Makes me want to cry
I'm sure we all have that piece of music that gives us chills everytime we hear it. Minnie Riperton always did it for me everytime I heard her sing \"Loving You\", but poking about on google videos I found this. It seriously brings tears to my eyes especially when I think about what happened to the guy. I think we were robbed of one of the greatest talents of our time, check out some of his other videos if you've never heard of Shawn Lane. This has affected me big time, and made me think about how I play.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5686619768616750784&q=shawn+lane
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5686619768616750784&q=shawn+lane
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Nice, nice ,nice touch.... 8)
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I don't intentionally like to over analyze and stuff. I think when people actually play, it can be natural, subconcious and simple to the musician himself, but complicated by having to use big words to describe it. :? Undoubtedly someone could tell us the key signature, what modes he uses with each phrase, relationship of chosen notes in a passage to the root of the corresponding chord.
Myself, I hear it and it has only my own audible frame of reference. I think how his choice of a particular note, relates to the one I expected, or the one I would choose. I know there is a degree of decent compostion to it, but there is most certainly improvisation all along the way. Like a trip from A to B. You check the maps, but choose the route when you're on the road.
Very soulful. Well played. You can tell he loved the song and was comfortable enough to take steps away from predictable expectations.
Gotta boogie.
You're right as always, we filter everything through our own preferences and frames of reference which is what (hopefully) makes us unique as musicians since we have all had different learning experiences. If you know my history you will knowe that until a short time ago I was aware of different scales from listening to CDs but I refered to them by completely different names. I used to call the melodic minor scale the major minor scale hahaha but then I never had to explain it to anyone. Once I started taking lessons you can be sure I started giving things the correct terms in order to impart the information but to me it will always be the major minor scale.