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Music performed (and mostly written) by Randy Resnick
Compositions, performances, guitar, saxophone available on iTunes/Apple Music, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Deezer, Amazon, YouTube, etc.
Drummer/percussionist Alessandro Moleta joins Randy for another Intercontinental JamRemixed by Alessandro!
A man and a woman discussing their relationship thru the voices of alto and soprano saxophone. She has worries, he reassures her. They get together at the end.
Flying over the farmlands in the spring, seeing the patchwork of the earth. Walking on the edge of the ocean, smelling the salty breeze and the green everywhere.
Written for my wife, this was recorded with musician friends in a studio in California.
Broadcaster and writer Marc Lee joins us for the first time, along with the old timers, Dave Tâht, Andy x 2, Corrado, Alex Balashov, Jim Van Meggelen
Longtime friend Bob Cohen joins me to talk about the last 60 years since our friendship began in our first band.
Up the Grapevine and into the Lake by Music performed (and mostly written) by Randy Resnick
There will never be anything to replace Twitter. Why? Twitter wasn’t just software or visible leadership (for better or worse) but an entire important slice of Internet history. Trying to reproduce it out of its context can not work. Over a few middle years of its existence, Twitter assembled large groups and became an important channel of communication over those years.
An amazing woman, I have long wanted to get together with Hiawatha Henry. We discuss how each of us feel about various topics of today. Each of us comes from ver different backgrounds, but we find plenty of common ground in our chat.
Blues shuffle with Tower of Power rhythm section Victor Conte and Ron E. Beck, Nate Ginsberg piano and Colemand Head guitar
What You Like Is Never Good For You by Music performed (and mostly written) by Randy Resnick
With 25 tracks, my album "Soul for Rent" represents two years of my compositions recorded by me. Please check it out streaming everywhere: https://ffm.to/sfrdulo
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Sean Ardoin is a Two-Time Grammy Nominated Kreole Rock and Soul Artist from Lake Charles, LA. He created Kreole Rock and Soul - Music, Culture and Swag. He's a perfect candidate for the "Voices" part of this podcast. Enjoy hearing his music and his story!
A blues I wrote for my friend and band member, Freddy Roulette, the baddest lap steel blues man around.
Here's a new mix of Celebration" from the album "Child's Play" (2021) with Jazzaria at the keyboard. Find his work: https://jazzaria.com/
This is my "Turn Signal Blues" for JL with alto recorded in April 2021
Photo: Paul Lagos, Victor Conte, Sugarcande Harris, Randy Resnick
Already in the list of originals, this was recorded January 1st, 2020 with additional material added April 10th, 2021. The year 2020 did NOT unfold as I (or anyone) expected. Despoite the progress made with vaccines and less deaths, we're still in deep shit as of this moment.
Child's Play was written in 1993 and recorded in March 2021 with the YDS-150 harmonica, baritone and tenor saxophone sounds as well as alto, soprano, guitar, organ and rhythm section.
Mr. Roulette was written circa 1973 for my friend Freddy Roulette, the great Chicago blues lap steel player. I played in a band called Common Ground in Fresno, California with Freddy back in those days.
I love carnitas burritos! This tune has a littl esoprano saxophone in it as well as my alto.
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Listen to 'Randulo's Visions' as a podcast on you favorite app. It's listed as daily, so here's today's work.
"I Wouldn't Mind" has been brewing for a while, and today, Sunday on the last day of February, while waiting for some wacky kitchen creation to finish cooking, here is the cheerful song, fully baked.
It began as a kernel and grew to a tree, composed and played by me, with a few drum, bass and keyboard samples as well as played keys, bass and drum parts in the sensitive sections :)
With the help of Pete Effamy on clarinet and my brother Art Resnick on piano, here's a song I wrote last year. Art played with many luminaries of jazz, including Freddy Hubbard, Bobby Shew, Gary Bartz and others. I am on alto, but I've never played with anyone on that instrument, having served a life sentence on electric guitar, with John Mayall, Sugarcane Harris and some gigs with John Lee Hooker and Freddy King.
I Wanna Know (Where And When You Got It) by Music performed (and mostly written) by Randy Resnick
The last song I'll write and record in 2020. Comments are off because I'm tired of promo spam.
Yet a new updated version of this song first written in the 20th century by me and Coleman Head.
