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04-04-2010, 03:54 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Stockholm, Sweden | | | Abit 'o jazz on electric - There Will Never Be Another You
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Had some free time this weekend so I recorded a little ditty and put it up on youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbtUOopy8Hw
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04-04-2010, 04:12 PM
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04-04-2010, 04:41 PM
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04-04-2010, 04:42 PM
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04-04-2010, 05:11 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: NYC | | | Do you know the lyrics? I don't mean - can you Google them - I mean do you KNOW them?
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04-04-2010, 07:29 PM
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04-05-2010, 02:14 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Stockholm, Sweden | | | Thanks for all the replies.
Mr Fuqua: I don't know lyrics by heart, but yes I've heard them. Is that a prerequisite?
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04-05-2010, 02:36 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Canberra, Australia | | Nice note choice and phrasing! Looks like you're running out of frets though. 
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04-05-2010, 08:24 AM
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Originally Posted by JHL Thanks for all the replies.
Mr Fuqua: I don't know lyrics by heart, but yes I've heard them. Is that a prerequisite? | It helps focus your phrasing of the melody, it's not just notes. There's a reason that they call particularly melodic playing "lyrical". If you start from a place of playing musical phrases and not applying notes to chords changes, it gives the subsequent improvisation a firmer foundation.
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04-05-2010, 09:57 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Stockholm, Sweden | | | Well, it is a pretty free interpretation of the melody. I don't think that necessarily negates its lyricism... but if you feel it's just a bunch of notes, then that's too bad. To each his own I guess. :\
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04-05-2010, 10:32 AM
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Oh, sorry. Your playing is perfect in every way.
Have a blessed day.
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04-05-2010, 10:53 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Stockholm, Sweden | | | I don't get why you're being so confrontational. I appreciate the input, but our tastes might differ, and probably do. I'm entitled to my opinion, and you to yours. No need to try to make it sound like I can't take critisism just because of that.
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04-05-2010, 11:00 AM
|  | Cogito Ergo Idiot | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: SF Bay Area, CA | | | Nice. I LOVE the tone of the bass, and I really enjoyed many of your phrases during the solo...particularly the 'Parker-esque' addition of a single eighth-note at the end of a phrase.
You've got some terrific stuff happening there - I'd really love to hear/see you playing with other cats. |
04-05-2010, 11:46 AM
|  | keepin' the beat since the 60's | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Studio City, SoCal, USA | | | Very Nice - thanks for posting!
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04-05-2010, 12:32 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Stockholm, Sweden | | Thanks guys!
Vroom: If you can hear even a smidge of the influence of Parker in my playing I take that as a huge compliment. Thanks bro 
I don't have any videos up with me playing in a jazz setting on bass. But here's a vid from a showcase I did with a great singer named Glen Scott.
The video starts out a bit laid back, but it gets into the real funky stuff a couple of minutes in. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdRdrgYRw9Y&feature=fvst
I'll try to get some more jazz clips up in the coming weeks. Hopefully some ensemble stuff
Edit: Found this clip with an old band I used to play with: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ig72Quy2LlE
A bit of jazz/funk/soul/fusion/whatever hehe.
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04-05-2010, 01:24 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Brixton, South London | | | Hey Johan
That was some seriously great playing - lovely tone and superb phrasing - some of the nicest stuff i've heard on youtube for some time - keep posting stuff, I'd like to hear more.
Very well done
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04-05-2010, 01:53 PM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Metro Boston MA | | | Hi Ed, I'm interested in what you have top say. How do you suggest using the lyrics to improve the piece?
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04-05-2010, 02:42 PM
| | Cogito Ergo Idiot | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: SF Bay Area, CA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by JHL | Lovin' it. (Dug the showcase vid, too.) This is what it's all about for me - snapshot in time, capturing the groove, the listening, the whole support and give & take elements that come from playing live. Cool instrumentation as well, and I really dig the 'bone player. Nice! |
04-06-2010, 02:35 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Stockholm, Sweden | | Mike: Wow, thanks man. I've read a lot of your posts and seen quite a few of your videos. Thanks for sharing and caring
Vroom: The bone players name is Kristian Persson. He just released his first album with his band Neighbourhood, where he wrote all the songs. Some great jazz influenced funk: http://www.myspace.com/jointheneighbourhood
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04-06-2010, 04:03 AM
|  | THIS HAND OF MINE GLOWS WITH AN AWESOME POWER! | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: USA; Mitchellville, Maryland | | Amazing playing!! I loved everything about it! You solo exactly how I want to, fluid and melody oriented but fast when it counts . Your friends band sounds great too, any idea on a digital release? I REALLY want to buy the album but I'd rather not spend extra to have a CD shipped from Sweden.
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