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Since I had already done EP184, I considered this: It’s a 12 bar blues in Am, but it uses all minor chords. I spent some time Googling to see what songs (blues or otherwise) use 1, 4, 5 as all minor chords. The only one that appeared was a song called Tin Pan Alley. So I decided for the second time in my life to try singing a song. Am is not within my vocal range, so I had to shift it to Bm, which was possible but not ideal. This meant I had to build a backing track from scratch. I played all parts of it one track at a time. Then I recorded my vocals, and reset the camera and recorded my guitar solos. The solo licks are borrowed from Lucky Peterson (one of the greatest blues guitarists ever) and Stevie Ray Vaughan, plus a very few of my own invention. The rhythm is 4 beats of triplets per bar, which could be called 12/8, I believe.
Tin Pan Alley was a place in Manhattan where music publishers set up shop. It began in the late 1800s, and lasted until the early 1960s. The golden age of Tin Pan Alley was maybe from 1900 to 1930. Originally, there was no way to record audio, so the publishers sold sheet music, and that was how songwriters became famous. This was the time in history when people were transitioning from horses to cars. The movie clip at the beginning is said to be one of the oldest surviving movies with audio of New York. There were no traffic lights at that time, so traffic cops were stationed at critical intersections to try to make some order out of the chaos. Pedestrians at that time just walked freely all over the roads, parting to make way for oncoming carriages or cars. Watch the cop as he tries to direct traffic and not a single car or pedestrian pays any attention to him. He despairs and looks at his watch, then at the ground.
Sunjamr Steve
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