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this is a great basic way to show what jazz is and can be. a musical comunication between the musicians.
http://www.youtube.com/user/danevansdesign#p/f/18/gsBC5C5ERho
what do you think jazz is?
In reply to DEvans: Not people in silly hats with silly beards! That's a happy tune anyway.
It's certainly a musical communication between the musicians, but there's much more to it than that. The "definition" section on Wikipedia is pretty good: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz#Definition
But does it mean a thing if it ain't got that swing...?
It's certainly a musical communication between the musicians, but there's much more to it than that. The "definition" section on Wikipedia is pretty good: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz#Definition
But does it mean a thing if it ain't got that swing...?
In reply to DEvans: Its a collective sound of the soul of millions of displaced Africans.
In reply to DEvans: It's a crisp, tart yet sweet apple. Highly recommended.
In reply to Tyroneslater:
thats pop music you are thinking of.
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> Self indulgent, whimsical shite.
thats pop music you are thinking of.
In reply to DEvans:
From your opening post video, I can only deduce that you think jazz is like listening to a conversation between two people who think they are more interesting than they actually are and who are terribly pleased with themselves.
> thats pop music you are thinking of.
From your opening post video, I can only deduce that you think jazz is like listening to a conversation between two people who think they are more interesting than they actually are and who are terribly pleased with themselves.
In reply to DEvans:
I like the idea in the video more than the music, I'm afraid. Not sure I would have listened to much of it on it's own, because that just doesn't apeal to me, sorry...
I like the idea in the video more than the music, I'm afraid. Not sure I would have listened to much of it on it's own, because that just doesn't apeal to me, sorry...
In reply to DEvans: That's an utterly wonderful link, thanks for sharing!
To me, jazz is is the ability to improvise without having to think about what you are about to play - a sort of subconscious playing that you can only really get to when you begin to master an instrument. It's the ability to instantly play what you are feeling without planning it. I think that makes sense. That's just from my personal experience of jazz guitar anyway
To me, jazz is is the ability to improvise without having to think about what you are about to play - a sort of subconscious playing that you can only really get to when you begin to master an instrument. It's the ability to instantly play what you are feeling without planning it. I think that makes sense. That's just from my personal experience of jazz guitar anyway
In reply to Andy_B39:
He says "swing it" but it's in straight 8s :P
I used to like Kid Ory and Jack Teagarden but after a while found them a bit crude.
Louis Armstrong managed to put some cool rhythm and different notes into it.
After a while 40s Jazz felt a bit samey and I began to like Miles Davis. It's as if he took the melody to another level where it could almost be mistaken for not being jazz at all. When you would expect a blue note, he'd play a seventh or a major second (completely normal un-jazzy notes). It sounds hot because it's not what you expect.
Maybe this reflects Jazz over the century. By the end cool jazz is whatever the standard jazz isn't.
I think the solos in this link say what I like about Miles Davis
youtube.com/watch?v=Vbpqeevkhm0&
He says "swing it" but it's in straight 8s :P
I used to like Kid Ory and Jack Teagarden but after a while found them a bit crude.
Louis Armstrong managed to put some cool rhythm and different notes into it.
After a while 40s Jazz felt a bit samey and I began to like Miles Davis. It's as if he took the melody to another level where it could almost be mistaken for not being jazz at all. When you would expect a blue note, he'd play a seventh or a major second (completely normal un-jazzy notes). It sounds hot because it's not what you expect.
Maybe this reflects Jazz over the century. By the end cool jazz is whatever the standard jazz isn't.
I think the solos in this link say what I like about Miles Davis
youtube.com/watch?v=Vbpqeevkhm0&
In reply to DEvans: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmw-440ZGuo&feature=related
its all about the jazz flute!!!
its all about the jazz flute!!!
