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Mike Bacarella (Mike Bacarella Music) @UCXcaGa5lWtVpu_oMaDZWiWw@youtube.com

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Mike Bacarella (Mike Bacarella Music)
Posted 1 week ago

Every week I post a new transcription on Patreon!

This week I posted a transcription of a line Joe Diorio improvised while demonstrating the concept of a Melodic Minor pentatonic scale. It's a fairly short line, but it is full of great material! Because of the lack of a new lesson video this week I have decided to make this transcription free for everyone! Check it out here:
www.patreon.com/posts/transcription-c-112648385

Hope you enjoy!

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Mike Bacarella (Mike Bacarella Music)
Posted 1 week ago

Sorry for the lack of new video this week!

Had a pretty wild week. My wife had a medical emergency(she’s doing much better now), and that threw the entire week into chaos. Because of this, I didn’t have time to make a new video, and I apologize. I will be back next week with some new lessons, and I even have some ideas for different kinds of videos to make in the future that I’m excited to share with you all.

In the meantime, I have a lot of stuff available for you all to practice over on patreon! In addition to PDFs for all of my lesson videos, I post new transcriptions every week!
www.patreon.com/mbacarellaguitar

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Mike Bacarella (Mike Bacarella Music)
Posted 3 weeks ago

Every week over on Patreon I post a new transcription(with notation and tab) of a solo or chord melody from a well known player. This week I posted a transcription of Pasquale Grasso's performance of Bud Powell's tune Hallucinations. This PDF is available for free for everyone, so head on over to my patreon(link below), download it, and start practicing!

www.patreon.com/posts/111293066/edit

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Mike Bacarella (Mike Bacarella Music)
Posted 1 month ago

I have no words.
Rest in peace Russell Malone.

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Mike Bacarella (Mike Bacarella Music)
Posted 1 month ago

Sorry for the lack of a new video this week! This week has been wildly busy for me with gigs and whatnot, but I will be back next week with a new video, and I am planning a new video series that I think will be fun for everyone to dig into!

Hope you all are doing well, and I am thankful to all of you tuning in to my videos every week!

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Mike Bacarella (Mike Bacarella Music)
Posted 2 months ago

ALBUM OF THE WEEK

This is a bit of a shameless plug, but I am very proud to release this new album. It is solo guitar in the style of Joe Pass, Jimmy Wyble, and George Van Eps. I would love for you all to give this a listen! If you give it a listen, please let me know your thoughts in the comments! 
It is available for purchase(includes a FREE 26 page pdf of transcriptions of the chord melody arrangements with tab) on Bandcamp, Patreon, as well as my website, and can be streamed anywhere!

Links for purchase:
mikebacarella.bandcamp.com/album/standard-deviatio…
www.patreon.com/mbacarellaguitar/shop/mike-bacarel…

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Mike Bacarella (Mike Bacarella Music)
Posted 2 months ago

FREE PATREON POST

Every Tuesday I post a transcription over on my patreon for all of my members. This Tuesday I am posting on of the transcriptions included in the PDF that comes with the purchase of my new album! This is a transcription of my arrangement of the melody for the jazz standard Lover Man, which is track 3 on my upcoming album Standard Deviation. Tab is included. I hope you will check it out and enjoy!

www.patreon.com/posts/transcription-107756654?utm_…

Album can be preordered here:
mikebacarella.bandcamp.com/album/standard-deviatio…

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Mike Bacarella (Mike Bacarella Music)
Posted 2 months ago

NEW ALBUM AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER!

My new solo guitar album, Standard Deviation, officially releases this Friday(July 12)! Over on Bandcamp you can preorder the album and get early access to 3 of the tracks ahead of the release date. The album also includes a PDF with 26 pages of transcriptions(with tab) of all of the melody arrangements on the album as an extra bonus!

mikebacarella.bandcamp.com/album/standard-deviatio…

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Mike Bacarella (Mike Bacarella Music)
Posted 3 months ago

ALBUM OF THE WEEK

Casiopea - Self Titled

Years ago, I went through a huge Japanese fusion phase. If you’ve never explored that scene, there is a lot of great stuff to be found!

This album is one of my favorites I found during my phase. The guitarist, Issei Noro, is incredible, and sounds a lot like Al DiMeola in Return to Forever. Tetsuo Sakurai is an incredible bass player. Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker, and David Sanborn all make appearances as well! Highly recommended!

What are you listening to this week? I’d love to know.

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Mike Bacarella (Mike Bacarella Music)
Posted 3 months ago

Over on my patreon I post a transcription of a solo every Tuesday! This week I posted Jim Hall’s solo on Black Orpheus from last week’s album of the week(Two Jims and Zoot).
This week’s transcription is free for everyone over on patreon! Head on over to www.patreon.com/mbacarellaguitar and start practicing!

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