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hope for the hopeless tour 09 brett dennen

Friday, January 16th, 2009

it’s been a busy week.  flew to LA sunday morning, started rehearsals that afternoon.  practiced 6 hours a day till we taped Leno on wednesday.  then we flew out the next morning to Orlando to start the tour.  i’m ready to play in front of people.  tonights the first night.  sold out, can’t wait to [...]

never ending musical journey

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

i’ve played the piano most my life, about 26 years.  started plucking out the star wars theme by ear when i was about three and half.  started my first piano lesson right after my fourth birthday.  i was trained in classical piano because my mom is korean and all asian parents want their kids to [...]

melodic minor

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

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 [...]

linear vs. vertical

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

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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, [...]