There is a secret built into Bach’s Little Fugue in G minor.
I issued a friendly challenge to listeners to spot the famous Jazz standard nestled among the busy polyphonic dialog in this Bach piece.
Even an offering of 2000 internet cool points has not unearthed the answer, so I’ll give it to you now:
Listen at 1:52
…now listen to the video below at 2:25.
Nerdy but cool.
Happy Holidays!
Is it really holiday season already? With each passing year, the time warp factor kicks up a notch.
New Videos, New Album, New Store
I made a new jazz guitar Christmas EP “Rob Michael’s Christmas by the Fire.” Because I believe an album should more than some audio files and a pretty picture, I’m inviting you to listen and watch via this Youtube playlist.
This features the actual performances heard for the entire album, yours to experience for free.
Let me know what you think!!
We have two new stores on the Android Market
One for Atmos Trio and anothr for Rob Michael projects.
Put “Rob Michael’s Christmas by the Fire” in your Google Music library.
By now, you’ve heard of Google’s new social network Google Plus (G+).
Among all of the great features, the one that gets talked about the most is the ‘Hangout’ where up to ten people can participate in a video chat; either public or private. It’s bone-head easy and works great!
I pretty much always have my guitar in my hands–even when surfing the web. It’s nothing new to me. Whenever I would see a hangout float down the stream, I would pop-in, say ‘Hi’ and play a bit and split. Folks in the hangout have generally reacted very positively. I would always offer to not play (or mute my channel) because I didn’t want to be that obnoxious guy who imposes his guitar playing on everyone. That offer has, so far, always been declined.
Edit By request, I’ve decided to make this tune available for streaming and download. As always, “Pay What You think it’s Worth.”
One potential use for this amazing tool is a real-time jam session with musicians in remote locations. There is still plenty of lag for this not to be totally useful for this yet, but I can see it coming. That gave me the idea to make this video: a Proof of Concept of sorts.
Day 2 of experiments w/ my (Feux) Baritone Guitar tuning. Low to high it’s Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, F, Bb.
Here I’m playing some chords to a melody that meandered by. You likely know someone for whom this tune is perfect.
..and if it’s your birthday, this should set the mood for some reflection/ self-evaluation.
Enjoy.
I’ve said it before, the BEST part about the internet is the ease with which musicians can so easily collaborate. I am super-fortunate to be involved in this international YouTube collaboration orchestrated by Ein Astronaut from Hamburg Germany.
33 Youtube musicians played on this project accumulating a staggering 160 audio tracks and 70 layers of video! You can get a free mp3 of the audio here.
Happy Holidays!
For those that like lead sheets, feel free to read along:
I guess it’s the seasonal nature of Holiday songs that hold their appeal for me. You play them for a couple of months and forget about them until the following year.
I’ve started making short videos of Christmas tunes that I’ve been re-harmonizing lately. Here’s my latest.