In reply to Dominion:
it was never about the music. i just thought that people who know nothing about jazz or what it means might get an idea from this about what happens. it's listenning and responding.
the music is charlie parker and dizzy gillespie, classic and stunning jazz.
i guess the guy picked that track and players for the clear conversation type of thing that was happening between the two players. "call and response"
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> I like the idea in the video more than the music, I'm afraid. Not sure I would have listened to much of it on it's own, because that just doesn't apeal to me, sorry...
it was never about the music. i just thought that people who know nothing about jazz or what it means might get an idea from this about what happens. it's listenning and responding.
the music is charlie parker and dizzy gillespie, classic and stunning jazz.
i guess the guy picked that track and players for the clear conversation type of thing that was happening between the two players. "call and response"
In reply to anonymouse:
your on a real downer aren't you.
if you don't like jazz then you would describe it like that.
how come you feel the need to be so against a form of music that is so happy.
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> From your opening post video, I can only deduce that you think jazz is like listening to a conversation between two people who think they are more interesting than they actually are and who are terribly pleased with themselves.
your on a real downer aren't you.
if you don't like jazz then you would describe it like that.
how come you feel the need to be so against a form of music that is so happy.
In reply to Steve John B:
yes it's more than that but i thought it was a good video to get the ball rolling as to what jazz is or can be. yes it can mean a thing if it ain't got the swing because swing doesn't define jazz.
> (In reply to DEvans) Not people in silly hats with silly beards! That's a happy tune anyway.
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> It's certainly a musical communication between the musicians, but there's much more to it than that. The "definition" section on Wikipedia is pretty good: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz#Definition
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> But does it mean a thing if it ain't got that swing...?
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> It's certainly a musical communication between the musicians, but there's much more to it than that. The "definition" section on Wikipedia is pretty good: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz#Definition
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> But does it mean a thing if it ain't got that swing...?
yes it's more than that but i thought it was a good video to get the ball rolling as to what jazz is or can be. yes it can mean a thing if it ain't got the swing because swing doesn't define jazz.
In reply to Jamie Hageman:
thats for me is always the goal. to be free within the music and the instrument. to listen and react, to speak and be spoken too. of course that doesn't mean having to make a noise, it can mean keeping quiet too.
how is the guitar going jamie? did you manage to get a new guitar yet?
dan
thats for me is always the goal. to be free within the music and the instrument. to listen and react, to speak and be spoken too. of course that doesn't mean having to make a noise, it can mean keeping quiet too.
how is the guitar going jamie? did you manage to get a new guitar yet?
dan
Jazz? It's any tune with more than three chords in it. Isn't it?
In reply to DEvans:
Yes, that's why I said the video was fun.
I'm not really. I see what people see in it, I just don't care for it all that much. The whole musical conversation thing is something that arises in all sorts of live music. Jazz doesn't have a monopoly on that and it's problem is often that's all it has.
That, and one boring git too many has tried to explain to me why I should like it better.
> your on a real downer aren't you.
Yes, that's why I said the video was fun.
> how come you feel the need to be so against a form of music that is so happy.
I'm not really. I see what people see in it, I just don't care for it all that much. The whole musical conversation thing is something that arises in all sorts of live music. Jazz doesn't have a monopoly on that and it's problem is often that's all it has.
That, and one boring git too many has tried to explain to me why I should like it better.
In reply to anonymouse:
i'm not trying to convince you as i know that that is not possible.
it's a very differant sort of thing to alot of other music.
as has been said before and you have said it again that the conversational element is not just in jazz but in other music and i guess jazz is the music i understrand the most. i disagree that it is the only thing it has as it's so full of melody and harmony and rythems that i just don't hear in any other music. i also love the fact that it's young musicians playing with old musicians, musicians in suits playing with musicians in t'shirts which makes me trust the music and not all the guff that goes on in pop or rock.
when i first started listening to music it was pop rock and alsorts of things. it always lacked something so i moved up to jazz. maybe playing it helps.
i'm not trying to convince you as i know that that is not possible.
it's a very differant sort of thing to alot of other music.
as has been said before and you have said it again that the conversational element is not just in jazz but in other music and i guess jazz is the music i understrand the most. i disagree that it is the only thing it has as it's so full of melody and harmony and rythems that i just don't hear in any other music. i also love the fact that it's young musicians playing with old musicians, musicians in suits playing with musicians in t'shirts which makes me trust the music and not all the guff that goes on in pop or rock.
when i first started listening to music it was pop rock and alsorts of things. it always lacked something so i moved up to jazz. maybe playing it helps.
