Learn to play rockabilly guitar or sing along with The Jime.This is an audio CD with rockabilly backing tracks to play or sing along to. It's called 'Jam With The Jime' because it's with The Jime's rhythm section like it appears on our records. These tracks are in the basic so-called 12-bar 'blues' format that will fit countless rockabilly songs. The format is:
| A | A | A | A | D | D | A | A | E | E | A | A |
The 18 tracks are in 9 different tempos. From 120 bpm to 200 bpm (bpm = Beats Per Minute). All tracks are in the key of A, which is by far the most popular key in Rockabilly. The instruments used are: Slap Bass (Upright bass), Drums and Acoustic Guitar. Every second track has an added electric rhythm guitar (My old '55 Gretsch 6120 G-brand in fact!) with a typical rockabilly echo. Although these rockabilly backing tracks will fit the teaching in the 'How To Play Rockabilly Guitar - and get good, fast!' like a glove, they will be useful for any musician on any instrument, guitar, piano, sax or harmonica - you name it....It's like being on stage with a real live rockabilly band - it's FUN!
The Jime - Jam with The Jime
I guess you could call this 'Karaoke', but it's MUCH more.These are not midi songs like it’s often seen on jam track CDs and no synthesized sounds have been used, only real instruments. It's not just one recording that has been mechanically pitched into different tempos. All different tempos are different recordings. There's no lead guitar on the tracks or any other lead instruments. There are no vocals on the tracks - so sing if you want to! There are no breaks in these 'songs', so you can just keep on playing and work on your ideas.Review by guitarist and music teacher Stu Frederick (PA, USA)
"This CD is a much more useful practice tool than I ever imagined. It was not until I had the CD in my player, with guitar in hand, that I began to feel the ways it helped me sharpen my skills, not just merely by driving the tempo up (which the CD allows you to do), but by pushing your creativity in "filling the bar" at the lower tempos.
The rhythm section is so consistently dry and non-invasive, that you can use it to develop rhythm work as well as leads.In my studio, I suddenly realized I could turn to the piano and work on my Jimmy Johnson. Sitting in my studio with one of my more accomplished students, I let him handle the guitar alone and got out my harmonica. We had a really good jam session.
It was a great lesson in musical communication, the hard concept to teach, especially if you only have a metronome to drive the beat. I'm always looking for ways to motivate students and to give them reasons to play at home. Getting them to open a lesson book can be tough. But how about popping in a CD to play along? Duck soup!"