Jazz guitarist Vittorio Camardese
Van Halen fans, you need to check this out. EVH had an amazing impact and is credited with popularizing tapping technique, but a jazz guitarist named Vittorio Carmadese was tapping long before Eddie hit the scene. Check it out here…
I participate in a Facebook group called “Guitar Addiction.” One thing that I’d noticed is that there didn’t seem to be much interaction between the members other than the occasional “Nice job” comment, so I decided to learn a lick and post it. I chose an F Mixolydian lick by David Rollins played in position with a lot of stretches. I decided to put my own spin on the lick and play the sequence going up the neck. I also changed the phrasing at the end of the lick and added some chorus to give it a jazz fusion-like sound.
Here’s the original…
F Mixolydian lick derived from intervals of a 5th
Posted by rollinsmusic.com on Wednesday, July 27, 2016
Here’s my version…
This is my take on an F Mixolydian Lick by David Rollins.
Posted by Nick Ford on Wednesday, August 3, 2016
It was a lot of fun to learn this lick, put my spin on it, and to interact with David Rollins. He was very cool about it and shared it in various other groups as well. Be sure to check out his website www.rollinsmusic.com.
I really liked this video by Mac Premo who talked with Jad Abumrad (from Radiolab) about sound, music and the function of music. It’s a quick dive into the deeper idea of what is music and why.
“[Music] gets around your rational defenses & just moves you.”
Jenny Case on bass, I’m playing a diminished chord, and there’s an orange.
Divas and Desserts 2016 marks the 6th time I have had the privilege of playing with the Twin Cities Women’s Choir.
This year’s theme was movie music, and we played a lot of fun tunes including “Happy” and the “Sister Act Medley.” The sister act medley was fairly long and had a lot of sheet music, 10 pages total! I avoid page turns during professional gigs like the plague, so I got 5 pages on each side, put them up on three stands, then used a chair with wheels to scroll across the bandstand whilst reading! It might be time to invest in a dedicated tablet for gigs…