In reply to DEvans:
I thought it was a small Honda car !
I thought it was a small Honda car !
In reply to wobl:
It's weird how all the cars with jazz-related names (Honda Jazz, Suzuki Alto, Hyundai Getz) are driven by little old ladies at 35mph in a 60 zone.
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> I thought it was a small Honda car !
> I thought it was a small Honda car !
It's weird how all the cars with jazz-related names (Honda Jazz, Suzuki Alto, Hyundai Getz) are driven by little old ladies at 35mph in a 60 zone.
In reply to DEvans:
Yeah! Far less fakery and pretentiousness than there is in rock'n'roll. Just people who like the music.
I've always been into my music, first got into jazz when I was about 18 and I borrowed some Monk and Coltrane tapes off my bro. I never realised there was anything to "get", I just liked listening to it.
I never stopped listening to rock and pop though. Or classical. It's all good.
> i also love the fact that it's young musicians playing with old musicians, musicians in suits playing with musicians in t'shirts
Yeah! Far less fakery and pretentiousness than there is in rock'n'roll. Just people who like the music.
> when i first started listening to music it was pop rock and alsorts of things. it always lacked something so i moved up to jazz.
I've always been into my music, first got into jazz when I was about 18 and I borrowed some Monk and Coltrane tapes off my bro. I never realised there was anything to "get", I just liked listening to it.
I never stopped listening to rock and pop though. Or classical. It's all good.
Jazz; a musical term, one mistake is an error, two and it's jazz.
Bill Bailley; "I used to enjoy playing jazz clubs. Its reassuring to know no matter how badly I mucked up a chord or tune there would be someone in the audience, stroking their chin, thinking; "Nice".
Bill Bailley; "I used to enjoy playing jazz clubs. Its reassuring to know no matter how badly I mucked up a chord or tune there would be someone in the audience, stroking their chin, thinking; "Nice".
In reply to Steve John B:
nah...then it's Bossa Nova
> But does it mean a thing if it ain't got that swing...?
nah...then it's Bossa Nova
In reply to David Hooper:
That's the blues
> (In reply to DEvans) Its a collective sound of the soul of millions of displaced Africans.
That's the blues
In reply to DEvans:
>> Self indulgent, whimsical shite.
>thats pop music you are thinking of.
nah, that's not self-indulgent, just whimsical shite
>> Self indulgent, whimsical shite.
>thats pop music you are thinking of.
nah, that's not self-indulgent, just whimsical shite
In reply to TimR:
...especially if they occur in the same bar
> Jazz? It's any tune with more than three chords in it. Isn't it?
...especially if they occur in the same bar
In reply to DEvans:
Is this jazz?
youtube.com/watch?v=efU9OAaBHTs&
Definitely no communication between musicians...
(btw there is more than just programmed drums if you listen past 1 minute)
Is this jazz?
youtube.com/watch?v=efU9OAaBHTs&
Definitely no communication between musicians...
(btw there is more than just programmed drums if you listen past 1 minute)
In reply to Jon Stewart:
no it's not for me. just nothing really going on. some jazz sounding cliches but thats just for the effect.
intresting though.
no it's not for me. just nothing really going on. some jazz sounding cliches but thats just for the effect.
intresting though.
In reply to DEvans: No, not much in the actual notes I guess, but plenty in the rhythm.
In reply to Jon Stewart:
Play an A, then drop down to an Eb. Instantly everyone will say it's jazz, because the tritone doesn't really appear in any other music?...actually Mozart used it occasionally, so did Lizt and several others, and there enters the problem of taking one piece of music and classifying it.
> Is this jazz?
Play an A, then drop down to an Eb. Instantly everyone will say it's jazz, because the tritone doesn't really appear in any other music?...actually Mozart used it occasionally, so did Lizt and several others, and there enters the problem of taking one piece of music and classifying it.
In reply to Tiberius: The silly jazzy tune, while fun, isn't really the point though
In reply to DEvans: Guitar's going well thanks Dan. I've just finished playing a short run of shows up here in Fort William - great fun playing with a small orchestra band, and some good tunes too including a really nice bossanova that I was able to put my own touches to.
