Archives for February 2011

2011-02-20 By Bob 3 Comments

Practicing a tune with just a metronome

How I practice “Cherokee” with a metronome on 2 & 4

2011-02-11 By Bob 8 Comments

What musician doesn’t want to play more gigs with musicians they admire and enjoy working with?

2011-02-10 By Bob 2 Comments

In this video I did for Rico (D’Addario) on my process for prepping reeds, I cover 3 steps I use to give each reed it’s best chance to play well.

2011-02-05 By Bob 23 Comments

Over years of touring with little to no place to warm-up, I developed this routine to get me feeling like I’d been playing for hours.

2011-02-05 By Bob 6 Comments

An upbeat blues lick recorded from the back of the John Mayer tour bus.

2011-02-05 By Bob 3 Comments

A classic Charlie Parker lick played burning-fast, medium, and slow.

2011-02-04 By Bob 3 Comments

In this lesson I describe exactly what parts of this track are crucial, and HOW I went about digesting it