Recorded at 2:00am on July 1, 2017 by my sweet new friends, Dominique and Ty Walker from Chicago at The Green Mill. The wonderfully musical and lyrical Eric Shneider ran the jam and invited me to play and then to sing a few tunes. It was an honor to share the stage with this man who has toured with Earl Fatha Hines and Count Basie, as well as to meet and play with the house pianist, Dennis Luxion and some energetic kids who were there to sharpen their skills. It's always an amazing feeling to drive into a new city and immediately have new friends to make music with. Magical.
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Coco's Remember Me: A Huge WIN For Music - Explore this beautiful song by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez that just won the best original song award from the Academy and let's learn why its a HUGE win for music in so many ways.
The Pdf is downloadable for FREE. If you like it, please consider doing a small donation to me with Paypal, will be greatly appreciated!
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Remember Me | Free PDF file | 657 kB |
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Once in a while, I suppose I might rant a little bit. This is something that has been troubling me, and I needed to say what I am feeling about it. I think the future of vocal jazz is in trouble, unless we remember the importance of improvisation.
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Aimee Nolte plays Wonderwall - Oasis. MP3 available. FREE MP3 from the video below
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Wonderwall.mp3 | Wonderwall.mp3 - Aimee's cover | 10310 kB |
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It doesn't matter what instrument you play or what kind of music you specialize in. We all want to keep our gigs! Have a little fun with me as I tell you all the things I have learned over the years about how to keep your gig!
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You give me the licks, and I do my best to figure them out...LIVE. Let's go!
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Temporary modulations to the mediant and submediant are very common in jazz and popular music. It's important to learn to recognize them when they occur, hear the difference between them and know how to predict them when playing chords by ear.
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Can you develop perfect pitch? Can relative pitch be taught? These are big questions, and I have a little answer for you. I hope it's fun and helpful! Let me know what your #PerfectPitchJam is in the comments and on Twitter!
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