I recorded a track last week for the @radioliquorice show that my local musician friends put together. I had been thinking for a while of recording a version of Django Reinhardt's Minor Swing. I did it all on my Gordon Smith electric guitar rather than being all purist about it with a nylon string acoustic. I also did some drumming with my Yamaha DD-65 kit. I just improvised a part for that.
https://soundcloud.com/steevc/electric-minor-swing
My guitar solo is not that great as I really need to learn more about playing over the chords. I hit a few duff notes, but you just have to move on. I have done the rhythm part in the Swing 47 duo with @daniellemurray and our band Swing 42 lots of times. I use the 'Django' chords which are what he could play given his crippled left hand. I feel a little empathy as my right hand is not great due to nerve damage. I was able to hold a pick for long enough to play the various parts on this. It was all recorded in about an hour using Ardour on Linux.
I am having fun with the Drumeo course. I am taking it right from basics, but can get through some of the lessons fairly quickly with the experience I have built up already. It is still best to try and avoid bad habits by taking note of all the tips. I was just listening to the Drumeo podcast that they used to do. Seems that the school started back in 2003, so they are pioneers on online learning. That was before Youtube made video the norm online.
Rock on!
Sounded great to me! It is cool how you can put together full tracks now with the guitar and drum parts. That has to feel really good doing everything yourself!
It's handy to be able to do this, but I still want to play with other people.
I get that.
Hey Steeve !
Nice project!
If you want to play simply on Minor Swing, you just have to learn the harmonic minor scale of A and you'll see it's magic!
If you are more motivated, you can of course learn the arpeggios of each chord (A minor, D minor and E7)
The main thing is that you have fun! :)
Thanks for the tips. I was using the A minor pentatonic with a few extra notes. This is stuff I ought to study. With the band projects I've been doing rhythm, but I would like to do more recordings like this for fun. I am focusing on the drum lessons for now.
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Keep it up! As long as it's fun, that's the main thing!
and good luck with the drum ! It's such a cool instrument !!!
Can't wait to hear the rest! ;)
Liking this. Got a bit of rockabilly swing to it! Sounds good, especially enjoyed the drumming. Can definitely hear the improvements from when you first started. Seems like you're catching on quickly!
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Cheers. I'm enjoying it.
You have a nice set of tools. I also own an electronic drum kit
Cool. I didn't want to spend too much until I get more into it. I may upgrade at some point.
Doesn't sound bad to me !LUV
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Glad to see you are still and posting amazing music for all of us to here. I wasn't active from past 3 years, Just came back. Hopefully we will have a great time together again. Rock on !!!!
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