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What's New: Aki Kumar Interview

Posted Sat, 03/26/2016 - 19:01 by David Barrett Admin
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You might already be familiar with Akarsha (Aki) Kumar from the recent CD "It Takes Three" with Aki, Gary Smith and myself (David Barrett), or the Contributor Videos Aki submitted in the early days of BluesHarmonica.com (2009). Aki was one of my students, and I'm proud to say one of my most dedicated and now accomplished students. He's been a professional player in the California Bay Area now for ten years, currently runs two of the most successful jam sessions in the area and has been featured on numerous CD's for the prestigious Greaseland Studios label. continue reading...

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What's New: Bombay Stroll (Studio Session, Day 2)

Posted Wed, 05/27/2015 - 16:46 by David Barrett Admin
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In this video Aki rehearses the band and records "Bombay Stroll" http://www.bluesharmonica.com/lessons/recording_study_4_professional_studio

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David's Tip of the Day: Bombay Stroll Chorus Form Analysis

Posted Thu, 04/02/2015 - 11:53 by David Barrett Admin
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Now that you've had a chance to enjoy and analyze Aki's killer instrumental "Bombay Stroll," here are the Chorus Forms (CF) he used. Mr. Aki Kumar, can you please share with everyone on your Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/akikumar) how these CF came about? As you worked on writing this song, did you experiment with different CF's for each lick/chorus, or have you so internalized CF's now that you played the new lick at the beginning of a chorus and the CF flowed out? I assume that you worked out the first three or so choruses and then improvised by the time you reached Chorus 5? continue reading...

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