No new guitar yet, and not really in a position to be buying. I can't complain though - the ones I have got are perfectly good.
No new guitar yet, and not really in a position to be buying. I can't complain though - the ones I have got are perfectly good.
In reply to Tiberius:
jazz isn't the notes as i just consider that music. music can be played in a jazz style but that doesn't make it jazz.
jazz isn't the notes as i just consider that music. music can be played in a jazz style but that doesn't make it jazz.
In reply to Jamie Hageman.
is there anything with you playing on youtube. would love to see or hear something.
is there anything with you playing on youtube. would love to see or hear something.
In reply to DEvans:
I think it's more complicated than that, which is what I was getting at really. As I said, most people hear the tritone and say jazz, without realising that it's actually used in a lot of music styles.
Same with classical though, most people think 'highbrow' music, without realising that a lot of classical music was really the 'pop' music of the day. Straus's waltz's for example. That was the disco music of the era.
> jazz isn't the notes as i just consider that music. music can be played in a jazz style but that doesn't make it jazz.
I think it's more complicated than that, which is what I was getting at really. As I said, most people hear the tritone and say jazz, without realising that it's actually used in a lot of music styles.
Same with classical though, most people think 'highbrow' music, without realising that a lot of classical music was really the 'pop' music of the day. Straus's waltz's for example. That was the disco music of the era.
In reply to DEvans: Ok, while we're on the Youtube clips, try playing along with this!
youtube.com/watch?v=2kotK9FNEYU&
youtube.com/watch?v=2kotK9FNEYU&
In reply to DEvans: 'Jazz is the teacher, funk is the preacher'.
youtube.com/watch?v=y9g6ZJjt9lg&
Seriously though kids, asking 'what is jazz' is like asking 'what is music'.
youtube.com/watch?v=y9g6ZJjt9lg&
Seriously though kids, asking 'what is jazz' is like asking 'what is music'.
In reply to Andrew Murray:
It's easy enough to define the central core, just difficult to come up with a definition that includes everything that is, and excludes everything that isn't
It's easy enough to define the central core, just difficult to come up with a definition that includes everything that is, and excludes everything that isn't
In reply to DEvans:
"If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know" - Louis Armstrong
> what do you think jazz is?
"If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know" - Louis Armstrong
What's the differnce between a rock guitarist and a jazz guitarist?
A rock guitarist plays three chords in front of thousands of people, a jazz guitarist plays....
A rock guitarist plays three chords in front of thousands of people, a jazz guitarist plays....
In reply to flaneur:
i know what jazz is for me. i should have asked what jazz is for you.
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i know what jazz is for me. i should have asked what jazz is for you.
In reply to Jamie Hageman: , yep , would also like to hear some of your stuff, what's the jazz scene like up North ?
In reply to DEvans:
Now that's a more interesting question.
For me at the moment, it's mainly the decendants of cool. ala the Bossa Nova of Stan Getz and the modal of Miles Davis. Mixed in with some all time classics such as Stanley Turrentine (vera cruz).
As time goes by, I probably apprecieate Parker and Dizzie more, but tbh I still don't like them. Same with Coltrane, great music, shit sound...I know, the Jazz Mafia already has a hit out on me
> ...i should have asked what jazz is for you.
Now that's a more interesting question.
For me at the moment, it's mainly the decendants of cool. ala the Bossa Nova of Stan Getz and the modal of Miles Davis. Mixed in with some all time classics such as Stanley Turrentine (vera cruz).
As time goes by, I probably apprecieate Parker and Dizzie more, but tbh I still don't like them. Same with Coltrane, great music, shit sound...I know, the Jazz Mafia already has a hit out on me
In reply to nk: I recorded this as I was trying to get to grips with a new program called Mixcraft on the PC. I had (and am still having) trouble with lag - tracks that are overlaid go in and out of sync', so that I have to go through manually and try to shift them about - very time consuming and the result is often not great. I know I need a better soundcard, but can't afford it yet. I used to use Cakewalk on my old PC which I got on very well with, but apparently it doesn't work on Windows Vista. Now I'm thinking about getting a digi 8 track recorder. Anyway, not a great recording but quite fun to do. youtube.com/watch?v=baldZIorbU4&
In reply to Jamie Hageman:
Your UKC profile says you're 32! When was that?