With Christian Duperray on bass. I made these over about the first ten days of getting the YDS-150 Digital Instrument that looks like a saxophone. The YDS-150 is NOT a saxophone, but it feelslike one in the hands.
Yes, another version of my old song, King Solomon's Mines, with the YDS-150 synth that looks like a soprano saxophone.
Another try at playing the YDS-150 Digital instrument in the body of a saxophone. Much work needed to get the feel right in this stick. The sounds need some personalization, too.
A little demo of sounds of this new Yamaha YDS-150 that looks and plays like a saxophone.
I wrote this and after playing it beautifully, Pete worked hard on a great mix and added to the melody, and plays saxophone.
Everybody got the blues sometime. I got it here on alto sax and guitar.
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Soundcloud "promote your songs" spam got to me.
Redone for Halloween Bass: Christian Duperray Tenor saxophone: Pete Effamy Piano: Bruce Pedalty Guitar, YDS-150 and vocal me The rest, machines, baby, machines.
Woman in White (with Pete Effamy) by Music performed (and mostly written) by Randy Resnick
Another collaboration with Pete Effamy on saxophone. I do the little alto notes in the very beginning, just to say I played sax on it :)
Pete Effamy joins me on saxophone for a 2020 version of this tune, based on a true story.
I'm Feeling. Comments are only off because they mostly tell me to promote on their URL, whatever that's about.
2020 version of Woman in White (from the Randy Rare CD "To Love"), with Pete Effamy on saxophones!
Pete Effamy recorded saxophone with my 1993 studio recording featuring members of Tower of Power and Herbie Hancock Monster Band. My contribution: a guitar solo recorded 27 years ago.
New version of this song I wrote around 1972, "Elsie" (BMI) Pete Effamy burns it up on alto saxophone.
Recorded in studio with Tower of Power rhythm section Victor Conte and Ronnie Beck. Keyboards by Nate Ginsberg (Herbie Hancock's Monster Band). Pete Effamy added a great alto saxophone.
Bob Telson wrote this beautiful melody, we played it. (Mosty Pete Effamy on alto saxophone) Watch the video: https://youtu.be/77cttqFx4pA
I played guitar with blues harpist John "Juke" Logan for years. I absorbed some of his approach and adapted it to the saxophone.
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This is how I felt today. We can't have comments because everone song has promo spam. Get me on Twitter @randulo
What day is it today? Confinement brings memories and memories bring more music. Denise would have loved this, I think, had she lived.
What is this? Jazz?
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I hate that jazz and blues are together. Yes, they go together, but are not the same thing.
In a series of practice improvisations, I kind of like this.
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I love that "jazz and blues" are like one thing. There must be 1,000 spambots offering to push us to stardom on SOundcloud. Does anyone fall for that? They must!
It's the end of the Earth. The few lucky survivors on the Musk Bezos gaze sadly out at the ruins.
When the Earth is finally destroyed, the few remaining humans contemplate sadly it from the spaceport.
A tune I wrote in 1972 for Freddy Roulette, the great Chicago lap steel blues player and friend. We recorded it in Los Angeles with Don 'Sugarcane' Harris on violin. That recording can be heard here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf1ystc4No0
I recovered from DAT some of the tracks from the album To Love. This one has Larry Taylor on rhythm guitar and Waits drummer Stephen Hodges on drums. These sessions are from around 1993.
Conversation with Larry from February 2018. Larry talks about his first gigs at the Sea Witch in L.A., Wesley Reynolds, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jerry McGee, the Ventures, the club scene in the South, the early days of rock. The Gamblers: The group consisted of Derry Weaver (lead guitar), Larry Taylor (bass), Bruce Johnston (piano), Elliot Ingbar (rhythm guitar) and Rod Schaffer (drums).Written by Derry, 'Moon Dawg' was an instant classic - a blasting guitar rocker with a stunning drum intro and some nice dog howls courtesy of Nick Venet
Larry 'The Mole' Taylor, 1942-2019, began playing rock and roll with Jerry Lee Lewis, went on to co-found Canned Heat, who played Woodstock and still tour. He went on to play in John Mayall's Blues Breakers and then recorded and toured with Tom Waits. In 2018, Larry and I decided to set down some autobiographical information via a series of phone conversations. There are many hours, so I've decided to break them into small segments. This is the first.
One of the most covered songs in the history of music. Started trying it today, July 18th, 2018 after 18 months of alto.
