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Hmmm, the Leavitt book is probably good, and if it's still in print, Leon White's "Sight to Sound" is good as well, since it was written by a guitarist.

Another thing you might consider is just picking tunes out of the Real Book you don't know, and trying to get them under the fingers. If you really want to improve your reading, learn your fingerboard, cold. Every note on the neck, and enharmonics. Once you've got that down, there's really not much "rocket science", other than trying to suss out where a particular tune will fit best under the hands, ie, in which position.

Lots of guitar players practice out of clarinet and flute books, but I'm not sure I agree with this approach, because while they make you "hit the notes", they may not do so in a way that's best for guitar. For me, I've often found playing horn tunes is good, because that forces me to not only "hit the notes", but to do so in a way (and in a position/fingering) that works for the tune, which is very different. You don't just want to play the notes correctly, you want to play them in such a way that the song sounds like it's supposed to. I feel this is really important, but that's just me. Good luck!

Cheers,
JV

Juan Vega

1. Contemporary Jazz Rock Patterns - Treble Clef (Volume 1 & 2) by
David Chesky

2. Berklee's Melodic Rhythms ...

John Amato
Isaiah 55:11








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From: Rod Ellard <e11rod@...>
To: jazz_guitar@...
Sent: Tue, November 2, 2010 11:54:39 PM
Subject: [jazz_guitar] Recommend me some books.


I'm looking for a book or two to practice my reading. What I have in mind is
something like Leavitt's "Reading Studies".

Also, any opinions about Andrew Green's "Comping"?

I'm looking for a book or two to practice my reading.? What I have in mind is
something like Leavitt's "Reading Studies".

Also, any opinions about Andrew Green's "Comping"?



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--- In jazz_guitar@..., "groovetube66" <groovetube66@...> wrote:

Really excited to see Eric Krasno live... bluesy, funky, great player.

Saw them a few weeks ago in Portland. Great show! Nigel Hall playing with them was also brilliant, like Stevie Wonder brilliant.

Commentary by Constantine Roussos:

"Companies screwing artists include:

1) Google/Youtube
2) Terrestrial Radio / NAB
3) Apple
4) Limewire/PirateBay

The sad thing is, we do not seem to get it. Apple and Google really get it. Look at their stock prices. Piggybacking music is a crucial component of success for them. The most searched terms on the Internet are music related: music, lyrics & videos. Google knows this. So we will get Google Music.

Problem with the music industry is that most do not really get it. We are fighting each other while others reap the benefits. Apple and Google are probably the two most innovative companies. Their positioning is translating into billions of dollars.

Google Music & Apple iTunes will not save the music industry. Loss leading is not the way of the future:

Google: It is not about the music, it is about the ads.

Apple: It is not about the music, it is about the hardware

Companies have pulled the rug underneath the music industry and the sad thing is, many have not received the memo about this. And yes, this trend will continue until we develop a sound strategy to increase our value proposition and diversify revenue streams."

Constantine Roussos
.MUSIC

On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 4:18 PM, Bob Hansmann <bobbybmusic@...>wrote:

On 11/2/2010 12:20 PM, Angelo wrote:

Joel
Tenenbaum, a American student convicted of illegal file-sharing, has been
ordered to pay damages of $675,000 which amounts to a staggering $22,500

per

song (4)."

Good. This should be front page news. I hope the son-uv-a-bitch gets
charged interest and penalties, too, and that if he's underage (whatever
that is), his parents are held responsible.

Funny - just today a woman was telling me how "smart" her son is in that
he's managed to wire up his IPhone to steal everything from games, to
movies, to music, to... well, everything. She was proud of the little
bastard. Question - if she didn't bother to teach the little prick right
from wrong, then why shouldn't she be held responsible? If a parent
teaches their kid it's ok to rob a person at knife point, sh that parent
be held responsible?

Those who have been robbed out of their livelihoods and homes by
Internet thieves are supposed to "get over it", as Mark so rightly
pointed out, but the thieves are not to be held accountable. I think
that if they really are that young, then they should be tried as adults.


