Grooveyard

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Grooveyard - a great vehicle for soulful improvisation written by the late great jazz pianist Carl Perkins (yeah, the OTHER Carl Perkins). Taken at a nice 'n easy 105 BPM that lends itself perfectly to a laid back groove.

What is the one difference in this video that is not present in any of the other 50 + videos I've posted? (Hint: it's part of the video not the audio).

Ok, I'll tell you - I'm wearing a watch. Why? To remind me of how important the feel of time is when playing at this tempo. OK, maybe I'm stretching it a little, but it makes for an interesting story line here, and the time IS really a crucial component of this piece. In order to make this groove really happen, the time should be continually moving forward while "pulling backwards" all at the same time. "How does one move both forwards and backwards at the same time?", you ask. Well for one thing, it involves the technique of playing just behind the beat and holding back slightly before playing each note with the right hand. Sometimes, the left hand chords stay fairly consistently on the beat, other times they "pull" as well. Also, it helps to have the bass and drums locked-in to a nice, swinging groove, with the bass "pushing" slightly and the drums "pulling" slightly (or visa-versa can work too). Just don't all "pull" at the same time - that happened to me once in a trio and the song almost came to halt!

A couple of other things - sometimes I pull back so much I play "ghost" notes. Also, this type of groove tends to make for some "sloppy" notes - if it's too clean it sounds sterile.

Once again I have the wonderful new Band-in-a-Box "real tracks" to thank for the backing track. This is a real bass player and a real drummer playing real instruments, but what they play is determined by programming the changes and choruses in BIAB. I love the way I can have the drums change to play mallets during the "B" section (Bb bass pedal).

Other tech notes: The PowerTracks Pro program provided the Midikeys which were recorded on screen using Camtasia. Edited using Adobe Premiere Elements and Showbiz DVD.

Thanks for listeneing.
-L2L