RockinRobin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6xPJXCTPDs&feature=em-comments Have a look/listen to this Mike. Just a bit of info. Besides the Dave Guardala Fat Boy I have two Theo Wanne slant Sig 2. size 8 and 7*

Well I’ve been blowing the 6th note, and the 5th note. and the one note. Using the octave key to add to the mix. Those notes, the 1st. the 6th, the 5th, and what ever comes next can be blown using the octave key as long as I blow those notes. So I think I’m making progress. Thanks Johnny

Ok, the second and third note is up and running. The 6 and the 5, so we have the 1, the 6, and the 5 to work with. Two more notes and we have a pentatonic. We’er moving on

Shotgun. Sounds like blues. Is it 12 bar blues? Looks like there is one chord in the music, the Bb7

Very interesting Jeff. I do have two large acoustic sound absorbing panels and a sound absorbing reflector shield where the microphone stands or hangs. I have a few old towels to hang over the panels. We’ll see how it goes. Time to practice “Shot Gun” and some other songs.

Saxomonica, you got the lyrics, so let’s go

I have the music in the Key of Bb, Most of the music is in the upper range, not the altissimo, just the upper range and the music sounds bluesy

Shot Gun: I’ve been looking at “Shot Gun” in my R&B play along book. Looking forward to learning “Shot Gun”

Reading 8th notes. A good exercise for reading 8th notes mixed in with quarter notes is “Sound of Silence” with the backing track. I posted Johnny’s backing track for “Sound of Silence” in my GarageBand and I play along the track keeping time. And about that One eyed cat peeping in a fish store sounds like a line from “Shake Rattle and Roll”.

Christian; I downloaded “Over the Rainbow” before Johnny removed the slurs. I never got an updated version.

Today I started “Pick Up The Pieces”; Making progress

About the lyrics. Some times I have to add my own lyrics. Take the song “Pick up the pieces” I have to add my own dada da dah

I took the survey. One thing I wanted to add. Sometimes, often times I need the lyrics for the music along with the notes. Lyrics help me with adding emotion to parts of the music and the lyrics help me keep my place in the music.At least when I’m learning a song. E.g, Take the song/music to “What’d I Say”. I often have to refer to one of my B…[Read more]

Thanks Johnny. Great Song and Tutorial. About Ray Charles:My former sax teacher in St louis Mo. always backed up Ray Charles when ever Ray Charles came to St Louis for a private benefit performance. He said that Ray Charles was a fantastic Saxophone player besides a rocking piano player

You Rock Aminn. Sounds great.

Thanks Johnny.I have a few songs I’m practicing like Whiter Shade, “Satisfaction” “Soul Man” and others.

Johnny. I’m working on “A Whiter Shade of Pale”. I recorded it mucho times on GarageBand. I’ll keep recording it until I get it ready to post. I plan to use it in a video.

I hear the 2nd & 4th beats on “A Whiter Shade Of Pale” or is it the 1st and 3rd beats? What’s the drum story on “A Whiter Shade of Pale” ?