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Hi my friends, it’s great to be writing for you on this very first 2012 issue. I hope you had great holidays and that you are prepared to work and to improve on your musicality. I can tell you that I’m already studying new things because I’ve got a lot to learn! On the previous [...]
So, what about the “poetical” and “lyrical” aspects of improvisation, and how important are they within the improvisational context? I already mentioned on the first part of this series that in my opinion “Improvising is composing in real time”, so what about “The Content” of this real time composition? What about the “story” you want [...]
I’ve noticed through my career that when musicians talk about improvisation and soloing, most of the energy of the conversation is driven by topics like scales, technique, chords, licks, chops, etc,. The reality in my opinion is that there are so many aspects within the improvisational context that are far more important than the ones I just mentioned [...]
I’ve addressed this issue briefly in couple old articles. But I think it deserves going a little further with the analysis. If I would have to choose one of the biggest mistakes that we the instrumentalist’s have the tendency to commit while we play, I would go for the topic of “playing for ourselves”. I’m [...]
How many times have you heard phrases like “This is a Classic Bass Technique”, “I like classic basses”, “Electric Bass Tradition”, and a hundred more phrases that are spread over the million articles and notes that have been written in relation with our beloved instrument? It is important to say that I think that all these quotes [...]
The musical styles are one of the most interesting and rich dimensions that music can offer to the world, but at the same time if they are conceived and understood in a wrong manner, they can get to a point that can create musical barriers among the regular people, and which is worse, among musicians. [...]
When a melodic line can have as much as a “Bass Taste” than the Bass Line itself… In my opinion, one of the best albums of the great American fusion drummer Dave Weckl, is without any doubt the album Transition, which was released in 2000. On this album, the drummer takes this style of instrumental [...]
That’s a very important question don’t you think so? Well, I think the same, so in this month’s article I will mention very briefly the subjects that I consider the most important for a bassist to learn. Obviously the intention of this article is just to serve as a guide for your study and not [...]
After a great concert at the III Lifejazz Festival in Santiago de Chile on April the 28th, David Garfield and Igor Saavedra are now in Argentina to perform a Keyboard&Bass Jazz/Fusion Workshop at EMBA (The Buenos Aires Music School). The great argentinian Jazz drummer Oscar Giunta will join them on this occasion. Visit online at: [...]
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