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Brian’s challenge for us was to pick any lesson jamtrack and play something that didn’t sound like the lesson itself. So to ensure maximum originality, I downloaded some jamtracks from lessons I had never heard before, and randomly picked one: EP 595. I didn’t listen to the lesson, so I had no idea what the melody and licks sounded like. Sadly, the jamtrack consisted of duplicate 1-minute long segments, and each segment came to a proper ending. So it took me some time to re-tool the jamtrack into a coherent longer song. The video shows how I did it. Then I just grabbed some of my instruments and noodled along with it. That was the easy part.
Sunjamr Steve
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Very cool idea Steve! One of my favorite backing tracks and you did a great job in remounting it! And then awesome multiple instruments rendition, each one with its own flavour and style, all very well played: a pure joy for the ears and also for the eyes (all very nice instruments)! A great rendition, just nailed the spirit of the challenge!
Guido
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Awesome Steve! I’ve gotten to see David Grisman play a couple times when I’ve gone to Port Townsend for the Red Hot Strings camp; he’s sort of an honorary faculty and of course all the instructors at the camp look up to him. All that is to say it’s fitting you kicked off this Jerry Garcia style track with the mandolin. And I like how on each repetition you played a different instrument…just like sitting around a circle and jamming. Nice one!
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Great work, Steve, editing the BT so that it runs smoothly.
And it’s always fun to see you as a multi-instrumentalist, especially when you play such a fun tune like this one.Take the chance to meet your AM friends on Zoom
The next Meetup is expected to take place in November 2025There will be a detailed announcement here in the forum in good time.
I look forward to meet you.
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Great idea Steve, your splicing worked nicely. This mandolin, Uke, harmonica, slide all sound MASTERCLASS. Your mandolin playing is really coming along. Heck, it all sounds wonderful. Your solos were very to the point, concise and purposeful. You were where you needed to be at all times. I really enjoyed this. Like I said, it was superb. Fun stuff.
BTW-I was not playing over a backing track. I might be able to find something that would coordinate with what I did. Send me a PM. Thanks.John
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Not only clever technically, but good music!
I’ve got a friend who has been creating music using AI. He gives the software a poem, picks a style and speed, etc. and a fake voice and band perform his work. It sounds very professional — scarily so — and the notion of this becoming a force in the world of musical art bothers me.
Your creation has its roots in actual performance by musicians. -
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