kennywtelejazz

Hi Rik ,

I like what you did Your version is a good listen 

You had nice octaves going during the songs opening phrases .. I enjoyed  the  space and breathing room you left open as the song played .

Yeah , nice use of electric Gypsy type of scales and sounds , Sounds good man .

all the best,

Kenny

15 hours ago, InstrEd said:

I'm hanging in, in suspense on what happens next. Would Theodore Roosevelt approve of this picture?? 

Actor portrayal due to my desire to  adhere to the forums TOS .

13 hours ago, craigb said:

Oh, come on!  Let's be honest here.  How many of you looked at Kenny's image up there and DIDN'T think "Wow, that crane is really cool!  I want one!"?????  ?

I'll say one thing for Studio Bear , He don't skimp when it comes to having all the necessary tools .

12 hours ago, InstrEd said:

Why is Bapu interested in Cranes now. I can't keep up with him. Don't try to tell me Kenny put up the picture. Bapu put him up to it. Bapu  is everywhere

12 hours ago, InstrEd said:

I refuse to answer this.  But I will say I was mighty impressed with the length of this Crane?

all the best,

Kenny

On 7/27/2019 at 5:46 AM, antler said:

 

The only problem with that setup is... how do you get in/out?

Kenny

On 7/26/2019 at 5:21 PM, Jesse Screed said:

I can't know for sure.

I wish I could help you unfortunately  My Lips Are Sealed ...burp ..

Say while I have your attention , could you please pass me the apple sauce ?

Kenny

On 7/28/2019 at 5:17 PM, Bapu said:

i'm a webmaster

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

at beyondmydaw.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

guffaw

OK I believe you ..

Kenny

On 7/25/2019 at 8:36 AM, freddy j said:

Excellent playing!!  Your excellent playing skills really bring out the emotion of this song.

Hi Freddy ! thank you for the song listen and kind words .

On 7/26/2019 at 6:47 AM, Joad said:

very cool playing,  when I heard that bit at the start of the song I went out and bought a volume pedal.

Joad ,

A volume pedal is a cool thing to have ...I need to get one someday ...till then, I will continue to just use  my pinky.

( on the guitars I have that will let me do it that way )  .

glad you dug my geetar playing ...

On 7/26/2019 at 7:24 AM, Grem said:

I listened to this the other day. I thought to ask (but I really didn't want to go down that road again! LOL : ) if that was you using the volume knob or it was the guitar synth. Because I can't make out where the synth is. IJK. I am thinking it's the part with what sounds like vibrato/tremelo? 

Listened to it at work the other day and today I listened again on my monitors at home and I could really hear much more definition here at the house. 

Really good playing Kenny. Great touch as always. And nice tone. 

Hello Grem ,

 Glad you gave this one a listen and dug the sounds ...

I put a lot of thoughts into things long before I even touch my instrument ..

I live w a track primarily w my ears and heart only  . I listen I listen I listen ...then I listen some more .

If I dig the track enough I create a story and make a loose plan of what I might play ...then I will experiment and play over the parts of the song that may give me a problem ...

Don't get me wrong , I also will play over the parts I like , the thing is I don't like flying high on my guitars fret board and then hitting a section of a song that takes me out into a back alley , beats me up and then tries it's best to mug  me ...

To be perfectly honest I don't really care what guitar I'm gonna play or what type of gear I'm gonna use ..all that "stuff " is there is to serve me , not the other way around...

I generally  have one or two guitars out within arms reach at all times . Thankfully my super large dog does not think they are his personal chew toys ...

Depending on what Guitar I  have out  will determine whether I will use it or not . In this case I had a solid body and a Jazz Box out ...that's what I used ...

As far as guitar synths goes , I have older tunes out where it is all heavy synths and textures ...Now a days I tend to use my midi guitar playing in more subtle ways ..

In this song the most obvious  guitar synth section was  the section you pointed out.  Then there's the 12 string on the other side ( left )

My Bass playing was on a 4 string ,yet in  those sections my guitars counter melodies were analog Jazz box right&  Gtr Synth left ...

anyway that's all care to share for now , have a good one ,

Kenny

^^^^^^^bitfliper ^^^^What!

