Blogging Ottinger (tim)Guitar Jazz from Emusic
I’ve lately been giving some of my regular guitar heroes a break, lest I wear them out. So for a little while, no Dave Weckl, no Larry Carlton, no Lee Ritenour, etc.
Almost all of the jazz I’m now listening to has come from eMusic. That subscription makes me want to pull down more music than I’d normally be purchasing, and the price is quite good. Now I’m into Niacin, Jimmy Bruno, Joe Diorio, the Jazz Mandolin Project, some old classic Wes Montgomery and Earl Klugh (who I understand didn’t consider himself to be jazz, but popular music). I don’t get around much, so some of these I’d not even be aware of except for eMusic’s search services and recommendations. Very cool.
I’m also listening to some new Phil Keaggy releases that just came to eMusic. I love to listen to Keaggy.
Odd that I play guitar, and listen to jazz guitar, but I’ve never tried to play any jazz. You’d think I’d be working through all these great solos and trying to learn the craft, but I’m not. Nor have I learned many pop songs. I tend to compartment too much. It would be cool to be able to do more, but I’m more of an audience than a doer when it comes to this great music.
I think that my next renewal to eMusic will be a downgrade, though. 65 songs a month is really cool when you start out, but you don’t really need to collect that much music in a year. Admittedly, if some more of my old favorites were there, I could manage to do this another year. Still, I’m discovering bands I like in multiple genres. It’s cool.
I found this website to compare guitar strings, called Stringlinks.
They don’t sell anything; they just provide a way to compare prices side by side.
The site was created so guitar players could have an easy to use reference of guitar string venders, all in one place.
Just click on a Vender to compare string prices. A new window will open (to their “Strings” page) from each vender; so you don’t lose you place.
Check it out at www.Stringlinks.blogspot.com
It’s pretty cool.
Comment by Guitar Guy — 2007-August-19 @ 03:56