Thanks, everyone for submitting your re-harms of SWV's "Weak." Time stamps and names of artists below. Make sure and leave positive feedback for these brave souls! George Higashiyama - Pavel Duda - Dov Allouch - Hugo Ronciere - Matthew Goldberg - Miguel Munteanu - Gina Mancinelli - Olli Pekkasuua - Peter Fitzsimmons - Francesco Bortolussi - Henrik Martén - Michael Low Chew Tung - Phil Spence - Harsh Shandilya - Hou C Music - Brenda Martin - Geoffrey Rayback - Paulius Skuliesius - Alex Hafezi
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SWV "Weak" Challenge - FREE PDF and MP3
1.25.2019 - You've got until Monday morning, Los Angeles time to submit your own video re-harm creations. I'll make a compilation of the ones that I love and put them together for my video on Tuesday morning! Send me A VIDEO of yourself playing your instrument along with my vocal track. Feel free to get creative and make something amazing! If you want me to add a link to your youtube or social media sites, include it in the email that you send to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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In order to truly understand the music you are playing, a quick analysis is vitally important. Having an understanding of why the song does what it does, and where it does it is KEY to really absorbing it.
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Live Hang Out Time! If you'd like to donate to my album, please click the following link and leave me a note with your email address in it so you can get the extras I will throw your way! https://paypal.me/aimn Thank you! Gear: Earthworks SV33 vocal studio mic Earthworks PM40 piano mic Presonus Studiolive AR8
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Simon Fransman (subscribe to him here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIglhQNl15_hi0M0FD2BFCQ ) Released this amazing piece of work today, and I love it. Katy Perry's "Roar" but it's John Coltrane's "Giant Steps." I had to take a solo over it.
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My favorite jazz players don't show me everything at once. They have the courage to leave me wanting more...waiting to see what they will do next. Finding truth in your improvisation is KEY. Recorded using Earthworks SV33 Earthworks PM40 5'3 Hallet Davis Baby Grand
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“Phil Mattson is the greatest vocal jazz arranger on the planet.” – Richie Cole
In the last while, before Phil's passing, he had a dream to form a vocal group. He invited myself, Tama Shutts, Angela Parrish, Christine Guter and Gerhard Guter (and later, Michele Weir) to be his singers, and we called ourselves "5 PM." Phil was commissioned to arrange "Speak To Me Of Love" by Jed Scott, but let us try it out at this rehearsal, which we recorded (thanks to Mark Mattson). It was shot in April of 2018.
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Make sure to watch Part 1 about McCoy Tyner And Anticipatory Pentatonics before watching this video which analyzes the quartal harmony and complexities that make up "that Tyner sound."
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