Jon Solo Music

there are many uses with this scale.  for example when playing Dmin7(-5), G7(+9), to Cmin, you can use many different melodic minor scales to improvise with.  over the Dmin7, play F melodic minor.  over the G7 their are 3 different scales you can use.  Ab melodic minor, Eb melodic minor, and D melodic minor (not [...]

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study bill evans.  in college i listened mainly to his trio work with scott lafaro and paul motion.  “explorations” is one of my favorite records of all time.  first off there’s two types of playing (in my opinon).
1) linear, meaning melodies, or lines.  2) vertical, [...]

taking the 5:30 ferry out of here today. actually looking forward to getting back to BK.

jamie and I are checking our scores on our iPhones at the beach. not looking at the ocean.

it barely rained. this is the only affect hanna had on Nantucket. btw, the shows were fun. drunken wedding crowd. my type of audience.

o I sort of stole the title from thomas boswells book about baseball, ‘why time begins on opening day.’ but since today is the first day of multiple football games I figure it was appropriate. and to make this day even more special, it’s fantasy football lovers Christmas. woooord.
let’s start with my lineup. [...]

the storm is coming. all the locals around here are psyched. hoping for 25 foot waves, 80 mph winds, mayhem. must be REALLY boring around here if they want this action. actually, I’m hoping for it too. be my first hurricane at sea.