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Archive for September, 2006

Great Ray Brown video

Yazan: Jason | 26 September 2006 | No Comments
Categories: bass, bass videos, videos

Matthew Wengerd posted a great video of the Ray Brown trio playing Summertime. Ray, along with Jeff Hamilton on drums and Gene Harris on piano, really tear it up here. This is a great take on a classic tune. Check out his post here, and check out the video below: technorati tags: Ray, Brown, Jeff, [...]

Rocking the Pachelbel

Yazan: Jason | 24 September 2006 | No Comments
Categories: humor, videos

This guy has created a great hair-metal band rendition of the Pachelbel Canon for guitar and MIDI synth. I especially like the chorus-drenched guitar sound and this guy’s gold-plated guitar! technorati tags: hair, metal, canon, Pachelbel, guitar, chorus

The Google Earth Revolution

Yazan: Jason | 23 September 2006 | No Comments
Categories: education, technology

Anybody who hasn’t played around with Google Earth should download and install it–this program is going to change (and already is changing) the way we see our world and the way we learn about places, plan trips, teach geography, organize resources, and much more. I have written a couple of times in the past about [...]

Why can’t everyone groove like this?

Yazan: Jason | 22 September 2006 | No Comments
Categories: humor, videos

Check out this adorable little kid playing the drums. He’s only four years old, and he can play quite well. Is it that some people have rhythm and some people don’t, or is it something that can be taught? Obviously some people (like this little guy) just have it. technorati tags: youtube, drums, drummer, rhythm

Tackling the "Amati" bass – Part II

Yazan: Jason | 21 September 2006 | 2 Comments
Categories: advice, bass

This post contains thoughts and observations about playing Gary Karr’s former double bass. Read the first part of my “Amati” bass story here.   When I first picked up the Amati bass from Aaron Reilly at the Guarneri House, I couldn’t wait to get it home and start working on my recital program. I pulled [...]