Modern Blues Harmonica 128 - jam tracks 6

More from Gussow on the "Swing in G" track from the new MBH jam tracks album, with crisp rhythm guitar by Charlie Hilbert.

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• jam
• tracks
• Adam
• Gussow
• Charlie
• Hilbert
• swing
• blues
• harp
• harmonica

[LouisNiques]

Will you do Stormy Monday, too? Great jam tracks!

[KudzuRunner]

Yes! I need to get back to business and finish up the jam tracks. Thanks for reminding me.

[mottag8830]

Adam, could you write out the chords to the song because I don't know if i fully understand the progression

[KudzuRunner]

I I I I / IV IV IV IV / I I I I / I I I I

IV IV IV IV / IV IV IV IV / I VIImaj VIIb7 VI7 /

V V V V / IV IV IV IV / I I VI7 VI7 / II7 II7 V7 V7

All I and IV chords can be ninths or 13ths

[OzzyCoop]

When you guys started playing did you ever have that thing where you get embarassed if people hear you practice and it makes you not want to practice even though you really want to? Kind of silly I guess. I even freeze up in front of my best friend.I love music and want to create music, not just listen. I actually get clammy and sweaty but as far as I know nobody can hear me. I have always wrestled with this thing. I just can't seem to get over it.

[KudzuRunner]

That's a great question. Yes: I talk about this at every clinic. It's crucial to create a woodshed situation for yourself--a safe space in which you can cut loose and don't need to worry about who is listening. Once you've got that, you can choose when and how to move outside the woodshed. This is a key issue. Solve it by any means necessary.

[nowuseemenowudont]

You know after listening and practicing to you, richie, cotton and sonny boy for over a year on and off I jammed with my brother and he was amazed as i was...

You just dont know till u blow...

Thanks...and love your crossroad jam...

[silvermediastudio]

@OzzyCoop Booze does wonders. But only if you're of legal age, don't drive or operate heavy machinery, and enjoy in moderation.

[hohner2010]

@OzzyCoop do what i have done if your living with parent{s} buy a cheap 3 berth caravan it's perfect, people next door hear you and so does your perant{s} but they all say what they think and at first their like bloody hell your noisy at half 1 in the morning and so on but 6 months later they tell you that your improving and that you sound like the music your playing {i play along to sonny terry} and this has made me feel better about playing in front of people. in a caravan nobodys looking!

[DocMacimus]

Adam, I got to tell you, you know how to entertain, dude. I love it!!!!, I play a pretty mean ass guitar, and a little blues harp. but you make me want to give everything up for the harmonica. Rock on my man.

[Bluewb]

High Adam,

I just found your videos some weeks ago. I´m 54 years living, and it took a long time to find my way, doing Harp all the time, without understanding. Many playalongs with the great, all time wondering, what´s the difference. It´s: go thrugh the lessons. But i never found some, till yet. I hope, i live double time from now, practicin´every day, then imagin´, what i could give to the world, cause of you..

Thanks a lot

Bluewb

[dkcpr]

hallo ...

thank you for your nice videos and big greatings from germany ... Arnold

check me aut with "dkcpr"

[ElizabethGS]

Ozzy..woodshedding is, basically 'practicing'..(guys used to go out to the woodshed to play out of earshot of anyone else, lol)...but I get what he's saying because I'm exactly like you! I can play the heck out of anything ..when I'm alone. Even my best friend being an audience causes me to turn to jelly. I've only played for an audience twice, now..and I was a quivering mess. I'm tired of being told to shrug it off...At least Adam seems to understand that it's a real issue for some of us.

[Gibson889]

really great lesson, I know how to play but I can't ever understand the progressions and things, something I need to work on

[LouisNiques]

With only a C harp I can just jam to "Swing in G" and "Stormy Monday" (in 2nd position) Thus I am curious what you are going to do with "Stormy Monday" ;-)