I wasn't expecting that at all considering the tune ? 

Wow ,that little girl is certainly the cannon .. love all the little faces and expressions she does...

Man , she can sure play.....now I feel old

Kenny

H Grem ,

Yes your playing over the B T came out very good .

I'm glad you went for it ,

Kenny

Kenny

21 minutes ago, InstrEd said:

Kenny I'm ? drooling over all those keyboards.  I would be in synth heaven!!!!!

Hi Ed , Yes  that makes 2 of us ...

Kenny

1 minute ago, InstrEd said:

Sad thing is I bet the bear produces better mixes then me?

                                                                      I hear you on that one   ...That Bear has some home studio

Kenny

Kenny

On 7/21/2019 at 3:49 AM, DeeringAmps said:

Nicely done!

keep us updated. 

T

T ! thank you for the song listen ,I sure will.

On 7/21/2019 at 4:31 AM, garybrun said:

Looking forward to listening to the finished project.

Hi garybrun , Me too ?

I'm trying over here ..progress seems slow ..

thank you for commenting

On 7/21/2019 at 8:05 AM, amiller said:

Yeah, I like this.

amiller , Glad you do . thanks .

On 7/21/2019 at 1:12 PM, AndyB01 said:

Nice playing Kenny - love those mutes (and everything else), great clean sound as well - so many places you can take this - a very enjoyable listen.

Andy

Hi Andy ! I have been messing around on the side w where I may want to take this ...I'm glad you like what I have done so far .

I'm glad I trusted my original playing instincts ..now I have to be super careful as to what I may add to the song .

thank you for your comments .

On 7/21/2019 at 1:42 PM, emeraldsoul said:

Super nice on the volume swells. You have excellent feel of when to play, and when not to. Cool beans!

cheers,

-Tom

I love doing the volume swells. They are done using only my right hand pinky w a synchronized left playing hand ...no automation .

When I was younger people used to tell me I would be a really good guitar player once I slowed down and played with a lot more feel  ...

They didn't tell me that it was gonna take a real long time and for me to get a lot older for that to happen ?

On 7/22/2019 at 12:19 PM, Lynn said:

It seems like I heard a little Roy Buchanan in this.  Is that possible?  Anyway, I love your playing!

Hi Lynn,

Sure it is possible .  I love Roy's playing ...

thank you for always being so kind and generous in your comments on my playing . it means a lot too me .

23 hours ago, bjornpdx said:

Kenny
Yes I did enjoy the playing. Professional caliber as usual.
 

Hi Bjorn ,

I'm glad you liked my guitar playing on this .

23 hours ago, bjornpdx said:

Do you ever hit a wrong note? ?

As a matter of fact , yes I do hit lots of wrong notes . When I practice I go out of my way to hit them .

" Yesterdays Wrong Note Discovered in Practice Has The Potential to Become Today's New Hip Sounding Passing Tone " he he he 

thank you all ,

Kenny

Kenny

14 minutes ago, msmcleod said:

As far as I know, the only thing that will save patterns into arp files is Project 5, which is sadly discontinued.

Yeah tell me about it ....I still miss P 5

All the arp patterns that came w P 5 are included in SONAR / Cakewalk ....they have been for a while ...

They show up both as midi files and pattern files

it is true you may not be able to save them as pattern file ..you can save them as midi files .

It has been a while since I have recorded the arp patterns in real time so my info may be rusty ...

what I used to do was set up a synth and then play the synth w the midi track section enabled ...then I would send that out to another midi track to record the arp affected midi as it was rendered  ...rust like I said but i did end up with a usable midi file w arp to ue any way I wanted .

any way I do not know if I'm helping any ? if I'm not helping any , I'm sure scook will show up pretty soon and correct my misguided misinformation 

Kenny

WOW , Your Les has a nice expressive throaty sound ...( it is a Les right ? )

Yes that was a good listen . I enjoyed your song and your playing .

There was a nice uplifting vibe and mood through t the song as it played .

keep up the good work .

Kenny

Your song is laying down a serious groove and kicking some Hard core ***** . Man I love this type of Fusion

Reminds me a lot of some of Michael Brecker & Steps Ahead Music on most fronts except for the bass .

