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Hey, Vic, is your buddy an Andy Sannella fan?
Andy was a studio musician who doubled on sax and steel guitar...
Edgar Degas: "Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things.... To draw, you must close your eyes and sing."
Georges Braque: "In art there is only one thing that counts: the bit that can’t be explained."
Good think I have month to work on adjusting what I came up with. :P
I hope we will be seeing more entries soon, but in the meantime, please allow me to suggest a couple of approaches nobody has tried yet...
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... what if Carl Kress were entering the contest?
... well, then you would hear a whole lot of chords and very few single notes...
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...let’s pretend that Louis Armstrong doubled on guitar... what if he entered the contest?
...well, then you’d hear one big chord hit and then a whole bunch of virtuoso single notes...
... IOW, a technique going right back to jazz’s early days, the “break”...
... in which all the other instruments suddenly stop while one solo instrument plays a hot 2-, 4- or 8- bar fill...
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i am especially suggesting the second technique for some of our DB members who come out of a rock backround...
... what if you were to hit that Am chord and then use all your flashy C major pent stuff for seven beats..?.
...and then hit that G chord and do the same thing with all your flashy G major pent stuff...?
Might it work? Only one way to find out!
Good luck! Have fun working on your submissions!
Will
Edgar Degas: "Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things.... To draw, you must close your eyes and sing."
Georges Braque: "In art there is only one thing that counts: the bit that can’t be explained."
Is it too late to join in the fun?
Not at all.
The deadline for submissions is midnight May 15th.
Edgar Degas: "Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things.... To draw, you must close your eyes and sing."
Georges Braque: "In art there is only one thing that counts: the bit that can’t be explained."
A process question: when do we start providing our likes/votes?
A good question, Bill.
On May 16th I will post whatever final entries come in.
Then on May 17th I will start a new thread.
This thread will offer a compilation MP3 of all the entries, one after the other.
After hearing that, DB members will be invited to PM me at a special address, voting for your favourite entry, and commenting upon it if you so desire... as well as commenting on any other entry which attracts your attention, for better or worse...
I will allow about the folks here at DB about three days for listening and voting, and then hopefully reveal the overall winner on or about May 20th....
Will
Edgar Degas: "Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things.... To draw, you must close your eyes and sing."
Georges Braque: "In art there is only one thing that counts: the bit that can’t be explained."
OK, LAST CALL!
Contest closing time will be in about six more hours!
Get to it right away, ye procrastinators!
Will
Edgar Degas: "Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things.... To draw, you must close your eyes and sing."
Georges Braque: "In art there is only one thing that counts: the bit that can’t be explained."
Contest is now closed...
Edgar Degas: "Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things.... To draw, you must close your eyes and sing."
Georges Braque: "In art there is only one thing that counts: the bit that can’t be explained."