Pentatonic Rock Collaboration (intermediate), 6 Soloist needed! Options

[Andrew Cockburn]

Hello everyone!

I had a bit of luck with this -

I was in a bar and they had a kind of rocky Jazz act going, called the Dave Lopola band - they gig a lot in Southern Connecticut, good band, professionals. Anyway, long story short, I got talking to Dave and told him about GMC, mentioned the collaborations and he offered the bands help to make a backing track for us!

I couldn't refuse, so I went down to one of their rehersals yesterday with a couple of mics, my laptop and copy of reaper and got this after a little mixing. That's me on the microphone calling the changes, felt like I had my own band Oh, and Daves only condition was that he could put a sax solo in the middle, it didn't seem a lot to ask!

Its an A minor progression, based on an old standard called "The Work Song", 140 bpm, would suit minor pentatonic well. There is room for 6 solos, 16 bars each. Who's up for it?

Thanks to Dave and the band, in order:

• Dave Lapola on Sax
• Chuck Smith on drums (sorry about making you play to a metronome dude!)
• Frank Morotta on Bass
• Jim "pick" Avercourt on lead guitar
• And yours truly playing the rythm

I had a great time and we got a cool backing track out of it!

The rules are the same as for Daves collaboration, first 6 takers are in, please make sure you can record before you volounteer ....

I will be travelling on business all next week, so won't be able to mix this until the weekend after this, so sign up quickly, but take your time practicing and recording!

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This post has been edited by Andrew Cockburn: Jul 27 2007, 12:55 AM