Daryl Jones plays a lot more flamboyant ....Hey your guitar player sounded a little bit like Mike Stern ...

Now I miss Mike B ...we were casual friends . I got to hang and know him pretty good when I worked on music row in NYC .

Then when we both wound up in sobriety ...it sealed the connection .

I used to give him cassettes of my tunes ...talk about having a sett of balls and being fearless  .He like my playing but it wasn't right for him

When I asked him how I could get to play with him he told me that he was locked down pretty tight as far as his circle went .

He told me straight up that I would be much  better off trying to find  unknown musicians that had the playing goods and chops ....meaning  the next Mike B ....

Alright ..When do I start playing with you ? ?

Kenny

PS Oh yeah I did enjoy listing to your song ....great energy all across the board

That is a pretty serious message you conveyed in the song and your video . Your vocals  combined with the visuals and the music were synergistic

You sound big because you acknowledged how small we really are . (as individuals  in the grand scheme of things  .)

Other than that words fail me .

Kenny

Hey Rembrandt eat your heart out .

My pic might only be a still photo . As we all know . I don't rank as high around here as CC Larry does .

Yeah that won't stop me because I'm still going to Wally-world to get a frame for it and hang it on my wall right over my fireplace .

Now I can spend all day looking at this cool looking synth and get nothing done ?

All kidding aside I did enjoy the videos Tracktion has up on that synth ...

Kenny

On 7/17/2019 at 9:03 AM, Lynn said:

Once upon a time, I took guitar lessons from a jazz stylist like you, but it didn't rub off, unfortunately.

Hi Lynn,

Hey man don't so feel bad . You sound good doing things the way you are doing things 

My first ever official guitar lesson didn't go exactly the way I wanted it to go either.

I sit down and my first real guitar teacher ( Gus DeGazio ) says to me " hey kid what do you want to learn " I tell him " I want to learn Secret Agent Man "

He leans over his guitar and pulls his glasses down low to look over them as he stared me down ....my throat felt dry and  lumpy as  I sat there frozen ...

After he noticed that I was frozen stupid and couldn't move  , he gets up , reaches over to a shelf and grabs a saxophone book and the Mickey Baker book.

He hands both of those books to me and  says" here kid this is what we are gonna learn to play on the guitar" . I never did learn Secret Agent Man .

After a few years w Gus he then sends me off to study with Joe Puma .

I  took a bus and then walked 2 miles to get to his house . After I got settled in Joe asks me "what do you want to learn" ?

I tell him "I want to learn to play How High The Moon"

He looks at me and says " why do you want to learn that song  ?" I tell him "I want to learn it because I like the way Joe Pass plays it "

He scowled  as he looked at me with a classic WTF look on his face ...lol

I wish I could tell you it got better fast it didn't...I then went to study Arnie Berle , Robert Yellin ,  Tony De Caprico , and then Barry Galbraith ,

You see by the time I got to Barry  I wised up , when he asked me what do I want to learn I told him" I'm here to learn anything you want to teach me "....

That approach came in handy because then I would later hook up w great  players such as Joe Pass Emily Remler , and Ed Cherry ...

I'm always still learning .....

On 7/17/2019 at 9:03 AM, Lynn said:

  As always, your tone and phrasing are impeccable.  You're a light for the rest of us!

Hey Lynn , super nice of you to say that ......I'm on my way there ...yet, I still have a long ways to go ..thank you

On 7/18/2019 at 3:06 PM, garybrun said:

Nice playing with good tone and phrasing.

thank you I appreciate the listen .

On 7/18/2019 at 4:09 PM, bjornpdx said:

Kenny
I'm always blown away and inspired by your guitar playing. Would be cool to see a video performance some time.

Hi Bjorn ,

For a long time I wanted to transition over to doing u tube videos of my guitar playing . In the past I have done a few ...

Yikes after looking at my u tube page  I noticed the last real playing vid I did was 5 or 6 years ago ..

Yes in a way I'm long overdue .

In a way , I'm not really set up over here for it to do it right  .I need to get lights and a better camera ...all my vids were done on a Zoom Q3 ...

if poeple can deal with that type of quality I may step up again ..thank you for the kind words and suggestion .