Seriously though- I thought it was great. Was having an awful day and about to explode. Not anymore- well chilled. Thankyou and keep up the good work.
Your UKC profile says you're 32! When was that?
Seriously though- I thought it was great. Was having an awful day and about to explode. Not anymore- well chilled. Thankyou and keep up the good work.
In reply to Tiberius:
have you not tried the more modern jazz giants.
kenny garret, branford marsalis. they are the best of everything up to now. i still love all the jazz greats but the new stuff is pushing me the way the greats were pushing in there day. i love parkers weaving lines but with branford and co it's the whole group on so many levels. it makes my brain spin. plus the sound is clean and you can hear them all very well. garret too. plus there are loads more players.
maybe you prefer a slower tempo and more space in the tunes. i just want the hard stuff. the crack cocaine of jazz.
have you not tried the more modern jazz giants.
kenny garret, branford marsalis. they are the best of everything up to now. i still love all the jazz greats but the new stuff is pushing me the way the greats were pushing in there day. i love parkers weaving lines but with branford and co it's the whole group on so many levels. it makes my brain spin. plus the sound is clean and you can hear them all very well. garret too. plus there are loads more players.
maybe you prefer a slower tempo and more space in the tunes. i just want the hard stuff. the crack cocaine of jazz.
In reply to Jamie Hageman:
excellent stuff man.
i think the sound is fine. i love the guitars too. what is that f hole one. very cool.
would love to hear a bit of django stuff as i will be able to pick up on your style and ideas a bit more easily. if you could knock one of those up that would be great.
if my computer skills were better i would say send it over to me and i could add some drums just for fun.
we could have a virtual UKC jazz collective.
dan
excellent stuff man.
i think the sound is fine. i love the guitars too. what is that f hole one. very cool.
would love to hear a bit of django stuff as i will be able to pick up on your style and ideas a bit more easily. if you could knock one of those up that would be great.
if my computer skills were better i would say send it over to me and i could add some drums just for fun.
we could have a virtual UKC jazz collective.
dan
In reply to DEvans:
I wasn't being entirely serious, but since you ask...
Duke Ellington: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QXUYpPa87M&feature=related
Pharaoh Saunders: youtube.com/watch?v=kmL1da8VhiE&
Miles Davis: youtube.com/watch?v=kmL1da8VhiE&
Thelonius Monk: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QXUYpPa87M&feature=related
Louis Armstrong: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfGZB78R7uw&feature=related
Nils Petter Molvaer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcABpmtaCcw&feature=related
Cecil Taylor: youtube.com/watch?v=cP5L8tjnB6w&
Bill Evans: youtube.com/watch?v=dH3GSrCmzC8&
Lee Morgan: youtube.com/watch?v=yf1Eo-6sDIE&
I've not yet properly got Coltrane, still trying, one day perhaps...
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I wasn't being entirely serious, but since you ask...
Duke Ellington: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QXUYpPa87M&feature=related
Pharaoh Saunders: youtube.com/watch?v=kmL1da8VhiE&
Miles Davis: youtube.com/watch?v=kmL1da8VhiE&
Thelonius Monk: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QXUYpPa87M&feature=related
Louis Armstrong: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfGZB78R7uw&feature=related
Nils Petter Molvaer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcABpmtaCcw&feature=related
Cecil Taylor: youtube.com/watch?v=cP5L8tjnB6w&
Bill Evans: youtube.com/watch?v=dH3GSrCmzC8&
Lee Morgan: youtube.com/watch?v=yf1Eo-6sDIE&
I've not yet properly got Coltrane, still trying, one day perhaps...
In reply to flaneur: You've got a Duke where you should have a Monk!
In reply to Steve John B: But what a Duke! I've never really heard much of his stuff, shameful gap in my listening. Have stuck the Newport CD onto my wishlist. Thanks!
