I love how he is always having fun playing the guitar. I mean literally look at his face , when he is playing. Its just a joy to see and hear him playing.
that last part where he talks about making up his chord progressions, reminds me of a danny gatton video, where danny says when people ask him how he comes up with interesting color tones/ licks over the same old progressions, he says 'play the wrong thing'
Yeah, music can be much more free than I thought... tension and release, it made me think of movement, which made me think of a dance. So, by changing the chords you are kinda doing a different dance move.
FINALLY you get to see a pro talk about playing and music and theory and method at the same time. There are millions of "lessons" on youtube where some shredder play "jazzy cromatic licks" over Band in a Box backing tracks, without a clue about whats happening. This is probably together with Assafkehati the best lessons about II-V-I Ive seen. Thank you Julian for sharing, this was awesome! Best, Sandemose
Wonderful, sensitive touch - amazing player. For/to my old ears, the flat-top (probably a Martin) sounds better acoustically than any (unplugged) arch-top F hole jazz guitar.
Yeah, I've got quite a few decades on me, too. I've been working on one of his acoustic tunes, 40's, for months now. His fretting technique is so flawless, it's a revelation even after all my years of playing. That's why he can make any guitar he picks up sound so glorious.
At the concert in Memmingen i got to speak with him and he really walked behind the stage, picked up his guitar and showed me something! THIS WAS SO FUCKING AMAZING, THANK YOU, MR. LAGE!
Where was this video when I needed it .. Ex 1-2 were my lines too, for far too long. "Learn scales" is the worst piece of advice you can give anyone wanting to get anywhere in this music, ESPECIALLY when we're dealing with ii-V's occurring over a single bar.
man love this perspective of music. it's not super specific but it isn't spacy at all. i feel i sort of know what direction to go next time i practice jazz...
I can attest to that :) Some time ago I saw him live and had a little chat with him. It was just so great to see him play, because not only did it sound great, but they looked like they were having the best time ever! And all of us, the audience, were smiling as well. Such a great guitarist, and a really nice guy :)
Not exactly, I mean the first chord is F#m7, which is completely unrelated to Dm7. As long as it sounds outside and also sounds good, you're doing it right.
It's really an advanced concept involving a flat 11, so it sounds like a major third super imposed over a minor chord. The theory hasn't caught up with Julian.
The first rule is rhythmic integrity( if you are expressing a viable emotion with rhythmic integrity the notes don't really matter). The second rule is trust your instincts. The third rule is don't misjudge yourself. The fourth rule is experiment and find what it is that you want to say, and can say physically( exploit your limitations). Five: Space( or Silence) is often better than too many notes. As far as formulas, they generally work, but are an over trodden path. Even Beethoven wrote out nine pages showing how a certain rule of Counterpoint was wrong! Imagine the frustration.
what word can sum up julian's playing? vDjango Reinhardt. with extreme beautiful melodic approach coated on top , no no , even django would be amazed to see how much his style could be developed so much more, to the point it has been became so wonderful.
