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BrettAM
06-14-2002, 10:31 PM
Might anyone know where I could find a Tab of Max Valentino's "Alegria" or "A Caravan of Dreams"?

Dave Castelo
06-14-2002, 11:47 PM
you are lucky

maybe he can tab it himself, search for him in these forums

maxvalentino
06-15-2002, 12:23 AM
ok.....Thanks for the compliment! I am thrilled someone is really interested in learning my tunes! Writing them out could be a bit time consuming...and tabs for those do not exist. Actually those two tunes from my CD are complete improvs ("Caravan Of Dreams" is actually a live recording from the Solo Bass Looping Tour with Michael Manring and Steve Lawson; the chord structure is composed but the arrangement and melodies are completely improvised from that show...no overdubs, no edits)
Ironically, I just spent the afternoon "re-learning" both those tunes for a couple of solo shows I have this weekend (thought it might be a good stimulus to purchase the CD if folks heard some cuts from it!)
I made some cursory notes on both, in standard notation ( I seldom if ever tab anything), but might find some time to tab them out for you..or at least the general "themes" ("Caravan" has about six distinct melody/harmony lines, both played and looped).
send me an e-mail...ekstasis1@hotmail.com

Max

BrettAM
06-15-2002, 05:07 PM
Thanks for getting involved, I was a bit worried that there would be no tab (or standard notation) for those particular songs since they are improvs. I hope some people buy your Disc, there's some great compositions on there (Hidden Road comes to mind). Anyway, I remember in your synopsis that you included with the CD you said that Here & Now was a fully planned composition... I don't suppose you've got a copy of that lying around? No pressure though. Thanks for respoding!

P.S. Are you considering doing another solo tour? I'd love to see you perform sometime!