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kalohalo

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Mar 05, 2006 12:17

Well, my Jazz Band had our first performance last week, which did not go particularly well. We were supposed to be playing during the interval at the college version of Pop Idol, (cunningly called 'Park Idol') but had several slight problems involving someone commandeering our piano, and the drummer having to rush off to get changed for his act, ( Read more... )

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kalohalo March 8 2006, 08:42:40 UTC

With my improvisation skills, I'm not so sure. But luckily with jazz, you can play wrong notes, and pretend that they were intentional!

bobby_skware March 6 2006, 00:37:09 UTC

I'm in the school Jazz Band. We did have two guitarists, but this year I am the only one. It is scary. Jazz chords are scary. Jazz chords are insane! Have you ever tried playing an AbMI9(b5) (A flat minor ninth flat fifth) or other such fun sounding chords. Gotta love those altered altered chords. And my teacher informs me that those chords are reasonably easy.

Jazz is Satan.

kalohalo March 8 2006, 08:45:11 UTC

I had trouble working out what it meant, let alone playing it. My Jazz teacher has a horrible way of making you number each of the notes of the scale, and then yelling number patterns at you. And then changing key.

Jazz may be Satan, but it sounds very cool. I have just taken to standing at the back and bobbing, and hoping nobody can hear me.

elusivefool March 11 2006, 10:44:58 UTC

Yay, DVDs! *dances* I am currently re-renting them from Netflix one at a time. It’s most frustrating to have to wait a week for the next disc to come. :(

kalohalo March 13 2006, 08:12:31 UTC

I got the eight disc set from e-bay, because they've stopped selling it anywhere else. I'm on the seventh disc now (Loyalty?), and have a great loathing for Maria. Grrr, argh.

elusivefool March 20 2006, 20:25:42 UTC

I am sort of afraid to watch the seventh and eighth discs. Am I being silly? I’ve heard some people say they aren’t quite as good. Of course, even if they aren’t I will almost certainly end up watching them eventually, but, erm, I suppose I’m still recovering from the sixth disc at the moment. :/

kalohalo March 22 2006, 00:39:57 UTC

Hmmm, well, five and six are the best out of theseries, I have to say. I'm not sure that the last ones aren't very good, but after the heartbreaking-earthshatteringness of Mr Kennedy's fate, I was a bit disappointed. I do think the grieving time is appropriate for Archie, though. But that's not to say that you shouldn't watch them!