And now for something completely different. A session in Fresno around 1994 with a horn section. The only name I know is Bill Bixler on tenor. This was a crazy time in the studio but unfortunately, it never got mixed. Bill takes a nice solo, though and you can hear that well.
I first recorded "What Kind of World" on the "To Love" CD that came out in 1995! This is a new and very different version, not a final, just a model to show what it will be like.
Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down, take II by Music performed (and mostly written) by Randy Resnick
First performed in 1903, this dance has many versions including one sung by the one and only Louis Armstrong.
My Lucky Star, dedicated to my wife, recorded in California with Victor Conte, Nate Ginsberg and Ronnie Beck, all great players who've been in bands like Herbie Hancock and Tower of Power.
I was drinking whiskey She asked for soda water I was pushing 50 She could've been my daughter Temptation...
Recorded in Southern California studio with Larry Taylor and Steve Hodges, overdubs in Fresno (Bill Bixler, soprano) and France (me, alto melody)
MADitation for the Last Weekend of 2018 by Music performed (and mostly written) by Randy Resnick
Composition circa 1993, Funk in 6/8 time, practice on the alto. Changed the key to C Minor as it was C# minor on the guitar original.
MADitation - Sunday Morning In E Major by Music performed (and mostly written) by Randy Resnick
MADitation Joy Dance in C major by Music performed (and mostly written) by Randy Resnick
One Minute MADitations Nine - B flat Shuffle by Music performed (and mostly written) by Randy Resnick
One Minute MADitations Ten - F7 Jungle by Music performed (and mostly written) by Randy Resnick
One Minute MADitation Five - F# by Music performed (and mostly written) by Randy Resnick
One Minute MADitation Four - D minor by Music performed (and mostly written) by Randy Resnick
One Minute MADitation Three - G minor by Music performed (and mostly written) by Randy Resnick
One Minute MADitation Two F major by Music performed (and mostly written) by Randy Resnick
One Minute MADitation One - C minor by Music performed (and mostly written) by Randy Resnick
Eric Madis is a Pacific Northwest recording artist and internationally recognized guitar instructor. His music reflects diverse and deep roots in American music: blues, jazz, country and Hawaiian. Eric has released five CD’s on Luna Records, and his music has appeared on film soundtracks, television and radio. Although best known for his solo and group work, Eric’s guitar artistry has appeared on numerous recordings and he has performed with a diversity of recording artists, including Chicago bluesman Big Walter Horton, Hawaii’s Fabulous Farden Family, ukulele virtuoso Bill Tapia, swing violinist Paul Anastasio and poet-author Nicki Grimes. Eric was a 1981 Kerrville Festival New Folk finalist, a 1991 Seattle Guitar Starz finalist and has received multiple award nominations from Washington Blues Society and Northwest Area Music Association. Eric has taught guitar classes throughout the US and Canada, currently teaches for Dusty Strings Music School in Seattle and his online guitar lessons with JamPlay.com are popular worldwide.
I don't know where this came from but it sounds fresh since I haven't listened to it for 6 or more years!
Part one is here: https://soundcloud.com/randulo/bruce-conte-part-1 After we met in Fresno, Bruce went on to play with Tower of Power and many other very famous artists. Today he's recording his own material, which you can check out at http://BruceConte.com. This is the second part and I wanted to add some music to the intro and end, but I realized that most of what Bruce has played on would be a copyright problem, so instead, I added my tune, Yo-Yo from a recent rehearsal, because it's based on a rhythm guitar riff.
When I started talking to Bruce Conte via text a few months ago, I decided it was time we talked via Skype. After we met in Fresno, Bruce went on to play with Tower of Power and many other very famous artists. Today he's recording his own material, which you can check out at http://BruceConte.com. I asked if we could record an "interview". Bruce needs no prompting, I mostly sat back and listened to him tell the story of what he's been up to for the last 40 years, which is how long it's been since we last spoke.
Emil Ivov is the founder of Jitsi and Jitsi Video Bridge. We got together for a yerar-end chat to talk about life in Austin, Texas (moving from Strasbourg, France), the acquisition of his company and life in general.
Another installment of on hold Hell, featuring Allison Smith and by coincidence, Andy Smith.
Allison Smith stops by to talk about how she started and, what's she's seen along the way and what she's doing now. She began on local radio and soon moved on to voice prompts for Interactive Voice Response menus.