Angelo, among others, thinks that the extension of copyright protection
is a bad thing. That protection, just like income averaging, was put in
place to acknowledge and allow for the fact that there are some
professions in which it becomes increasingly difficult to generate an
income.

The corporations that Angelo (and to be fair, others as well) feels
should be allowed to get away with piracy are bigger than the record
companies ever were, and growing every day. This, to my mind, is a
cognitive dissonance.

Ther's no need for me to reply. My "opinion" is repeatedly stated by you,
whether it's true or not. It reminds me of the Lenny Bruce bit where he
offered to do his act in the courtroom, but was not allowed. Instead, one of
the arresting officers "explained" Bruce's act and Lenny was convicted...
haha

Asheville, NC... well, technically Black Mountain, NC at Pisgah Brewing.

Dedicated to an old high school buddy of mine ... (he's a big Blues fan...)





John Amato
Isaiah 55:11

On 11/2/2010 5:08 PM, John Amato wrote:

"Kickin' It Home" ... a session w/horns ....

Very nice, John,

I like your sense of phrasing - relaxed and controlled. I could tell you
were enjoying yourself.

Bobby,

Thank you .....


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On 11/2/2010 5:08 PM, John Amato wrote:

"Kickin' It Home" ... a session w/horns ....

Very nice, John,

I like your sense of phrasing - relaxed and controlled. I could tell you were enjoying yourself.

Honestly, I'm not into Garage Band or BIAB backing tracks, even though everybody nowadaze iz uzin' 'em. But here the only problem I had was with the timbre of the bass. Maybe I'm getting too old to remember live sessions anymore...

;-)
Bobby

John Pin wrote:

I missed the beginning of this thread.
Is there a Sibelius real book available? That is the real book
in .sib files?

Could some one clue me in,

Hi John,



It's a work in progress, you need to request membership

cheers Greg

This is a good opportunity for a third-party developer to come up with a
program that can convert these formats in a better way than XML...

Yes, yes, yes ... and give Sibelius, the industry standard, a run for their
money .....
to tell the truth, I don't think there is such a demand for "music composing"
software, and since Hollywood and all the music-writing gurus of the oublishing
house use Sibelius, they've cornered that market ...
I have both, and have to say that Sibelius is the way more powerful software ...
with Finale in 2nd place ....



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On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 11:03 PM, John Amato <jamato316@...> wrote:

"Kickin' It Home" ... a session w/horns ....

Nice. I always love your tone. Is that the Sadowsky? Were those
live/real horns or BIAB horns? They were effective regardless.


Craig,
Thanks ... that was recorded using my D'Angelico EXL-1 ... and the horns are
from GarageBand ("Magic" folder)....







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On 11/2/2010 12:20 PM, Angelo wrote:

Joel
Tenenbaum, a American student convicted of illegal file-sharing, has been
ordered to pay damages of $675,000 which amounts to a staggering $22,500 per
song (4)."

Good. This should be front page news. I hope the son-uv-a-bitch gets charged interest and penalties, too, and that if he's underage (whatever that is), his parents are held responsible.

Funny - just today a woman was telling me how "smart" her son is in that he's managed to wire up his IPhone to steal everything from games, to movies, to music, to... well, everything. She was proud of the little bastard. Question - if she didn't bother to teach the little prick right from wrong, then why shouldn't she be held responsible? If a parent teaches their kid it's ok to rob a person at knife point, sh that parent be held responsible?

Those who have been robbed out of their livelihoods and homes by Internet thieves are supposed to "get over it", as Mark so rightly pointed out, but the thieves are not to be held accountable. I think that if they really are that young, then they should be tried as adults.


Angelo, among others, thinks that the extension of copyright protection is a bad thing. That protection, just like income averaging, was put in place to acknowledge and allow for the fact that there are some professions in which it becomes increasingly difficult to generate an income.

