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Blindboy
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Outside the comfort zone

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I am trying something different here. I ran across this cool Bossa Nova blues BT and, even though I am emphatically NOT a Jazz or Bossa player, I had fun pretending. :shy:
I ran through it once with guitar in hand, then took the plunge and hit "record". Here is the result, warts and all. There are places where I get rather lost. :roll: , but some of it is OK.
download/file.php?id=190
Using the Casino through the toneport and fingers only, no picks. :thumbsup: I could probably sound more authentic if I listened to more of this kind of stuff. :roll: It is fun to mess with though.

I think I will keep this one in the achives and work on it now and then until I can come up with something solid. It is kind of long though. I keep running out of ideas. :wall: Anyone interested in a collab? :big_smile:
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bossa blues two.mp3 - (4.83 MiB)

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VikingBlues
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Re: Outside the comfort zone

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Blindboy wrote:I am trying something different here. I ran across this cool Bossa Nova blues BT and, even though I am emphatically NOT a Jazz or Bossa player, I had fun pretending. :shy:
I ran through it once with guitar in hand, then took the plunge and hit "record". Here is the result, warts and all. There are places where I get rather lost. :roll: , but some of it is OK.
As you say, you're not a Jazz of Bossa Nova player - but I think you've had a good go at it, and just after one run through too - nice going. :thumbsup:
Blindboy wrote:Using the Casino through the toneport and fingers only, no picks. :thumbsup: I could probably sound more authentic if I listened to more of this kind of stuff. :roll: It is fun to mess with though.

I think I will keep this one in the achives and work on it now and then until I can come up with something solid. It is kind of long though. I keep running out of ideas. :wall: Anyone interested in a collab? :big_smile:
It is fun to mess around with styles you don't normally do, and as you can probably guess I'm all in favour of no picks. :D: With that in mind I'd not say no to having a go at a collab although like yourself, I have no claims to knowing what the heck I'm doing on Jazz or Bossa Nova (hmmm.. or blues either in my case). :big_smile:
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Re: Outside the comfort zone

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I like how you came in with the Wes Montgomery octave chording. I just dig how you're 'conversing' with the pianist; You have the jazz vibe Blindboy, keep at it.
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bluesinbflat wrote:I like how you came in with the Wes Montgomery octave chording. I just dig how you're 'conversing' with the pianist; You have the jazz vibe Blindboy, keep at it.
Thanks, bluesinbflat. I like the Wes octave thing too, I just need to get better at it and find more places it is appropriate. I'm glad you liked this, I had been posting up mostly distorted guitar stuff, and wanted to tone it down a bit and get "tasteful".
VB, if you are interested in a collab on this, here is the BT.
download/file.php?id=198
I would kind of like to do the first couple of verses (want to explore some of that octave stuff to establish a theme), then throw it open. Anyone else interested? If not we could alternate a couple of verses at a time... :icon_whoknows:
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Dm_Bluesbossa.mp3 - (4.83 MiB)

"Throw yo' big leg over me Mama, I might not feel this good again!"
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Re: Outside the comfort zone

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Blindboy wrote:
bluesinbflat wrote:I like how you came in with the Wes Montgomery octave chording. I just dig how you're 'conversing' with the pianist; You have the jazz vibe Blindboy, keep at it.
Thanks, bluesinbflat. I like the Wes octave thing too, I just need to get better at it and find more places it is appropriate. I'm glad you liked this, I had been posting up mostly distorted guitar stuff, and wanted to tone it down a bit and get "tasteful".
VB, if you are interested in a collab on this, here is the BT.
download/file.php?id=198
I would kind of like to do the first couple of verses (want to explore some of that octave stuff to establish a theme), then throw it open. Anyone else interested? If not we could alternate a couple of verses at a time... :icon_whoknows:
I am interested on a collab - whether I can make sense of it remains to be seen. You doing the first couple of verses would be fine - at least it'll get it off to a good start! :big_smile:
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