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• check out some of my music & vids on RadioB.Tube.
  

• find out how you can study elements of "The Melodic Minor Handbook" and much more, with me, via Lessons Online.
  

It was great to see Serge Schrier, founder and maker of the SD Systems microphone line, again recently.  He's a true inventive genius and a musician's friend.

I had bought my LCM 89 back in 2001 and it has held up through constant (ab)use to this day.

I was impressed after my first gig with it, but was skeptical as to how it would record. Man, was I surprised! "As the proof is in the pudding", so they say, check out tracks #3 thru 11 on the left media player. They were all recorded with the LCM 89.

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 The Melodic Minor Handbook provides musicians, of all levels, with these answers in presenting a concise, practical, easy to absorb method of exposure, study and practice in the components of Melodic Minor Harmony, and its use within the Jazz vocabulary.

Although the sound of Melodic Minor Harmony has been a staple of Jazz music over the last half century, familiarity among many aspiring musicians with its derivative modes and chord types still seems to remain a mystery; and even though touched upon to a greater or lesser degree by various books and methods, a comprehensive study stressing Melodic Minor Harmony as a unique harmonic universe of its own has been absent. Until now!! 176 spiral bound pages.

"Hats off to Mr. Stern for this extremely well conceived and catalogued book, which I highly recommend to anyone involved in expanding their jazz improv skills. Guess work is eliminated as scales, modes & exercises are cross referenced & presented in all keys. The material presented here will definitely broaden the jazz vocabulary & inspire the imagination of anyone, student or pro, who gives it half a chance." - Dr. Edward Morris, Cleveland, Ohio

05/21/2013 - Changing 'Trane's, Part 2
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05/16/2013 - Changing 'Trane's, Part 1
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05/08/2013 - 1-2-5 Street, Part 2 - 3 Note Group Combos & Maj7#11
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05/03/2013 - 1-2-5 Street, Part 1 - 3 Note Groupings & Min7 (11)
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04/26/2013 - The Augmented Scale as Sub for Melodic Minor Harmony
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04/18/2013 - Sub-way Samidge! - VI7 Sub, Minor Blues & Penta b6
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04/09/2013 - Get Nutty, Buddy! - X-Centric Pentatonic b6 Modes
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04/04/2013 - Unchained MM Melody! - Melodic Minor in 4ths
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03/27/2013 - Transcriptions That Stick! - Dig "Big Nick"!
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03/19/2013 - Augment Your Diminished Returns - Diminished Scale b6ths
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03/13/2013 - Fun-da-Mentals! - Major Triads & Inversions.
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03/12/2013 - Guest Post! X-Centric Pentatonics on the "Best. Saxophone. Website. Ever".
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03/06/2013 - Inspired From "A Study in Fourths" by Walter Bishop, jr.
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03/02/2013 - Gonna Have Some Fun! - 3-6-2-5-1
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02/25/2013 - Sympathy for Melodic Minor - Major's Evil Twin, Pt. 5 ___________________________________________________
02/21/2013 - Quickety Lickety! - Coltrane Changes Sequence Finger Exercise
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02/20/2013 - Sympathy for Melodic Minor - Major's Evil Twin, Pt. 4
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02/17/2013 - Sympathy for Melodic Minor - Major's Evil Twin, Pt 3
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02/16/2013 - Sympathy for Melodic Minor - Major's Evil Twin, Pt. 2
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02/16/2013 - Feature: Russ Nolan - Jazz Composition and Improv - "One & the Same" 
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02/12/2013 - Pentatonic Power Drill, Pt. 3 - Note-centric Major Pentatonics, Bergonzi Shapes 2 & 6
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02/11/2013 - Sympathy for Melodic Minor - Major's "Evil Twin". Pt. 1
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02/03/2013 - Pentatonic Power Drill, Pt. 2 - Pentatonic b3 One Note Jam & the Bergonzi Factor
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01/31/2013 - Quick Picks That Kick - Bobby Hutcherson's "The Kicker"
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01/15/2013 - Bari Good! The "Bari Hybrid" Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece
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01/07/2013 - Stanley & Shirley - A Lovely Couple (of Musical Giants).
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12/28/2012 - Slick Licks that Stick! Intervalic ii-V7 Pattern.
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12/23/2012 - Whaaaap! "I don't think so". Miles don't play dat!
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12/19/2012 - Jazz Solo Transcription & article on John Coltrane's "Satellite" tenor saxophone solo.
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12/09/2012 - Transcribe! - One of the most incredibly useful music software tools available.
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12/08/2012 - Jazz Improvisation Technique Builder - Pentatonic Power Drill - Five Scales from any note.
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12/02/2012 - Synthetic Reeds - Cane Mutiny?
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