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Happy New Year AM family!
This month, I tried to keep my challenge short and to implement some of the suggestions Bobby gave me after our “one-take-challenge”:
– do not always start on beat one of each bar
– play notes in a greater variety of time, e.g. I tried to play some faster notes over this slow backing track (that was quite difficult for me, not sure if I did it right).I also tried to follow some Brian’s rules for the challenge:
– mixing major and minor pentatonic scales
– playing in mixolydian mode (which sometimes is the same thing as mixing minor and major notes – if I understood it correctly).During the holidays I painted the walls of my blues-basement in a new color and I am rather happy with the result. What do you think?
Anyway, here is my challenge response for December 2024:
Have a happy AM weekend!
Cheers,
Juxi.Bluesige Grüße
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It looks so nice in your new blues cellar, Juxi. You’ll probably spend even more time there now.
And your solo is 1A. I’d say all your plans have worked out. And these fast runs! I thought about it too, but then didn’t dare. But you have mastered them. Also some nice bends in there.
Du hast dir diesen schönen Blueskeller wirklich verdient!Take the chance to meet your AM friends on Zoom
The next Meetup will be on March 29, 2025There will be a detailed announcement here in the forum shortly.
I look forward to meet you.
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Holy Cow Juxi!!! Thank you for mentioning me in your sub – what a great friend! And YES:
You stayed off of Beat One AND mixed rhythms brilliantly!~! When I listen to someone like B.B. King, it’s NOT the lightning speed or these freakish scales/modes/patterns!!! It’s his PHRASING AND TIMING!! I’m working on a ton of Blues songs for a Blues Jam in October. One of his hidden gems (again, IMHO) is a song called Bad Case of Love. His solos are just soooooooooo brilliant. The timing. The syncopation. The space he leaves between:
Here it is: https://youtu.be/xKM1P9UPkY4?si=I6pLYjLJpgYTV-ZY
Take a listen my friend! Straight feel. So cool! Especially between 1:58-2:45. Check out bass solo too!!Bob U. (aka Bobby Ut)
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Short and sweet, Juxi!
Bobby’s solid advice opened some new horizons in your playing and this was a nice demonstration of that. I like the rhythmic variety and some note repetitions, it’s like you were saying something with your fingers 🙂Oh, and I looooove the shade of green you used for the studio walls! I’ve actually thought about repainting my room and I would most likely pick a similar color 😍😜
🎸JoLa
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Loved it Juxi. A very melodic and creative submission with many guitaristic elements on show here. And your sound … the audio down here listening in my lounge (all the way down here in Oz) was crystal clear! ✅✅✅ Also, fantastic music room you have, looks incredible! Happy New Year and all the best! 😎🎸😎
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Very nice, Juxi. I think Bobby learned about smiling in his videos from you.
I always am struck by how gorgeous that guitar is and the tone was great. Do you find it useful to have the 24 frets? If I ever succumb I think I would opt for a 22 fret version, although, that finish could win me over.
P.S the room looks warm and sophisticated.
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Nice wall colours Juxi 🙂 but most importantly great submission, with interesting “looping” licks and I’ve also enjoyed those sliding double stops, superb!
If I wasn't making mistakes I wouldn't be the kind of player I want to be. Perfection is dangerous.
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That’s an excellent sub Juxi. I like that rhythmic element to your playing it injects some life into the backing track which is so low key. The bends were super sweet and spot on too.
I think the new basement colour is an excellent choice too. It shows you have exceptional taste and style. And I’m not just saying that because it looks identical to the colour of my study/music room 😅 -
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Well, I’m a couple weeks late on getting to this, but the paint job is sweet and the playing is, too. While respecting the backing track, you made good use of the various scales on that pretty PRS. I have a single-cut one similar to yours, but without the fancy paint job.
Apologies for being late to the party. I got my dates all wrong and then competing life events took me over.
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