Category: Music

Frank Zappa “Cocaine Decisions” TAB by JC Maillet (c) 2004 posted April 9th 2004 minor edit Feb 21st 2017 — Modal Basis for “Cocaine Decisions” – Very Rough Interpretation This piece can be cut into four main modal/harmonic movements : …

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viva Analog Octave Amp : high-ring “Purple Haze” style up octaver …

|| : E B | A % | F#-7 C#-7 | % (B/D#) : || … || : D A | G D | D A | G D | E B | A C#-7 | B % | B/A …

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In the the audio portion of this video collage Phill Albert can be heard playing his “360+ Light” preamp “live” in studio …

I remember seeing Tim for the first time in a small bar in Winnipeg in ’87, the same night the Fab T-Birds with Jimmy Vaughn were playing there … the second time was in this “chique” Gas-town bar in Vancouver …

Artist Feature : Winnipeg’s TIM BUTLER Read more »

Over the last 6~7 years I have built many circuits to this fantastic piece of high-improv music that my friend Miguel Barella (guitarist) made and sent me. He is strongly involved in the “experimental” scene, both in his home country …

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Sean has shared the stage with the likes of Betty Carter, Mike Stern, every of the Marsalis brothers, and he also leads his own Jaco tribute band in Victoria BC. He recently sent me some righteous sounding recordings of his …

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I once heard Nicholas Slonimsky say that he admired how Frank found ways of using simple means for deriving complex sounding harmonies – I think this applies to this chord It’s formed by superposing a minor third (bottom) pair by …

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Always wondered how Frank built up this beautiful piece of music … here in its entirety is a bootleg recording of the Osaka ’76 performance, one of the most beautiful rock guitar solos ever recorded … interesting to see where …

Zappa “Black Napkins” // The Full Take Read more »