In reply to Jamie Hageman: nice one , i play in a jazz funk fusion band but we also do some latin stuff , chick corea and jobim . if I'm ever up north it would be cool to hook up and play some tunes , maybe a UKC jam session /recording .
ps love the photos
ps love the photos
In reply to DEvans:
Not much reeli, Brecker, Bob Berg...see even the modern ones are dead now
I guess I don't have so much time to keep hunting out new stuff, especially when 90% of it is crap (not that 90% of the old stuff wasn't also crap).
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> have you not tried the more modern jazz giants.
Not much reeli, Brecker, Bob Berg...see even the modern ones are dead now
I guess I don't have so much time to keep hunting out new stuff, especially when 90% of it is crap (not that 90% of the old stuff wasn't also crap).
In reply to Steve John B:
Ooops! It's a cracker though, isn't it? The Paul Gonsalves solo was said to be inspired by a particularly attractive woman in the audience standing up on her own and getting down to the music
Monk: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRUWtrgTpcs&feature=related
Free bonus Tiny Grimes and Charlie Parker: youtube.com/watch?v=_BnFRd11sMk&
> (In reply to flaneur) You've got a Duke where you should have a Monk!
Ooops! It's a cracker though, isn't it? The Paul Gonsalves solo was said to be inspired by a particularly attractive woman in the audience standing up on her own and getting down to the music
Monk: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRUWtrgTpcs&feature=related
Free bonus Tiny Grimes and Charlie Parker: youtube.com/watch?v=_BnFRd11sMk&
In reply to Tiberius:
20 minutes on you tube with a couple of names will find you some good stuff. just flick around.
20 minutes on you tube with a couple of names will find you some good stuff. just flick around.
In reply to DEvans:
Ok, I've just recorded this. Oh dear, and I was meant to be working. Don't tell the missus I've been fannying about with the guitar again!
youtube.com/watch?v=BbDrvAYSBGY&
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> would love to hear a bit of django stuff as i will be able to pick up on your style and ideas a bit more easily. if you could knock one of those up that would be great.
> would love to hear a bit of django stuff as i will be able to pick up on your style and ideas a bit more easily. if you could knock one of those up that would be great.
Ok, I've just recorded this. Oh dear, and I was meant to be working. Don't tell the missus I've been fannying about with the guitar again!
youtube.com/watch?v=BbDrvAYSBGY&
In reply to Jamie Hageman:
thats very good.
i think the tune suits the style quite well. i can see django playing away to that ver happily.
excellent stuff. i will be listening again.
dan
thats very good.
i think the tune suits the style quite well. i can see django playing away to that ver happily.
excellent stuff. i will be listening again.
dan
In reply to DEvans: Thanks. It's a bit rough and ready, but I didn't want to get bogged down in re-takes or start adding effects, so there're a few bum notes!
In reply to Jamie Hageman
i prefer to hear things like that.
when you have more time maybe a bigger solo?
i'm looking for some kind of editing music multi track recording thing for my PC, what would you recomend and can i get it for free on the net?
dan
i prefer to hear things like that.
when you have more time maybe a bigger solo?
i'm looking for some kind of editing music multi track recording thing for my PC, what would you recomend and can i get it for free on the net?
dan
In reply to DEvans: I'm really not very experienced in recording gear, sorry. I have heard people rave about Audacity though, and that's a free download I think. I use something called Mixcraft but have a few issues with it, mainly the lag between tracks. I bought it for about £20 from Amazon a few years ago. I think my soundcard really needs replacing for it to run fault-free.
In reply to DEvans:
Nice vid! Definitely sums up the conversation (or is it an arguement?) between the musicians very nicely. I can't answer your original question though. It's funny how it's so easy to recognise jazz, but so hard to acurately describe it.
Wee Jamie - The recordings sound really good. Unusual to see a Maccaferri with a pick guard. Who built it?
Nice vid! Definitely sums up the conversation (or is it an arguement?) between the musicians very nicely. I can't answer your original question though. It's funny how it's so easy to recognise jazz, but so hard to acurately describe it.
Wee Jamie - The recordings sound really good. Unusual to see a Maccaferri with a pick guard. Who built it?
