In The Beginning |
Skip Hahn
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hearing the music my mom loved to listen to. She had 12" vinyl LP recordings by Duane Eddy  Jobim 
and some movie soundtracks; from
Exodus |
A few years later, I got a few years of piano lessons with Jim Wynn... It really came in handy when the band was suddenly needing a keyboardist, I got the opportunity to "double" on keys. There was a helpful course I took called Solfege (ear training) in College. All along, I had learned by picking out the parts by ear from popular records. Evidently, I was better able to work with different musicians, thanks to some of that, over the years finding new musical influences along the way. In
1995, I got 8 months of
country-oriented pedal-steel guitar lessons with Blackie Taylor giving
me
another instrument to tinker with...
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Great Grandfather,
Ernest "Bromp" Abel, on my mother's side of the family, was a master
musician, who played many
instruments
well.
I heard him play harmonica when he was in the hospital, his last year alive... It was unbelievable what he could do with that little "horn"
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those old 78 rpm records with jazz and popular music from the 1920's to
about the 1940's... |
From the first encounter with ensemble playing, (Dynamic Duo)
I began writing songs. By 1965, I would begin learning about the recording process. Still learning...
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Growing
up, my cover bands were covering music of
the Beatles, Hendrix, Cream, Spirit, Three Dog Night, The Young Rascals, CSN&Y, |
The
years have flown
by, and many bands have come and gone, and some continue to grow. I am
so fortunate to have
music,
to keep me out of trouble... Thanks Mom |
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2010 |
