solo jazz guitar, walking bass, Joe Pass

So I'm setting my sights on Joe Pass style walking bass solo jazz guitar.  It seems the best form for solo jazz guitar, and the basics aren't too hard to grasp.  I have three pieces to work on.  One is the basic II V I changes with chromatic bass lines around the tonic.  Another is with chords from Autumn Leaves.  A third is a piece from the Mel Bay book "Teach Yourself Jazz Guitar."  All of them are using chromatic bass lines around the tonic of each chord.  It's a good basic way to start.  I'm looking at some instructional videos on YouTube, reading the Jazz Guitar Online site, and improvising.  Later I'll look for a book on the technique.  This feels like the way I can approach jazz guitar.  The theory will come later, while I work on some pieces.   

walking bass lesson - jazz guitar

Philo of Alexandria

Here's a link to Philo on Wiki:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philo

An interesting thinker who tried to combine Judaism and Greek philosophy at the time of Jesus.  He was a Jew living in Alexandria.  His writings have the concept of the Logos as the word of God.

Autumn Leaves -- Barney Kessel

a great video...

Today's Jazz Guitar Video

great lesson -- check it out!

I need better posts

Just noticed that another blog, which shall remain nameless (you know who you are!) has a link to my blog on its page.  THAT OTHER BLOG is like way cooler than mine and is read by people who might, by accident, read my blog.  What would they see?  Minecraft videos.  Mindless chatter.  Etc.  Guess I gotta kick it up a few notches.  Gotta post something a little more intelligent.  Anyhoo, here's something I read yesterday that might do the trick.....

http://mentalfloss.com/article/51150/12-old-words-survived-getting-fossilized-idioms

title:

12 Old Words that Survived by Getting Fossilized in Idioms

Read the full text here: http://mentalfloss.com/article/51150/12-old-words-survived-getting-fossilized-idioms#ixzz2WcDQXazA
--brought to you by mental_floss! 

It's a good read!

More Episodes or Not?

Going to take a break on the minecraft episodes.  Got to take care of the wrist.  Maybe I'll switch to another screen recording with soundtrack.  Some weird foreign video broadcast.

episode 30: Lost

I get lost in a cave system and use extreme measures to escape.....

episode 29: switchin' caves

so i go back to another cave system.....

episode 28: More More More

can't get enough of that good minecraftin' stuff...

episode 27: double creeper blastathon!

yeah, creepers get blasty on me!

episode 26: Skellies get it!

all rock -- no talk.  skellies get it!

episode 25: all music, no narration

all music; no narration.  this is only a test.....

today's word count

word count start: 8352
word count end: 8879

527 words

episode 24: Post Woofers III Era

more adventuring without Woofers.  I promise, no more Woofers!

Episode 23: Woofers III -- last episode for him

Yeah, Woofers III doesn't make it to the end.  He was a good dog.

today's word count

word count start: 8352
word count end: 8505

153 words

Episode 22: Woofers III

Woofers III joins me in my explorations of new cave systems near my hidey hole.  go Woofers!

episode 21: more of the same

more of the same.  action packed and exploding with tension!

episode 20: Creeper Break In

so a creeper breaks in and blows up the front of my house.  what a mess!  watch as I clean up and re-organize!

episode 19: post Woofers era

life without Woofers....

episode 18: thems fightin words!

my poor dog Woofers gets it from a creeper.  His replacement, Woofers, also gets it. NO more pets!OK, more fighting and biting.  Might be taking a break.  Lost 2 woofers so quickly.

episode 17: Woofers gets it

More Explorin and More Fightin.... co-starring Woofers, my trusty pet.....

Episode 16: Nothing But Action!

this episode is action packed and ready to go! 

episode 15 -- to live and die in a cave

working in a coal mine, going down down, working in a coal mine, whoops, I'm gonna slip down....