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Sea Belt said
Nowadays I try to record anytime I “finish” a song. Not only do I play it all the way through, I also describe on the tape all the chords and riffs — “okay here you go from A7 to Bm7 bridging with that James Taylor chord” — in case I will forget later (I’m usually not able to replicate something musical by ear, I need it explained or written down). That James Taylor chord is a handy chord: just do A7 not barred, but instead of having the open A string be the bass, you press on Bb for the bass. It’s notated in some books as A7?
That’s a neat chord progression, kinda jazzy. Bm7 is a good chord, like a Bm but slightly more interesting. Pink Floyd used it a good deal (probably from Rick Wright’s jazz background) so I’m fond of it.
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Sea Belt said
Nowadays I try to record anytime I “finish” a song. Not only do I play it all the way through, I also describe on the tape all the chords and riffs — “okay here you go from A7 to Bm7 bridging with that James Taylor chord” — in case I will forget later (I’m usually not able to replicate something musical by ear, I need it explained or written down). That James Taylor chord is a handy chord: just do A7 not barred, but instead of having the open A string be the bass, you press on Bb for the bass. It’s notated in some books as A7?
That’s a neat chord progression, kinda jazzy. Bm7 is a good chord, like a Bm but slightly more interesting. Pink Floyd used it a good deal (probably from Rick Wright’s jazz background) so I’m fond of it.
yeah, I don’t know if it’s just age and having played so long, but chords merge into each other in my mind — Bm7 is essentially D6 (with a B bass), and so forth.
James Taylor in his song “Only a Dream in Rio” not only does that progression I described, he keeps stair-stepping up until he reaches E major. A7-A7o-Bm7-B7o-C#m7-C#7o-Dm7-D7o-E7-A-B (I think I got that right)
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30 December 2022
Offline My spring break wasn’t all that fun. I did go to Williamsburg which was super cool, but that’s about it.
I was with my cousins and their grandparents and then my other aunts and uncles. It was sort of painful for me to see the grandfather/granddaughter dynamic since I lost my grandfather very suddenly 4 years ago. I just wanted that feeling again… Also, my cousins talked to their father on speaker phone a lot. I don’t have a father so that wasn’t fun for me to listen to for obvious reasons.
During the vacation I was terrified to spend money and to have others spend money on me. I was trembling when one of my aunts asked me if I wanted a Dr. Pepper. If an item on a menu was over $10 I would get anxious.
We also ate 2-3 meals a day. I am a 1 meal a day person. Having lots of food in front of me makes me nervous. But I knew I would get yelled at if I didn’t eat everything on my plate. My strategy was to eat as fast as possible and not think about it. One morning i had to skip breakfast because I was not in the right mind.
On the bright side… I discovered lots of good music from the eldest of my uncles and aunts that were there (heard some beatles too), I learned about 18th century america, and went into some beautiful buildings.
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