The Practice Room

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The Practice Room | Episode 28 Dec 18, 2019

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The Boss ES5 has arrived! Not that I even get to plug it in in this episode, but it's here! Today I'm going back over some Michael Brecker solos, and working on some time and sound things with the looper.

The Practice Room | Episode 27 Dec 16, 2019

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Today's episode carries on yesterdays work on the new song by recording a full demo of the track.

The Practice Room | Episode 26 Dec 15, 2019

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A little look inside the programming of the HX Stomp from Line6. I'm looking at having this as one of two multi effects units on the board, both to be controlled by the Boss ES-5.

The Practice Room | Episode 25 Dec 14, 2019

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I love it when something compositional comes out of a practice session, and today was one of those days.

The Practice Room | Episode 24 Dec 13, 2019

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I'm always appreciative of the consistency and fluidity playing a show gives you. Especially the very next day when I feel invincible on the instrument and can push the upper levels of my ability during my practice session.

The Practice Room | Episode 23 Dec 12, 2019

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I don't do a lot of playing live in town when I'm home, but this is what I try and do on the day of a gig when I have one.

The Practice Room | Episode 22 Dec 10, 2019

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I was checking out the Animals as Leaders song "An Infinite Regression" from their 2011 release - Weightless. The opening lick is a grouping of 6 notes using a double thumb technique that I think sounds super original on guitar. I know Victor Wooten, one of my heroes and good friends, is one of the pioneers of this technique for bass, so it might seem to weird to come at it from a guitar standpoint. But either way, this is my first foray into using this technique, and it's inspired by my buddy Tosin. I estimate it will take around 4-500 hours of work on this new technique before I can use it comfortably. In this episode, you join in me in hour #3...

The Practice Room | Episode 21 Dec 06, 2019

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Besides getting to two or three legitimate starting points for possible compositions today, I started working on some quasi flamenco technique on the right hand.

The Practice Room | Episode 20 Dec 04, 2019

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Always feels good coming back to practicing after a little break. But that doesn't meant everything flows the way you want it to, as is evidenced by the exercise I start working on halfway through this episode.

The Practice Room | Episode 19 Dec 02, 2019

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I'm a massive fan of Olivier Messiaen, and have been listening to his music for over 25 years. There's some incredibly deep harmony happening in his composition and his overall concept, and applying a little of that to my melodic vocabulary is the bulk of today's session.

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