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Here are three simple left hand exercises to practice.

I was messing around with settings on my camera and trying to find some quicker ways to shoot video and I made a lesson up. Simple but you guys might dig it. Wasn't easier and had some trouple with the cam, but consider it a QDV (Quick and Dirty Video).

Todd posted this on Facebook and I thought it was pretty interesting. I think that the basic premise of you play what you hear is so true that it's close to a "duh!", but putting it into practice can be difficult.

When I play, I often feel like I'm three different people simultaneously competing for dominance. There's a panicked animal that's just trying to keep his place and not screw up. There's this analytical guy saying, "OK, V7 coming up, diminished or altered scale?". And then there's this touchy-feely guy who's trying to guide the whole thing and make art.

Check out the part on windshield wipers and the part about the orchestra.

We used to have a way of posting Amazon products here which made it easy to review cds! Well I've finally got it back up and running. So I invite all you guys to try it out and post your favorite vibe cd here.

To post you can go under post, or click below.
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Smokin!!!!

Check out these 2 versions of playing solo! Very interesting to me because they are very very different in there approach. Ted's is always a laid back approach and he has some great dampening technique down that he uses quite effortlessly. Patrice is a great classical player that does a great job crossing over into jazz. He's got some serious chops happening and his approach is really great.

I dug so much listening to both these guys back to back. They're both really worth studying and listening and watching.

Great stuff guys!