I found this old Hal Crook play along and was jamming to it tonight. He plays some pretty cool changes and chords over the standard Beautiful Love. I use to love playing to these back in college because they would always stretch me out and force me to play outside the box a bit. Here’s Read More…
As Funny as a Brain Tumor! Part 1
October 15, 2009 By 4 Comments
Well, over the years I have told this story quite a few times. People are always interested in it and I hope someday that it will be on the discovery channel as one of those medical mystery shows. I thought I would share it here because many of you might get a kick out of Read More…
As Funny as a Brain Tumor! Part 2
October 14, 2009 By 5 Comments
Ok, where was I? Oh yeah. So all this laughing is going on. As this is getting worse and worse, things start to fall apart around me. My relationships are stressed because people think I’m a little strange (OK very strange). My relationship with my fiance ends (for a number of reasons……..but the constant Read More…
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As Funny as a Brain Tumor! Part 7
October 9, 2009 By 3 Comments
Well………..where were we? Oh yeah, in Mass General Hospital waiting for my next surgery. As I remember, it was 2-3 days later. They came to get me for the surgery and it was an emotional time. This was the big surgery where they were messing with nerves, arteries and not to mention my brain. Read More…
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As Funny as a Brain Tumor! Part 9
October 7, 2009 By 6 Comments
Ok, I have my emotions contained again and can go on with the story. After the doctor told me I couldn’t play the saxophone again, I think I was in a bit of a shock. After a while, I started to feel pretty depressed. I remember my friends and family members coming in and trying Read More…
As Funny as a Brain Tumor! Part 12
October 4, 2009 By 5 Comments
Well, I’ve been putting this off long enough! To be honest, this part of the story is not something I feel very excited about telling. There are a few reasons for this. One, it’s not funny (well maybe a little funny). Two, it brings back some painful memories. Three, it doesn’t paint me in the Read More…
As Funny as a Brain Tumor! Part 15
October 1, 2009 By 28 Comments
The next morning, our last day in Disney, I woke up to my kids talking to each other. I sat up in bed and just looked at them. There voices sounded normal. I couldn’t believe it. Matter of fact, I didn’t believe it. I put on the radio, it sounded normal. I was so excited Read More…
Mastering the Dominant Bebop Scale
May 15, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Mastering The Dominant Bebop Scale
The Dominant Bebop Scale is a scale that can be used over a dominant chord. It has both the major 7th and the flat 7th in the scale so in the key of G the scale would be GABCDEFF#G. The reason that the dominant bebop scale sounds so great is that Read More…
Getting the Most from Neffmusic Online Lesson
February 27, 2009 By Leave a Comment
To get most out of my NeffMusic Online Lessons I would suggest a few simple ideas.
1. Focus on one topic like Blues scales, Approach Notes, Pentatonics……..etc.
In my mind it’s always better to focus on one topic at a time and master it. Working on bits and pieces of 10 different lessons and not mastering Read More…
Skype Lessons with Steve Neff
October 6, 2008 By Leave a Comment
For the past 3-4 months I have been experimenting with doing online lessons using Skype. It has been working great so far. It is amazing that you can sit down at your computer and have an in person lesson with someone on the other side of the world. Once in awhile I have run into Read More…
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