In this video, Danny Markovitch of Marbin Music makes a case for not tapping your foot when playing with others. I know I’ve had directors and producers both make a similar case (although with the producers it was more about the work required to nix the tapping...
CW: Use of the R word. In this incredibly efficient video from Dani Rabin, we move from note names to Nashville numbering of scale tones and chords through to harmonic analysis and the beginnings of chord substitution. I very much recommend this video if you have ever...
This is such a great lesson. Melvin doesn’t use these words particularly, but in the way I think about things, this is really about incorporating new musical grammar. And his methods of studying them feels very similar to how I study (and learn) a new...
Jim White (Dec 1955-Jan 2024) A year ago today I had just decided that I felt unwell enough that I couldn’t make myself going to work and was going to take a sick day. But before I could contact work I got a call from a surgeon saying “if you are at all able, get in...
Due to some issues with the printing integration in the shop and a fundamental disagreement with bluehost on what support actual entails, I had to wipe the site and, unfortunately, did not have a viable backup of the contents. I do have several sources where I may be...
