NAMM website has some cool stuff on it. Here is an interview about Yanagisawa.
http://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/wally-evans
Sheet Of The Week (Bonus) – Ballad Of Gilligan’s Island
Sadly, Sherwood Schwartz, who created “Gilligan’s Island” and “The Brady Bunch,” died this past week. To honor him, here is the theme to Gilligan’s Island (which he co-wrote).
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Sheet Of The Week – Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Queen)
I love Queen. Great group and music.
Crazy Little Thing Called Love by Queen for Eb Instruments (83.9 KiB, 278 hits)
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Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band – That’s How We Roll EPK
Sorta a behind the scenes of the latest Big Phat Band album
SMIGLY: Kind of Black and Blue
Stephen Fry on the Importance Of Classical Music
Most excellent speech.
Sheet Of The Week (Bonus) – Diary Of Jane (Breaking Benjamin)
More metal meets alternative I’d call this one.
Diary Of Jane by Breaking Benjamin for Eb Instruments (96.4 KiB, 149 hits)
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Bell Notes – The Selmer Mark VI, Bombs & Church Bells
Amazing video…..
Sheet Of The Week – Animal (Neon Trees)
Yes, you have probably heard this one…..a…..lot.
Animal by Neon Trees for Eb Instruments (98.0 KiB, 240 hits)
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iOS Device for Looping (ala Brecker)
Electronista had this article up about musician getting rid of all this effects pedals in favor of an iOS device.
British street performer and musician Dub FX says he’s considering getting rid of the range of effects pedals he usually uses — to loop his voice and other instruments in the process of creating his beatboxing-based songs — in favor of an iPhone, thanks to the recent release of Loopy v2. So enthusiastic is he about the program that he has posted an unpaid video tutorial for the app
Ok, this isn’t exactly a Michael Brecker using an iPad for looping…..but imagine if he were alive and had access to stuff like Dub FX has. Imagine what else he could have done with Song for Barry. Technology is amazing.
Sheet Of The Week (Bonus 2) – Bicycle Race (Queen)
Since it is a holiday weekend, and that the Tour de France is happening, and that punk ass Alberto Contador isn’t doing well, I feel like giving out yet another bonus sheet. It’s only fitting it be by Queen. Versus TV used this for the 2005 Tour de France when Lance Armstrong was going for win SEVEN.
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Sheet Of The Week (Bonus) – Over My Head (Cable Car) (The Fray)
I still don’t know what is up with the name of this song…..
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Sheet Of The Week – Welcome To My Life (Simple Plan)
Simple Plan. Good group. I think they have another album out?
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Eddie is NOT a Doubler
Charlie Parker’s Gravesite and Inverted Mordent
Dear all,
I’ve finally got some free time to post some information about Charlie Parker’s grave-site & pictures of Parker’s gravestone in a new article in Bebop Cookbook series: Charlie Parker’s Grave & Inverted Mordent in Bebop Improvisation. There have been some discussions regarding the appropriateness of the inscribed saxophone in Parker’s gravestone (some claimed that it looked more like a tenor saxophone). So check out the photo to judge for yourself:-) Biographical Outline of Charlie Parker’s Life, also newly added into Bebop Cookbook, is a bit longer than the timeline-format initially planned. I sincerely hope that these articles will be somewhat useful to some of you.
Regards,
JK