I was curious how many of you find or use general music information from other sources. I.E. > I stumbled upon this guy Adam Neely that teaches bass but he covers many other topics other than just bass, more toward the theory end. Here are two of his videos. 1. on playing fast and 2 on Cantus Firmus. The second is a beyond my knowledge of theory. That is precisely the reason I like it. It stretches me beyond what I'm used to or am comfortable with. Either way he is a good presenter and all around entertaining. I've watched many of his videos and gleaned quite a bit of knowledge. Anyway. I was again wondering if anyone else does this (finds music info outside of Harmonica stuff) and if so are you willing to share where your getting that information. Thanks C.
---------- "The only way to get better is to play a little outside your comfort zone every time you play!"
Always. And it doesn't matter if it's verbal education, music theory or truly listening to what a guitarist plays behind the harp. As you understand what other players are doing and their perspectives on the music, your musical universe and your playing will expand. Whether it's B.B. King talking about how T-Bone Walker played vs how B played the same things (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG9CnhzffAE); pulling up mixolydian or 2-5-1 jazz backing tracks to play along with; listening to/watching a guitar backing in the style of Louis Myers (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Icl76O0P_w), Luther Tucker (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uFCjHX0c1Y) or Mr. Robert Lockwood Jr (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPP8XXZhb5U OR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUXo3P64k1A) - you will find that you move beyond your (prior) comfort zone. ---------- BnT
This is a great practice to have. I think we should seek out as many different sources of material and instruction as possible.
If we all use the same materials and steal the same licks, we'll all sound exactly the same. Well, not exactly... some of us will sound better than others, but we'll still all just be copies of each other. ---------- Marc Graci YouTube Channel
I stumbled across this the other day. You might not expect to get something valuable for the harmonica from a bass clarinetist, but his humorous but insightful comments on gear put things in a very good perspective.
I take music lessons from some great sources of information including the theory guy Michael Rubin and the question and answer format beats any premade for general public consumption online videos.