I ran into Tim on the ello sharing network, we connected on Twitter and SOundcloud and here is the result of some of our thoughts. Tim is a musician and composer whose work you should check out. Follow Tim : https://soundcloud.com/innervox/
I chatted with Dinu Logos whose book, "John Mayall: Jazz Crusader" has just been published. Get it on Amazon or wherever you buy your books.
Pasadena Civic, 1971. It was almost 44 years ago that the band came together and this must have been one of the first gigs. On the recording from the board, you can't hear my guitar in most of the songs, but you can hear my goofing on Auld Lang Syne when he announces the New Years concert with Little Richard (Don played with him before), Canned Heat and Black Gumbo, of whom I find no trace. Canned Heat has spanned the decades from Woodstock to now.
We rail against Wall Street, banks, insurance companies, politicians and try to get more positive by talking about podcasts and TV. Read more about Jimmy's book: http://goo.gl/RmkngF
About the unfortunate tendency of people sharing complaints about insignificant stuff until it becomes a huge wave of BS fueled by their insecurities.
Are politicians behind the exaggerated fear mongering around Ebola? Quickly whipped up to a frenzy of fear and misinformation, who benefits if not the politicians with elections just around the corner. Lighter topics include the film Girl Gone and other refelections on TV shows and actors.
Another wide-ranging talk about the pressing issues of our times, as well as mentions of golf, baseball and football.
Have you ever considered where you would be today had you taken a different decision at a fork in the road of life? We did, and the result is Cosmic Noise. Why are so many comparisons of foods "It tastes like chicken."? We explain why!
We talk about food, metabolisms, allergies, autism and a lot of other things in between.
If you were expecting girl on girl action, you'll be disappointed. This is just a little musical treat to make up for two sessions we were going to do but didn't. See you tomorrow, maybe!
We talk about winning, losing via debit card hacks and watching Ron Perlman play a crooked judge who gets religion. Cellphone battery life still isn't up to scratch. How brick and mortar stores can hope to compete with the Zappos of this age.
Frank, candid and honest discussion of Randy's member in the hands of medical females. Asking celebrities for their opinion about stuff they are not specialized in. Prostate adventures. Men! Can't live with 'em... Special guest from the Central Time Zone where it's 5AM: Stuart Yaniger
Don't ignore oddities on your skin or you might get an unpleasant surprise in the form of a skin graft. Celebrities are targets, there is no privacy for anyone anymore. Amazon has 5 new pilots to watch!
We talk about the deGrasse Tyson subway photo and Twitter tirades about it, Amazon's letter to authors and claims about collusion between Hachette and their competitors, torture porn on TV and a few new shows.
What do you think when someone posts about their experiences with a "PLEASE SHARE!" We kinda shy away, usually.
We talk about gambling, people posting atrocity photos daily on social networks, coincidence and randomness and hate on a few new TV shows. We like The Bridge and Rectify, by the way.
Kickstarter disappointments, the disadvantages of crowdfunding when used by established, large corporations. Are men different from women in maturity? That's part of what James and Randy try to resolve with guest Cindy Barraford and Andy Smith.
Prisoners of war, prisoners of the heart. As usual, a wandering discussion of things human, passing through love, death, and judging people in situations where you have never been.
Our guest is a Ukrainian software engineer working in Moscow. We ask about her perception of the two countries and their people(s). The "forlorn" part of the title comes from the difficulty we had with audio and Internet interruptions.
There seems to be a wide and general feeling of entitlement out there today. Are we getting more selfish with each passing year? How about some empathy for others?
We talk about finding ways to recycle unused things, fixing others and not grinding up a perfectly good cell phone to win a free one. Appliances we manufacture now are not usually repairable, unless you can do it yourself. Craig's List and cheapskates, barter and thrift shops.
The two regulars and guest Ayoub Khote, author of "Wolf Dreams" and other books, discuss the situation of publishing in magazines, books and on line.
We talk about some recent racist incidents and how they fit into our culture which isn't as evolved as we sometimes believe.
We talk about how jobs will be more service-oriented, in that robotics and 3D printing will gradually take over lots of current manufacturing and cheap overseas labor will swallow the rest. Being invested in your job may become a big thing. Also, Dark Sky Parks and Festivals with iPads and phones? I can't see the sky!
