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Meet Phil Baker TIMELESS “There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream, The earth, and every common sight, To me did seem Apparell’d in celestial light, The glory and the freshness of a dream. It is not now as it hath been of yore;— Turn wheresoe’er I may, By night or day, The things [...]
Meet Phil Baker – “Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.” -W. H. Auden 1962 “The fire of suffering becomes the light of consciousness.” -Eckhart Tolle 2005 The music biz is tough. Or, to paraphrase Steve Swallow: “The music biz is tough if it’s what you want to do, and easy if it’s [...]
Meet Phil Baker – Apple isn’t knocking down my door to do my top ten list for iTunes so I’m going to subject you guys to it. So here it goes: 1. Hide and Seek – Imogen Heap This is probably the best and most artistic use of new technology I have heard in a [...]
by Phil Baker – Things happen when cultures collide–some good, some bad, but always interesting. The Crusades, when medieval Europe clashed with the Muslim world, led to the Renaissance. US soldiers, exposed to early twentieth-century European culture during World War I, produced the roaring twenties. African religion, brought to the new world by African slaves, [...]
Guess what is the first thing I have my students do? Tune up? Stop chewing gum? No! Play the piano! There is no better way to understand harmony and broaden your musicality than to play the piano. Most of my favorite musicians play (or played) some, or a lot, of piano: Ray Brown, Jack DeJohnette, [...]
I love transcribing solos! It’s like peering inside the minds of geniuses. I’ve transcribed boxes full of solos. I’ve done plenty of bass solos: Jaco, Paul Chambers, George Mraz. I’ve found it really inspiring to transcribe other instrumentalists. Ideas conceived on other instruments applied to the bass can be real conception stretchers. I’ve always loved [...]
Jack Bruce is one of the largest bass icons in rock. Born in Scotland in 1943, Jack played with Alexis Korner’s Blues Incorporated, the Graham Bond Organisation, John Mayall’s Blues Breakers (where he met Eric Clapton) and Manfred Mann. Jack even turned down an offer to join Marvin Gaye’s band! He joined up with Eric [...]
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