Dheeraj Chand · Austin, TX Ex Oriente Lux, Ex Occidente Lex Recorded in one take
Side B · The Writing

The Index

Essays and notes on politics, philosophy, family and the disciplines. Recorded as they come; posted when they’re done.

The listing
B1

Guitars and tunings

Well enough gets awful lonely.

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B2

Learning and playing stuff

Not necessarily the Miles Davis song, although, perhaps, the Miles Davis song, which is a killer Miles Davis song.

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B3

Patterns For Jazz: Pattern 2

2 against 3 and moving in fourths

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B5

Patterns for Jazz: Pattern 1

Triplets and Half Notes

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B6

Patterns For Jazz

What to play, when to play it.

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B7

Tools For Learning

The working tools of a guy learning jazz are...

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B8

Why we need yet another Substack.

Oh, God, help me, it’s yet another guy with a Substack, talking about something old people with Substacks talk about. What is…

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B9

Rebuilding and Revisiting

As I mentioned the other day, I’ll be revisiting music and learning to move through the world this way again. A lot…

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B10

Getting Restarted With Music

Relationships ebb and flow, wax and wane, but when you really love something, it’s always got a place in your soul. Everywhere…

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