In reply to alexrp: I renovated the guitar myself. It's a Chinese copy with a tonne of Laquer on the top, so I took it back to bare wood and french-polished it. I think the tone has developed a little since doing it, but I knew the top would be prone to dents, so added a home-made maple scratch-plate. The old tailpiece broke a while ago, so I had one made by the lovely Killy Nonis of Canterbury. Hey presto, it's a better guitar for me now and really looks the part too.
In reply to alexrp:
i thought the vid might give an insight into jazz for people who don't get whats going on and think it's all just playing what you want.
i know it's not what the whole of jazz is. when i play jazz i listen so hard to the others and respond to them that it really is like a talking having fun making jokes being serious all sorts of things.
glad you liked it.
i thought the vid might give an insight into jazz for people who don't get whats going on and think it's all just playing what you want.
i know it's not what the whole of jazz is. when i play jazz i listen so hard to the others and respond to them that it really is like a talking having fun making jokes being serious all sorts of things.
glad you liked it.
In reply to DEvans: Hi Dan, do you have any recordings yourself I can listen to?
In reply to Jamie Hageman
no i don't. not at the moment. i have a clip of my friends playing a bit, i might try and post that somewhere.
no i don't. not at the moment. i have a clip of my friends playing a bit, i might try and post that somewhere.
In reply to DEvans:
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here are my friends playing. it's a while back but some good brotherly cominication going on. we had collectivly bought yohann on the right the guitar so he was testing it out.
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here are my friends playing. it's a while back but some good brotherly cominication going on. we had collectivly bought yohann on the right the guitar so he was testing it out.
Heh heh. Sounds like you've both got some Django in you. I love that sound. Shame I can't play that well myself. Oh well, give it another 10 years.
What do you think of this guy? I only just heard of him and I'm quite liking his style.
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What do you think of this guy? I only just heard of him and I'm quite liking his style.
youtube.com/watch?v=vCnT8prUqFY&
In reply to DEvans: I've just started a Jazz Degree of all things here in leeds... And i still couldn't really tell you what jazz is
In reply to DEvans: nice videos up there too! I'm loving this at the moment
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In reply to DEvans:
I liked the 'Comment te dire adieu' one. Nice.
Judging by the sound quality which is crisp as on the geetars, did you opt to add some random french chicks chatting to spice it up? ; )
I liked the 'Comment te dire adieu' one. Nice.
Judging by the sound quality which is crisp as on the geetars, did you opt to add some random french chicks chatting to spice it up? ; )
In reply to DEvans:
For me its when I flail about wildly on an instrument and get a few notes that are on key.
For me its when I flail about wildly on an instrument and get a few notes that are on key.
In reply to DEvans: Great playing, and such a nice setting for some music. They're on a different level to my ability, but I always tell myself that as long as I am enjoying my guitar playing, not to worry about what I can't play/haven't achieved.
Tonnes of fresh snow up here at the mo - almost down to the ground in Glen Nevis, and very white! Winter's not over yet
Tonnes of fresh snow up here at the mo - almost down to the ground in Glen Nevis, and very white! Winter's not over yet
In reply to DEvans:
Just found this which I though was funny:
Journalist: "Miles, can you define the jazz in 4 words"
Miles: "Louis, Amstrong, Charlie, Parker"
Journalist: "and in 4 syllables ?"
Miles: "Char, lie, Par, Ker"
Just found this which I though was funny:
Journalist: "Miles, can you define the jazz in 4 words"
Miles: "Louis, Amstrong, Charlie, Parker"
Journalist: "and in 4 syllables ?"
Miles: "Char, lie, Par, Ker"
In reply to Jamie Hageman:
they practice ALOT so it's not suprising they are good.
i missed the art programme you were on so am going to try and see it as i'm very intrested.
i do a lot of picture framing for artists so if you are ever looking for a new picture framer let me know.
dan
they practice ALOT so it's not suprising they are good.
i missed the art programme you were on so am going to try and see it as i'm very intrested.
i do a lot of picture framing for artists so if you are ever looking for a new picture framer let me know.
dan
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