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Yes, that's the one!, there's a lot of good stuff full length on youtube, like some weird old Jodorowsky movies... La Montaña Sagrada

Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins

It's funny how we all have different ways to understand music, Allan Holdsworth even invented his own rules and notation... I was educated in this field by Yury Pronin, a russian maestro (who studied with Dimitri Shostakovich) he said to me that in reality the important thing about chords is their "function", there are three kinds of functions: Fundamental, Subdominant and Dominant, a chord can mutate its function when another tension is added (i.e. in C major, the diminished triad b-d-f has a dominant function, but when the seventh is added it mutates to a subdominant function: b-d-f-a). Some times a chord can have two functions, (i.e. Em7, or any third grade in a mayor scale can be fundamental or dominant), Also when modulating to another tonality a chord has two functions, one to the key where it comes and another to the following key. This way of thinking is based on composition, where you are sure that nobody is going to add tensions or added notes to your written chords. In jazz even if a Dm7 is notated you must take in mind that the pianist or guitarist probably is going to play more tensions of the chord so you must be aware of the whole scale corresponding to that chord all the time. I like to teach the functions method starting with triads to beginners, they get the picture very clear and simple very fast. Twist and Shout!!

Brown shoes don't make it - Frank Zappa

Hey! have you seen the Apostrophe' DVD from the same Classic Albums series? that one is really nice!!!

Stormy Monday - Bobby Bland

Teenage Wind - Frank Zappa Yes Sr, I'm a BIG Zappa fan!

Boom Boom Boom - John Lee Hooker

Monday Monday - The Mamas & The Papas Hi! I've been out of the net for a while...

Goin' Down Slow - Lightnin Hopkins

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Well said John, sadly there is nothing we can do to stop this. The future of music and musicians is uncertain, specially for musicians who does not perform live gigs, thousands of composers and creative minds with unique voices and points of views are going to pass through this world unnoticed, that means not even forgotten...

This is Julian Lennon openly talking about his famous father: http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=V6eV7ZsghCs

This one is really funny! Cheers!

Nice to see this thread is still alive! John Frusciante playing a wild wha driven solo:

Svatba, Jazz Arrangement of Bulgarian Folk Tune Svatba I wasn't able to find the original by the Bulgarian Women's Choir, but here they are in 1990: Bulgarian Women's Choir Such a bad idea to add "Oh Susana" to their show....

These two clips are just a treasure, BB King on Ralph Gleason's Jazz Casual 1968, enjoy: BB King Jazz Casual Part 1 BB King Jazz Casual Part 2

This one is for all the Vangelis fans around: Vangelis interview in his Nemo Studio 1984

South american luthiers are becoming very prominent, specially on basses, other great luthier is chilean Alfonso Iturra: http://www.alfonsoiturra.com/ http://www.thelowend.net/gallery/viewtopic.php?t=2166

Well, this one is incredibly beautiful, built by Argentinian luthier Daniel Fernandez: More pics at The Low End: http://www.thelowend.net/gallery/viewtopic.php?t=3178

I have always been open to new and different music from all styles and sources, I guess it comes from being always on the move and knowing different people, that influenced my writing for better or worse! I remember when I was 14, a friend of my mother who came from California was shocked to know I was a Zappa fan (I was rised in Chile) she was like: how did you know his music?, why you don't like Debbie Gibson or regular teenager stuff?, then she showed me Steely Dan and I loved it... I guess all you need is believe in your own taste and be curious enough! a friend of mine from school at that time was Felipe Perry, he loved music as much as me and he never played any instrument, he showed me a lot of good stuff like Chick Corea and Deep Purple. I guess the majority of people don't really care at what they listen to, most people only own a few albums, they just want to be cool having the latest hit if they're young or having their youth hits when older, so first it's a matter of fashion and then a matter of memories. Normally after their 30's people stop caring about what's going on on MTV or top ten radio... although I never cared about that!! I know a lot of musicians that only listen to one style like bebop, or metal or classical music and hate other kinds of music or musicians, so I don't think it's natural for all musicians to be open to new and different sounds. I think there is good music on every style.

Yesterday I was re-reading an old issue of Mix magazine and found this excellent article by Paul D. Lehrman, the good thing is that you can find this article on Mix-Online: Marketing to Myself

You'll love this guy, plays acoustic guitar (made by luthier Lito Benito) using just one arm (for obvious reasons)

Hey Steve! I'm glad you liked it, it proves that you're a sensitive rocker Some info about them at the Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Panchos