musical thoughts

I originally posted this analysis in response to a question on a music forum. The question amounted to “how do you improvise over Dolphin Dance?” This is how I do it at least. I try to keep in mind how the song is constructed and so play something true to the original conception, versus a series of chord changes that may not seem to relate at all.

read more of analysis: Dolphin Dance

Right, this is a test post, trying to see how to best do a YouTube video embedded in a post. You have to click onto the page for this post to see the embedded vid, you won’t get it on the index pages, so that way they load faster and look less cluttered, okay? The video is me playing Round Midnight, Thelonious Monk’s signature composition, hope you enjoy it.

read more of video: ‘Round Midnight