Any chance you could post more improvs on jazz standards?

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Thanks again, Ira. Planning a follow-up to this.

Thank you so much! More videos on the way. Let me know if you have any particular tunes or topics you're interested in, and I'll see what I can do.

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Thanks so much! I'm hoping to post some more videos over the next week or two, but then I'll be heading to Tokyo for a month. I'll look to see if Riyoko is playing -- I'd love to see/hear her!

@@roberthodson Oh Japan! Riyoko Takagi is in NYC now until June 25th. I've been helping her out getting around to places she wants to go to network and let her use my keyboard while she's here. She made her NYC debut the same day she landed, at a jazz restaurant in Harlem as a guest and got noticed right away for playing with musicians she never met. Everyone started to make plans to jam with her. The schedule is getting filled up pretty quick and it's only been 2 days. I got exactly 3 days heads up about the exact dates of her visit, spontaneous just like jazz. If you check her socials, you can see her updates.

@@LogioTek Thanks, I'll check out her socials. I'll be in Japan through mid-July, so maybe I can track her down.

@@roberthodson Oh yes then definitely! She got a performance schedule resumed at the end of June.

Glad it was helpful!

Yes he was; absolutely incredible. Thanks so much for the comment!

Thank you so much! I checked out your channel and have subscribed. I really like your playing and compositions.

​@@roberthodsonthanks! I like your work and subscribed too!

Thank you very much!

Hey -- sorry for the late reply! Somehow I missed the notification of your comment. To be honest, I'm not a huge fan of learning licks and plugging them in. I like to start with making simple melodies from the notes of the chords and then gradually embellish those. I'm planning a bunch more videos on the topic -- hopefully you'll find them to be helpful.

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I'm so glad you're finding it useful. Much more to come...

​​@@roberthodson my first time playing black keys, so took some adjusting, I tried some stuff, also recording and playing at the same time is very disorienting kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5XHiaOFesd1rpY

Hey -- glad to see you trying it out! One suggestion is to slide your entire hand forward into the keys, so your fingers are resting over the black keys, just like when you play on the white keys. Keep posting your progress!

I also *highly* recommend playing along with this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpyQimmamLmIZposi=ueR-e8BgXrZsV1_h

@@roberthodson Thanks doc! Yea, I pretty much recorded as soon as I was able to repeat it 3 times. Right now my hand is less tense playing this for sure. Recording and looking/listening also helps me see issues you don't notice while you practice, I should do that at the end of each session.

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Thanks so much! I had intended to add the time stamps, but forgot! Just added them.

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Thanks for the opporTUNAty to laugh so much -- you're KRAKEN me up! Maybe we could work out a Squid pro quo...

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Thanks! Funny thing -- at the very end, my phone timer went off and the soft sounds I made were imitating the sound of the timer.

@@roberthodson Haha, that was a perfect timing!

Thank you so much! I subscribed to your channel, too -- love what you're doing!

Thanks! LogioTek has helped me connect with several other improvisers, and I'm glad to make your acquaintance! I've subscribed.

@@roberthodson Thank you !!! Glad to have found you !!

Thanks so much for the comment. I really appreciate comments, questions, and feedback from fellow musicians. Your comment is interesting and something I'm thinking a lot about lately, since I have in mind some tutorials or analytical videos talking about my process. The problem is that I'm pretty much following the Keith Jarrett idea of turning off your brain and letting your hands play what they find. Of course, they go to patterns and sounds they are familiar with, which is based on the music you've studied, listened to, played, etc.. A big thing I've been thinking about is playing "through" sounds/chords/ideas; an individual sound doesn't have meaning in and of itself but rather from the process that it unfolds within. Another thing is the role of "intention" -- often I find that a chord shouldn't sound good, but if I intend it to sound good, it does... it's a strange thing. Anyway... thanks again! Your comment gets me thinking... I'd love to continue the conversation.

Thank you so much! I so appreciate your comments and engagement with my work!

@@roberthodson I really enjoy different improvs and try to visualize in my mind a hypothetical story. The new AI-driven KZbin recommendation algorithm (circa 2nd half of 2023) is really biased against smaller channels and limits your exposure by amplifying underlying biases in viewer demographics, allowing complete exclusion from viewership of certain genders and age groups. My own channel content got locked to a 100% male audience of older age, for both 1 year old content (that used to receive views from wide demographics in the past but doesn't anymore) and newer content, it's really bad.

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Thank you so much 😀 I so appreciate the close listening!

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Thanks! Yes, it definitely took a lot of work.

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Thanks for the comment! I updated the title of the video. I agree for the beginning, for sure. I was thinking of 00:26 as reminiscent of Harry Potter -- this shifting harmonies there reminded me of a certain theme that I often hear jazz pianist Jacky Terrasson use in his improvisations (my knowledge of HP soundtracks is second hand 😄)

@@roberthodson I guess I can kind of hear it, the second part would maybe fit harry potter a little. But this entire piece would feel 100% at home in spirited away or perhaps howls moving castle and you can't convince me otherwise xD

Great! I'm glad you found it helpful.