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The song he's playing has a great hook too.

Every Dog Will Have His Day - Procol Harum

Behind The Rain - Gato Barbieri

groan

Association: Saints and Sinners Sin City - AC/DC

Caesar's trash bin???

Makin' Some Noise - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

This one is definitely lame. And I've never posted this one before, will delete it from my hard drive, and probably won't recognize it and repost it again next time I see it on the net

Exactly!

Sky Pilot - Animals

There are no new jokes, but if you have a short memory like me, you can always laugh at the old ones again

That's only 1/4 of what you need to know, next C, F and G major. they you have it all.

A different take on an old jazz swing standard I've Got You Under My Skin - Mark Murphy

Of course, if you are serious about music, you never quit learning. I've been playing music for a long, long time, and there is still a lot of things yet to be discovered. Notes ♫

You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To - Jazz Standard - I picked this version because I've never heard it before and don't know who she is. I'm posting as I listen, I hope it's OK.

Good points, but if you find the right teacher, you can learn many things that it would take you longer to discover on your own. At least that has been the case for me. Example: YouTube can show you how to play the piano, but a good teacher will fine tune exactly how to curl your particular fingers to be able to play your best. Example: In my early days of playing sax, my teacher fine-tuned how I breathe for maximum breath support, exactly how close to the tip of the mouthpiece to put the reed for my particular embouchure, and how to shape my personal oral cavity to get the fullest tone. From that, I discovered how to change the shape of my oral cavity to get different tones. These are things particular to me, and not exactly like everyone else. Thankfully, I had a good teacher when I was young. I suppose if there was one best way for everybody, there would only need to be one way. Notes ♫

Night Time Is The Right Time - Ray Charles

Formal education and private lessons are very dependent on the particular teacher and how he/she works with the particular student. When a good teacher instructs in a way a compatible good student learns, the student learns well, and at a fast pace. I had one private lesson teacher I 'fired' after one 'lesson'. I've had a couple of students I referred to other teachers because they didn't work for me. I had one student who ended up playing in New Orleans Jazz Fest after only a few years. She learned quickly and wanted more and more. She was well on her way when she moved to New Orleans, and a year later, sent me a tape of her performing in the Rocky Charles band. Like you Craig, I was a quick learner. When in school, I was not only first tenor in the all-state band, every year I was eligible to compete. I was also section leader. Section leader goes to the first alto player by default, and is rarely given to a tenor player. I had formal lessons, I took the Berklee Correspondence course in the late 1970s, so I could learn and continue gigging in south Florida, and throughout my career, my bandmates who played guitar, bass, and keyboards taught me a lot. My first instrument was drums, so I had that down already. I doubled on drums, bass, and rhythm guitar in bands I was in. Add to that theory and music arranging studies, got me to the point that as a multi-instrumentalist, I could write drum, bass, and other comp instruments in a way to make Band-in-a-Box aftermarket styles and sell them to musicians in over 100 countries on this planet. The theory started in school, mostly basic, the advanced theory and arranging was self-taught through books on the subjects. I also make my own backing tracks for my duo, from scratch. They sound more live than the karaoke tracks my competitors use, and the audience responds to that. Thanks to arranging and experience. If I had been only self-taught, I would not be at this point at all, because discovery takes too long, and the input of other minds exposed me to things I wouldn't have thought of on my own. If I had been only school taught, I wouldn't have the experience I had to express my own individuality. In the end, for me, a variety of different learning methods is better than only one. Insights and incites by Notes ♫

Today = Now Now Is The Time - Charlie Parker

One groaner deserves another

Thunder And Lightning - Chi Coltrane I really like this one.

Ideally, I think self-taught plus school taught is better than either one alone. Formal education doesn't make you a musician, it teaches you both the theory and how to efficiently use the tools. If you have the music in you (talent) formal education plus your talent combined makes you an accomplished musician. That isn't to say that without formal education you cannot be a great musician. Without the education, it's just a harder, more time-consuming climb to get where you are going. I'd rather listen to a self-taught expressive musician than a trained musician without any talent. In the end, I don't care about how you acquired your skills, do I like what you are playing? Or not? Is all that matters. Insights and incites by Notes ♫