podcast 08-22-06
Topics covered: Chord progressions, I-IV-V, The blues, classical music, mashups, melody, modal progressions, music software, rhythm... Download: Hit Songwriting Tips Podcast 08-22-06 … [Read more...]
The Musical Genius of Oscar Peterson
Listen to the Oscar Peterson Trio ripping at tempos upwards of 320bpm! Let it inspire you to practice. … [Read more...]
Music for 06-22-06a
This is a warm up on a cool and dreary day. 0:56: Turn around into the blues in Bb. 75bpm. 1:57: Working on my hand interdependence here. 3:55: Charlie Parker's bebop classic Parker's Mood. I should memorize this solo better because it's … [Read more...]
Music for 02-23-06e
This final thing for the day is an F7 shuffle on the hammond organ. Wanna hear a badas5 solo? Listen to this, biatch! Wish I had the pedals. Damn I love Jimmy Smith. Download: Music for 02-23-06e … [Read more...]
How Do You Develop New And Interesting Chord Changes?
Here's a handful of my top techniques that I use to develop new and interesting chord changes. 1. Stick with I-IV-V I know, it's not new, but I-IV-V doesn't have to be uninteresting. There's a reason why these chords are so fundamental to our … [Read more...]
Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground
Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground by Blind Willie Johnson. Johnson was blinded at an early age. The story goes that his stepmother threw lye in his face in a fit of rage. His home burned down in '45 and having nowhere else to go, he lived in … [Read more...]
The Golden Mean in Harmony Part 1
If you ride chaos all the way out to its edge, you find beauty and order... and the Blues Chaos: complete disorder and confusion; behavior so unpredictable as to appear random, owing to great sensitivity to small changes in conditions; the … [Read more...]