The corporations that Angelo (and to be fair, others as well) feels should be allowed to get away with piracy are bigger than the record companies ever were, and growing every day. This, to my mind, is a cognitive dissonance.

best,
Bobby

Bobby

On 11/2/2010 2:50 PM, akmbirch wrote:

We are talking about the "illegal" fake books such as the Old
Real Book.

Now as this group is filled with such smart asses everyone will
recall what many of the writers and composers who were still alive
said about these books....

The point, though, is in the HUGE impact worldwide on the music business (and all media, for that matter - something to think about) by Internet piracy, versus the relatively small impact of inaccurate accounting of radio airplays by ASCAP and BMI, or the use of fake books by club date musicians. Internet piracy has just about every media and media related business on the brink of bankruptcy - until the Internet technologies were developed, damage to whole industries on such a devastating scale were simply not possible.

An example - Fake books never threatened publishers in any real way. Publishing companies were producing 4 color photographic music books and selling them for $30+ in the 70s, and musicians and fans were buying them. Now most publishers are gone. Yet photocopies of their books are available on lone from pirates for a "small fee" or free.

I am surprised that there hasn't been any response from terrestrial radio stations who continue to pay a fee from which everyone else seems to be exempt.

The NY Times said that they don't send great journalists out to the Middle East for real coverage because they can no longer afford to.

Angelo's argument that the technology is good, and is here to stay, is perfectly correct. Angelo's argument that big business is not to be trusted is also perfectly correct. Why he thinks that the answer to that is total socialism, I haven't a clue - maybe he thinks government is to be trusted, but to each his own. Businesses have shown since the dawn of time that they are not to be trusted, and since the earliest beginnings of union movements, efforts have been made to control their activities through laws. Google, Youtube, &c., are no exception to this rule - they are huge corporations which have to be controlled so as not to be able to exploit the works of others. If our courts will not protect us from violations of laws that are on the books, or our congressmen will not pass legislation to keep up with the new technologies, then what in hell good are they?

Are you reading this, John Hall?

best,
Bobby

On 11/2/2010 1:07 PM, Angelo wrote:

I seriously wonder how many here who are defending the record companies vs.
the internet have lost great fortunes (or even .30) due to piracy on the
intertubes...

They came first for the Communists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist.

Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew.

Then they came for me
and by that time no one was left to speak up.

On Nov 2, 2010, at 11:58 AM, "groovetube66" <groovetube66@...> wrote:

Really excited to see Eric Krasno live... bluesy, funky, great player.

Where?
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--- In jazz_guitar@..., Angelo <angelo.nyc@...> wrote:

And one last thought. Just how many jazz musicians, particularly you older
guys like me, have never used a fakebook? ;-)

Ah, but everyone paid for them, and so the composers were well paid
from those sales...(i!)

We are talking about the "illegal" fake books such as the Old
Real Book.

Now as this group is filled with such smart asses everyone will
recall what many of the writers and composers who were still alive
said about these books....

Anyone?

On Nov 2, 2010, at 10:44 AM, Angelo wrote:

And one last thought. Just how many jazz musicians, particularly

you older

guys like me, have never used a fakebook? ;-)

Ah, but everyone paid for them, and so the composers were well paid
from
those sales...(i!)

Hi Angelo, I use them pretty often but not on gigs. I read at the
speed of cold molasses. But I learn the heads and changes that way.

Ron
Living and playing outside the box.




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On Nov 1, 2010, at 2:02 PM, musicmaker1245 wrote:

--- In jazz_guitar@..., Ron Becker <ron45@...> wrote:

I met Rikki

Did she still have the number?

No, there was no change of heart, she did not want go out driving
on slow hand row. She could not even believe he dared to suggest it.

;-)

That's why they call her Trikki Rikki now. She was probably waiting
to see the green.

Speaking of, ... What ever happened to Ricky Lee Jones? Did she marry
Tom Waites and move to Mailbu to sing duets with a mouth fulls of
smack coated marbles. For my ears, her and Krissy HInd had the most
distictive and still listenable styles in the edgy lady singer dept.

Ron
Living and playing outside the box.




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