Hi guys, when I use backing tracks, I like to feel that I'm accompanied by musicians and not by artificial sounds. Here's one of my favorite jazz backing tracks channels. Thanks for sharing yours. https://www.youtube.com/c/PhilWilkinsonMusic/videos

Please comment suggestions underneath here and we'll decide the first one this weekend! (thanks Andreas for the amazing idea) Love Armin

Heyaa! Filming videos for you on monday!! Looking forward to it🥰 - please comment suggestions on topics down below! Armin

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Hello Armin, I’ve been watching your Minor conversion tutorials. They are incredibly clear and filled with applicable information, though I am a bassist. I also own and study the Pat Martino book you often reference. My question is based on my observation that Pat Martino uses a similar 4 inversions of Barry Harris’ Major 6 diminished scale but treating the tone center as a Lydian instead of the Ionian. Hence the B-flat major 6 and G Minor 7 inversions though it’s in the key of F Major. Am I a correct to assume that the B flat major is actually a Lydian? Thank you for sharing your wealth of knowledge with us all. Rudy Sarzo