Monthly Archives: August 2015

Harmony, I'm a Crazy Artist, Music, Music Theory, Thought of the Day, Uncategorized

EbM7 over G, GbM7 (OVER G!) and EM over G…

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so I heard an arrangement of Stolen Moments by Oliver Nelson of course, other night.
over the G in the melody (c minor)
at the end of the head….
suddenly, over (under, rather) a sustaining G…
they played
EbM7,
GbM 7 (OVER a G…)
then EM, also over a g, with NO 7th, major or minor.
I LOVE such shit, but, I am curious….
was there any logic to that, or did they JUST SOUND COOL, or did they just sound “DIFFERENT” AND DIFFERENT IS GOOD when you are playing a jazz standard that has been played many times and you can get sick of it…

regardless, love such things, I.

ADHD Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, CalArts (California Institute of the Arts), Frustrations about women 'n' stuff, I'm a Crazy Artist, Music, Self-Helping, Thought of the Day, Uncategorized

would WOULD I do when I liked someone…

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so HERE’s a question…no, wait-

“….. now THERE’SSSSSSS a Bat-mannnnnnnnn.”

so, as I was saying…
if I DID like someone, um, aside from playing music, listening to music, talking about music, or having sex…or just talking to them…

what WOULD I want to DO SOCIALLY or anti-socially with them…

do I even KNOW this?

one thing that seems to drive me fucking bananas in a bad way is being in um, social situations that don’t really involve music, or that DO involve um, things unfamiliar and uncomfortable (and also not that interesting too, it should be stated.)

I mean, GOD DAMMIT learning new things SUCKS. (yes, I’m early-teenage-mike here, who never learned anything that most people did, yes. I’m 12. or 8 still, yes.)

AND_

people that I DO seem to like (so few, it seems…)

do I REALLY like them, or are they just so similar to me, and is THAT why I like them….

never ending god damn questions…

seems I really don’t know…

ADHD Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Frustrations about women 'n' stuff, I'm a Crazy Artist, Philosophy, Self-Helping, Thought of the Day, Uncategorized

balance scary new with familiar good and old

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….you shouldn’t just break your back PUSHING into new situations which you may find TERRIFYING and CONFUSING and UPSETTING and OVERWHELMING…. why torture yourself?

surely it’s better to mix in some things that FEEL GOOD and COMFORTABLE and FAMILIAR too. you don’t have to be perfect, or a MARYTR to SELF-SACRIFICE, in spite of any youthful (probably male) feelings of insecurity and need for approval from someone.

ADHD Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Frustrations about women 'n' stuff, I'm a Crazy Artist, Philosophy, Self-Helping, Thought of the Day, Uncategorized

…it’s often a little hard to tell (and/or)

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…it’s often a little hard to tell whether I simply don’t have enough experience in a field of endeavor,

and/or

I don’t feel like I deserve to even be trying it (not feeling responsible for other people’s emotions surely will help with this)

and/or

I simply don’t WANT the objects of pursuit to begin with.

African Music, I'm a Crazy Artist, Minimalism, Music, Thought of the Day, Uncategorized

top five favororite James Brown songs, including which version.

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top five favororite James Brown songs, including which version.
(I realize almost no one may play along. it’s ok, I will.)
aside from #1, these ain’t in much of an order.
1. Hot Pants (She Got to Use What She Got to Get What She Wants) from In The Jungle Groove(this is seriously the DOPEST fuckin song ever.)
2. Get It Together from Live at the Boston Garden 1968
3. Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose from Sex Machine Live.
4. Bring It Up (Live) (this song is seriously amazing) from Live At the Apollo, Vol. II (Deluxe Edition)
annnnd
5. Licking Stick – Licking Stick from Say It Live and Loud – Live in Dallas, 08/26/68
these are NOT the Familiar Studio Versions, folks. these are live and the shit. check em.