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wish genz-benz bothered putting tweeter level controls on the shuttle 1x10 cabs -- these look good.

Chaps, Here's a couple of preliminary clips from some function band demos I took part in recently. Used a Nordy VJ-4 with TI Jazz Flats, beautiful to play and a nice tone for this sort of music I think. Check it out: http://johnjosephwilliamson.com/2012/06/21/demo-recordings-blues-armada-thomastik/ Cheers, John

Evening all, Here's a nice fiddly transcription, 'Quite Firm' by the excellent Laurence Cottle. Check it out: http://johnjosephwilliamson.com/2012/06/14/laurence-cottle-transcription-quite-firm/ Cheers John

thanks everyone for the varied comments -- only just clocked that this got any replies when I went for a lesson with geoff chalmers and he told me. In case anyone's interested, I didn't end up unison-ing this in the recital in the end, it was a bit too much with piano alto and drums already, but here's a recording from it. pretty tight drummer I think you'll agree: http://soundcloud.com/johnwilliamson-1/06-clinicology

Hi chaps, I'm currently working on the stupidly fast intro to Cherokee from Nigel Hitchcock's 'Snakeranch Sessions', as played by Laurence Cottle -- a sax player I know has transcribed it for a recital and would probably be happy to pass along the transcription if anyone wants it. Not sure if I'll ever get it to full speed but here it is at 85%: http://youtu.be/oS2XQIPetv8 And here's a video of the man himself doing it much much faster and better: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XbuZF2YmhY&feature=player_embedded (http://johnjosephwilliamson.com/2012/05/25/cherokee-georges-recital-3/) Enjoy, John

[quote name='velvetkevorkian' post='887410' date='Jul 6 2010, 03:30 PM']I guess he's thinking because the 4th of C major is an F natural, which could clash with the F# of the key signature. If he's playing a Cmaj7 chord that's not the case though. I can't see it making a big difference to the tonality just tell him its a passing note if he tries to argue. Remember, theory is descriptive, not prescriptive. Its a way of describing what you're doing, not restricting what you can do. Ultimately, if it sounds good, it is good![/quote] it won't sound very normal, and your friend is right. if you're in e minor (of which the relative major is g) then they key signature has an F sharp as opposed to an F in it. Therefore the the Cmaj7 implies the C lydian mode: C D E Fsharp G A B C. obviously it's not necessary to always stick to signatures, but it will definitely sound distinctive if you put an f natural in. EDIT: so you can go 3 4 5, but as you're in the lydian mode, the 4th is sharp as I described above.

Hi all, A quick pointer towards the guitar head I'm selling on ebay. Very nice it is too: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280517487647&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...=STRK:MESELX:IT[/url] Cheers John