And I am listening!  $h!t starts to get hot at 1:09 but then, whoa, when Hamish the dog shows up, 2:27, and the Blues get real.  Ah-oooooh, werewolves of London.

I was sweating just watching you hit all those notes the way they were meant to sound.  Slow blues with a stumble and attack feel on those riffs makes this a real prize, Craig. 

Did you draw from any single lesson or several examples to ply your riff reiterations?

Truly Impressed by the dedication,

Clayton

Oh yeah baby! This is sounding killer! To me, this is what I want to hear. It sounds like someone speaking to me with meaningful words. You've got me hooked with what you are saying.

Craig, I am so glad you did this. I am beyond excited to hear you are excited too, and that you feel more confident! This really works.

I love your milking of notes, and your chord tone licks are sweet. There's more space in the solo too than some of your earlier improvs. Space speaks loudly. I can hear the confidence in your playing. There is some really convincing talk happening here and I want to jam with you!

WELL DONE!!!

Posted by: @wobbly_bob

In my last post Robert spoke: "I will always claim that reusing ideas is an important part of practicing. We need to have a framework upon which we can build further. Creating something great out of nowhere usually doesn't work well.

Next thing you can try is to play a lick you like on a certain spot in the progression. Maybe when you go from I chord to IV chord. I heard you do this on the V chord - awesome. Now, try playing it somewhere else in the progression. Does it sound as good? If not, figure out why (feel free to ask me).

Next, try playing 2 licks back to back, using the same approach as above.

How about you try adding a lick you like, but instead of ending as you learned it, add a few more notes and try to make it go into the next chord? You can work it out ahead of time, and plan it out. Then try to play it every time you get to the place in the progression where it sounds good.

Another thing that is good to practice is to play the same phrase for every chord in the progression, but you make it fit the chord. This may mean changing some notes depending on the chord. Your goal would be to only change the notes that clash or fit with the chord tones for each chord."

I have listened and applied these ideas in the following. It gives me confidence and makes it feel like I am talking at times!! There are a few places where upon reflection I would have repeated a phrase. Its like using correct grammar.  This is still improvisation,  but its structured improv! if thats possible.  BTW the last turn around is classic RENMAN!!!

Any comments and ideas are most welcome. 😀 

 

Kind of have the Chicago smoky bar blues of South Wabash .

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