On 7/18/2019 at 6:07 PM, amiller said:

“Tank You Berry Much ...Did you get dat silly Wabbit w that SSSSShotgun your avatar is holding ?

For those that are wondering what I'm talking about  . amillers avatar was a cartoon parody of Elmer Keith ....

I read up on Elmer Keith a few years back .I found it interesting  some of the things he had done ...a lot of modern shooters owe a lot to him”

 

Actually, my avatar has to do with a run in I had with a family of raccoons that had invaded my attic.  I tried everything, including trapping and removing them but nothing worked.  When they started chewing holes in the attic floor to enter my kitchen...let’s  just say, sadly, it did not end well for one of the raccoons.

Sure I get it . Elmer Fudd is a cool cartoon character in his own right ... that poor old racoon might of been better off if Elmer gone after him because at least in the cartoons Elmer couldn't hit $hit  ?

Bugs used to sit there chewing on a carrot talking away to the guy saying "What's Up Doc " ?

have a good one ,

Kenny

Hi everybody ,

I woke up the morning and said Hey I feel like playing on a new song . Twanger Central had a new track up so I said OK this one will do .

The Track that I'm playing over was just the Piano only so I decided to stretch out and play various guitars and instruments.

On this song I'm playing guitar , guitar synth , Bass, and a few various other things.

I consider this mix and song  to be a work in progress at this point .

BTW, I nicked that picture off James . That house sure looks like a real nice place to live ...

Here is the piano backing track I played over ....provided for those ambitious souls among  us 

As always , I hope you guys enjoy the playing ,

Kenny

2 hours ago, Pragi said:

Including a special bedroom producer version for S.L.I.P.  and Kenny  .

Thanks a lot Pragi . I'll remember that ?

Kenny

1 hour ago, InstrEd said:

How is the Becan  strip. Is it fully baked ?

Yes, It Sizzles

Kenny

On 7/16/2019 at 4:09 AM, daryl1968 said:

Holy Santana Batman! Spicy noodles

That comment brought out a laugh ..thank you for that .

On 7/16/2019 at 9:45 AM, Joad said:

very nice.

I'm glad you thought so .thanks

On 7/16/2019 at 12:08 PM, freddy j said:

Living here in central/south FL I have been exposed to a number of Latin styles of music.  I'll be doggoned if you haven't done an excellent job on this style of Latin Rock.  Excellent playing and I got a kick out of the background vox  ---  nice touch (nice touch on that guitar also).  Thanks for posting, I really enjoyed this. 

Yes , sure , I bet you hear some very good Latin Music in your area  ...P.R. Cuba , the islands are all a big part of your area's Geo sound .

I'm glad you liked what I did to the track I played over , I'm seriously considering doing a few traditional Latin Jazz  tunes in the future .

( or creating my own from scratch )

Many years ago  I was very good friends with Dizzy's guitar player ..Ed Cherry , ...he brought me around to all the hip music scenes ...

As much as I loved Dizzy's Be Bop I Loved his Latin Jazz even more ...Hearing Dizzy play Latin Jazz w Paquito D'Rivera and or Tito Puente was some of the most intense music I ever heard ...loved hearing Ignacio Berroa, and   Jorge Dalto with some of those line ups ...

thank you for the kind word on my playing . I appreciate what you said .

all the best ,

Kenny

Hi Lynn, 

I salute you for taking on this highly charged subject matter and making a song about it ...Your song has a lot of good things going for it ...

I Dug your lyrics, vox , arrangement , guitar parts and the way you kept me guessing as to where the next change in the arrangement was gonna happen .

Since this song seems to be a work in progress I will stay tuned to hear your next Mix / Song  revision / installment .

Good Job 

all the best,

Kenny

Very nice tribute to your Father . Your song exhibited  some very nice classically inspired  arrangements and  musical motifs  through t its play .

A couple of time I thought the tympanist volume was a tad high  . In addition to that I  also thought the marching snares could have come up in places  ...

I'm a fan of those type of snares because when I joined band in Jr HS they didn't have guitar so the made me play snare drum ?

anyway very cool song ,

Kenny