Winter Arrives

The song is Winter Arrives written by (I don't remember his name - sorry I'll post it soon). I only play the fingerstyle part; the song opens up into an accompaniment where he switches to single line work and I only work along. Outside it's more like "where's Spring?" During the video a school bus goes by... oh well...

It's May 15th and it's really cold on my porch for this time of years. Just turned the electric heater off. I have not played my Seagull in many many months. It's away most of the winter. I like keeping laminated tops out only during the winter because if I have to go to a cased guitar I may not pick it up. While the Seagull Folk is not expensive, the top is solid cedar and it dings up real easy too. I have a dent in it that looks like someone chucked a dime at it like they were throwing a ninja star. How the hell that got there is beyond me. Nobody in my home is confessing.

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Music

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• Fingerstyle
• guitar
• Seagull

[XsmashX1]

I like mostly all your vids but I realized I think the reason is because you're an average joe. My favorites are "if i only had...", "stompin' at the savoy", "blues for jd", "when sunny gets blue", and this one.

I'm looking forward to watching you're upcoming uploads.

[tuikun02]

bossa no not much at all, I don't enjoy it, but appreciate the gene. Rag style guitar in most cases is my least favorite. Those two

rags on that petteway ablum are my least favorite. I will be doing E Funk from that album shortly, but my next video is "two bridges" by Jacques Stotzem. I've been playing it so long it morphed a bit - intentional and unintentional. It is the most open sounding standard tuning songs I've heard. Sounds more like an alt tuned song.

[XsmashX1]

I ran out of space. I was ganna ask if you enjoy bossa nova (I think it's a sub-genre of jazz from Brazil)? Since I understand Spanish, I can sort of make out what they're saying in Portuguese. They're mostly love songs.

Antonio Carlos Jobin and Elis Regina's "agua de marco" is a fun tune.

So is Jaoa Gilberto's "Falsa Baiana."

I'm ganna have to find more Bossa Nova artists.

[XsmashX1]

Michael Hedges reminded me of Andy McKee. Andy's video was under the "related videos." It went viral some months ago.

I really liked Petteway's "Slinky Soozie." It had a really good vibe to it. Also, "The Darkest Hour" and "Alfonso Brown.." were great. Petteway was great.

I liked "Nefertiti" but it seems like to really appreciate that style you need to either play or watch an ordinary "real" person play those tunes rather than someone with a public reputation. That's why I enjoy your vids.

[tuikun02]

check out Nefertari by Bensusan (as a bensusan example). I don't know what bus got him to this planet, but I'm glad he decided to stay. Java Man by Hedges puts me in a semi-coma too; I don't know why. Ragamuffin does too even more (you can see that here on youtube).

Michael Hedges - Ragamuffin

Warning! It may change how you look at guitar.

Hedges took a bus off the planet too fast.

check "Tommy Emmanuel - Angelina" here too. I real fav of mine. he is likely a best all round player.

[XsmashX1]

Will do. Thanks.

[tuikun02]

Taking your total (up to this point) expressed interest I strongly recommend you buy the following album first >> Shades of Blue by Al Petteway. You will be pleased on multiple levels. Do get it...

[XsmashX1]

Thanks man, I was just about to ask if you would recommend some "jazz" players/artists. Like I mentioned, I'm a newbie to jazz. I like blues too, like john lee hooker and skip james (just found them not too long ago).

I look forward to seeing more uploads. Expect more questions. :]

[tuikun02]

Yes I enjoy jazz and my study was fretboard harmony and fingerstyle jazz. As a teenager it was the whole Led Zep / Jimmy Page thing that turned me on to guitar. I moved fast to jazz guitar after that, but I like all types of guitar playing. Folk, rock, jazz etc it's all good. Here are some "jazz" guitar guys for you. But first I must state hands down Bill Evans is my favorite Jazz player (not a guitarist). Pat Metheny, Jim Hall, John Scofield, Earl Klugh (great fingerstyle). out of space...

[XsmashX1]

Cool. Did you enjoy listening/playing jazz in your teenage years or did you prefer another genre?

Lately I've been listening to Coltrane and Django Reinhardt (I love the gypsy/Sinti style, glad I found Django). I realized I never really enjoyed jazz until just recently, right after my teenage years (almost, not there yet). Was you're experience the same?