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Learning Stella

Stella By Starlite

A Year Later

About 9 months later

Still getting more familiar with Stella By Starlight. I have the chord progression memorized but, as you can hear in the 1st recording, I am still unsure, or at least I feel unsure about what I’m doing. You will hear some places where I stumble. And if you are jazz player you will hear some place where I certainly missed opportunities to play something more interesting than I did. And timing is everything, and I mess it up quite often.

In the 2nd recording, I am more confident. The 3rd recording is in a new key. Somehow, it changed the way I approached the song. I had better ideas but just a little unsure. You can hear lots of hesitance in many places.

At any rate, this is one of my favorite tunes. One day, I suppose I will be more satisfied with the way I play it.

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I was a music major in college. Spent 20 years in the Navy Music Program. I am now living in South Carolina. My struggles are with my weight, loneliness, and a lack of motivation to do anything about either. I still love music. I just don’t have the drive I had in my 20’s to chase after it anymore. I don’t know what’s left in this life for me. I have no desire or ambitions toward achieving anything. Is that a lack of will to live? I don’t know. Here I am though. And I will be here until things are different I guess. I’m tired.

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