Song 21 - "Higher and Higher" by Jackie Wilson

Thank you @John_E . If someone wants me to play this in a band, I will learn it properly, not before. :slight_smile: Hehe, guess after this nobody want me to play it in a band, so I am safe. :slight_smile:

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Listening back I realized I missed this rest most the time but close enough, time to move on
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Hey there, here it’s my effort

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Nice @Reo
some changes in note articulation on the main groove but in general you nailed the original groove.
Great tone out of that MM.

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Good cover @myheadsmt91 with some small misses but it is better to move on and then come back and redo it sometime later. :slight_smile: Think you should try to play it with alternating fingers, just for the learing.

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Great tone @Reo :slight_smile:

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Thanks @John_E
Do you mean the length of some notes? Honestly I didn’t analyze it much, just felt it. When I looked at the video I realized that I didn’t play as intentionally as I should, but I felt ok about it, except for the last couple of choruses where it was really hard to stay close to the rhythm.
I really need to get back in a routine, since completing the course I changed position at work and lost momentum
Let’s see how the next one goes

Yes.
Of course you can play any song any way anyone wants, I usually look to what the original asks for for the 50 song challenges. You can totally ignore any comments to this point if you are playing more freely.

Sounded great regardless.

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I like it! Good touch with the wedding ring, too. :wink:

What did you dial in for the tone?

Cheers,
Antonio

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I have been busy learning a truckload of tunes… figured I should get back to the list LOL…

Here is my stab at Higher and Higher :slight_smile:

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Man this song is a marathon, and you kept it tight the whole time.
Excellent.

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Truth be told… I wanted it to be over… half way through… LOL!!

Thanks!

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So I have a list of songs entitled ā€œgroovesā€ that pretty much consist of one repeating bassline. Every day as part of practice I will play through 2 or 3 of them. I don’t know if this is a good way to practise, but I feel like forcing yourself to lock in and repeat the same thing over and over should help with overall time keeping and consistency.

As soon as I played this song, I knew I would have to add it to the list. It’s a tough groove to keep going but so much fun to play.

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That was great - you made it look effortless! And you were so deep in the groove that you kept on truckin’ even after your strap came undone. :rofl:

Well played!

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One day I promise I will fix my strap. For now, the nail does its job!

It’s weird, because if I start thinking about the groove, my brain stops working on autopilot and I lose my place. Songs like this can teach you to switch off.

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Great job!!!

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Hey John, could you tell me how the EQ trick works? Moises is having trouble finding the bass in a song I’m working on.

Oh dear that was a loooong time ago. You basically drop out a specific frequency. @terb so you recall?

I solved the problem. Moises was getting confused by the Beatles’ pesky stereo mix. Having the instruments panned completely to one side meant it just couldn’t detect the bass, but I found a mono mix and it figured it out.

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