the jazz thing again

today is the start of winter break. so I was reading up on the ii v i chord progression in jazz. i found a nice backing track in youtube and played in major pentatonic. ah, so nice. got me thinking about jazz again. blues can't do everything -- no one form can. i'd like to add something to my playing that's outside of blues. and ii v i jazz with major pent is a great way to start. i still feel intimidated by all the theory and chords and scales of jazz, but I can take it slowly, piece by piece, at my own pace. i also feel that my improvs are more jazzy than bluesy, in that my lines are longer and more flowing and to me sound more jazzy, and less bluesy.

so, the wife and i are talking about the "next" guitar. you know, in theory! and nothing soon! i'm pretty happy with the gibson and fender. but you know, if i did get another .... my theory is to get a different sound. i've got gibson and fender covered, in my mind, so it would be another american made guitar. well, there aren't that many, really. gretsch is all foreign made. and I like semi hollow and hollow bodies. so not much out there, except for..... rickenbacker. the wife and i both like the rick 330. heck, it looks like a beatles guitar of course! they go for 1800 new. but first i have to play one and see if i like it. blues and jazz on a rick... why not? one can always, dream of course.....

two new videos

here they are:

slow blues in G

and

blues in A 11 Dec 2010

that is all.

recital video

here it is:

recital video

enjoy!

recital went well tonight

yup, I think I did OK. I'll post the video in a few days. a few flubs in my performance, but nothing too noticeable. I felt pretty good on stage -- just nervous a little. I played the VG strat set on a 12 string telecaster setting -- so it sounds like twin teles, I guess.