Right on, Ray.

But while this thing can seem to be daunting at first, if one keeps working away at it, a little bit each day, or even each week, as time allows, the gray stuff between the ears and the ears keep on learning. At some point, one can start to actually HEAR the various chord substitutions in realtime -- and will find out that they can govern their playing accordingly.

That is the makings of a wonderful session experience, man.

I celebrate the fact that there is always more to learn, wouldn't have it any other way.


--Mac