Fruit, running and the House Money
There’s fat in sweat. Fat liberated from the cells by aerobic exercise is used as fuel *and* eliminated through the skin as a component of sweat.
There’s also fat in feces. Flavonoids in fruit …
Jon Burr - Bassist, Composer, Arranger
Musician, Developer, Author, Chef
Many jazz musicians believe that playing a great solo is a matter of playing melodies that fit over the chords. They learn chordal scales, standard “licks” that fit over them, pentatonics, arpeggios, patterns, etc–and believe that doing this …
Nobody ever told me to do this.
I wish they had, years ago.
As a typical music geek kid, I wasn’t into sports as a youngster, preferring to practice, listen to and play music. Consequently I had poor muscle tone, …
Too many jazz guys tend to think that composition is putting together a string of “cool” chords, writing a melody consisting of patterns that fit over the chords over some hip rhythms, and then improvising by playing more …
“Where the bass puts it is where it is.”
These are not my words – they’re Milt Hinton’s.
If you want your music to feel right, you need a good …
I love taking pictures. Life is beautiful! These are up on my Instagram account.…
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“Burr … went beyond a Buddy Rich, Tony Bennett or Stan Getz because he was the songwriter and lyricist as well as a performer. …
I found this playlist of recent videos on YouTube – a lot of footage, most I didn’t know about!…
Play on the pads or tips of the fingers in the left hand?
Should string players – or any instrumentalist, for that matter – play on the pads or the tips of the fingers in the left hand? Should trumpeters …