Improvising in any contex...
The ability to improvise in any given situation be it musical, business, or personal is incredibly important. Learning how to work and improvise within a given framework is a key to being successful and applying the musical principles of improvisation have allowed me to be successful in my non-musical endeavors. The ability to improvise really means being able to adapt to different frameworks and those frameworks can be...
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Guitar and MIDI at Grypho...
Musig Quarterly At our MuSIG meeting at Gryphon Stringed Instruments in Palo Alto, over 30 of us were treated to a fascinating and impressive presentation on guitar synthesizer controllers by Dimitri Vandellos and Warren Sirota. Versatile performing artist Mark Hanson, who teaches guitar at Gryphon, was our host and did a great job making sure that we had excellent sound for the afternoon. We usually have a hard time...
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The relevance of jazz
Nice quote from Mr. Rollins. The Jazz Session » Sonny Rollins on the relevance of jazz. “I think that the relevance of jazz depends on what you think jazz is. For instance, if you think that jazz is a piano trio playing in a small nightclub — they’re good musicians, maybe have a girl singer — and you come in and there are people smoking and sitting at tables … if that is your conception of jazz then of course jazz...
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Triple Threat Guitarist
Dimitri Vandellos: David Grisman’s Triple-Threat Guitarist Jon Sievert Over the past dozen years, mandolinist David Grisman has showcased some of the world’s finest steel-string acoustic guitarists-including Tony Rice, Mark O’Connor, Mike Marshall, and Jon Sholle – while producing his unique blend of Jazz, bluegrass, classical, and ethnic music. Thus it’s a surprise to discover that Dimitri...
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