u/GlenKPeterson

I'm obsessed with this tune right now. I keep watching Frank Montis' video where he plays the head twice with bassline and some improv. I'm transcribing it to learn as a sort of etude, but it's pretty slow going. The syncopations, grace note slurs, multi-note nature of the organ sound, and general complexity make it more complicated than I first thought.

In the meantime, can you suggest how else I can learn to play like that? I mean, are there good Jimmy Smith transcriptions, or published sheet music I can find from similar artists/tunes?

I guess I could take Montis' course or private lessons with him. I'd just love to woodshed on a relevant etude a little before taking that step.

I have a Fosi Audio BT20a Pro amplifier. If bluetooth is detected, it plays audio from that, otherwise, it plays audio from the RCA connectors on the back. I never use bluetooth, so never attached the external antenna.

My new elderly neighbor has a device that auto-connects to my bluetooth first thing every morning and blasts something out of my speakers. I've taken to turning it off at night, but am looking for a more comprehensive solution.

Is there an easy way to disable the antenna? Will an "Direct Termination Cap" do that? I tried opening it up, but could only get it open about an inch before having to do a lot more work. I found a tiny coax cable going from the circuit board to the exterior antenna connector. It was connected with a friction fit and a dot of hot glue, so I carefully disconnected it with a tiny screwdriver, rolled it up and tried again. It seemed to connect to bluetooth even faster that way! So confused.

I tried dropping the whole thing in a cooking pot, but that didn't seem to work. Stacking a collection of pots on top if it may have worked sometimes. IDK.

Is there a simple solution to disable this? If it's going to be a big project, I already have my eye on a better non-bluetooth stereo amplifier, but I wanted to ask first and maybe save money and learn something without losing a whole day on another project.