Steve Faktor joins Jim Barraford and Eve and Randy Resnick to talk about his book "Econovation" and the new book he's working on. We talk about learning to adapt when jobs disappear, about helping others on and off line, and much more. Econovation can be seen here: http://goo.gl/v80758
We discuss House of Cards, The Good Wife and the work of real politicians. Democrats, Republicans and Kevin Spacey. TV show hashtags on Twitter, spoilers, people talking through entire concerts and movies and more.
We talk to François, 14 year resident of Kiev about the situation in Ukraine and Crimea. Participan,ts are in Kiev, France and USA. Thanks to Jisti.org for the conference platform which performed flawlessly over the hour.
We discuss the challenges and rewards of vegan and vegetarian lifestyles. What are the spiritual and/or moral arguments. Why people seem so polarized on issues that are basic human choices. Recommendations: Documentary films: Food, Inc. and Fast Food Nation. Books: The China Study and other books by T. Colin Campbell
We talk about situational ethics, Kiva lending (Join our team: http://kiva.leavethebottlepodcast.com, TV shows, youthful shenanigans, and sugar, among other digressions.
Writer, thinker (and philosopher!) Ayoub Khote joins us to talk about things like politics, is true Democracy to be found alive anywhere? We also give recommendations for reading and watching.
Impressions of the new Cosmos series with Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, what it means to be a hyphenated-American.
Jennifer Quinn https://medium.com/@JRayQuinn and http://jrquinn.com joins us to talk about life, death, writing and spirituality. You can also read Jim at https://medium.com/@barraford and Randy at https://medium.com/@randulo
Think kids have changed? Think again as Randy, Jim, and guest Mike Wood dispel the myth. Subscribe to Leave the Bottle on iTunes or Stitcher or Soundcloud. Check out Mike's book, "Alchemy", here: http://goo.gl/2jdLTQ
We welcome Cass Morrison, live from Canada! Topics include the love we share with pets and losing one, as Jim did recently. Why people post some of the mean things they do. Android. Growing up Fisher, a new TV show. Respecting others, ignoring messages that aren't for you. The music of Donna the Buffalo (http://www.donnathebuffalo.com)
Do we really have tribes? Learning to estimate is a valuable skill. Does talking about spiders with a woman in bed sound exciting? It is if the woman is Lerato Majikfaerie, joining us from faraway Australia. Should you be posting your kids photos online?
We talk about road trips, train trips, angina, Banshee, Idiot Abroad (TV), radio and much more.
We talked about "Lauren Bacall with Bad Teeth", a story from the collection at http://medium.com/life-changes and an exercise Jim had in school, where you sat for a minute and had the others write down their impression of you. The night James ran over his friend in a car! Also, celebrity death porn, and bad nutrition. We mentioned the movie "A Place at the Table" which you can watch on Youtube.
James reviews the movie "The Monuments Men". We talk TV, movies and what makes entertainment compelling. We talk about "phoning it in" and why you should consider that whatever your job, you are always working for yourself. Randy tells a true story about the existence of the Devil on Earth (religion-free version). Some recommendations at the end.
James Barraford and I talk about Sci-Fi shows Continuum, Orphan Black, Person of Interest, Flash Forward, The Event, The After, X-files, Lost, Intelligence, V, Under the Dome, Alcrataz
A man lived next to the bridge, but now he’s gone and all his belongings, that is a bunch of ratty blankets and overcoats are gone, too. You can read the story here: https://medium.com/life-changes/e71e960b954b
Recorded in Paris in 1994. Was on the Randy Rare "To Love" CD that came out in 1995. Woman in White was played for three months on all Air France flights. They had no idea what it was about. Do you?
I spoke to Mark, co-author of Game of Shadows in this 2007 podcast, about the rampant use of drugs in professional and olympian sports.
Short thoughts on context and how two notes a half step apart are ugly or beautiful, depending on context.
Faced with such strong opportunities, one also has doubts. Can I do this? What if I blow the audition (or interview)? What if I can’t fulfill the expectations of the group or of my friend who recommended me? The negatives were horrifying. But faced with an HSM, you can’t let yourself go there.
This technique is a symbol of the unattainable to me. It is almost unconceivable that I will ever be able to play notes high on the neck of an upright bass. Check in with me in two or three years and we'll see!
More than discipline, motivation is what makes you keep to any routine whether lifestyle or learning to play music.
You do not need discipline to lose weight and stay fit. Discipline is overrated. You know what's underrated? Fun and pleasure.