Are you a musician ready to expand your musical horizons?
“For Music Geeks Only” is a fun, mind-expanding exploration of 82 vignettes of musical modes.
- The ‘album’ is Dennis Winge’s performance of each mode
- The Educational Package, which includes the Album, consists of backing tracks, explanatory documents, ear training audio for all types of musicians of any instrument who are looking to bring new fresh creativity to their harmonic and melodic vocabulary.
Testimonials for “For Music Geeks Only”
“Are your modes sounding outmoded? Mixed feelings about that mixolydian? Super locrian no longer quite so super? Time to get your ears around this extended palette of scales from Dennis Winge. He’s got more flavors than Baskin Robbins and holds each one up for study. Music geeks, pick it up and run with it – designed to get you hearing but it’ll also get you thinking.” -Keith Gurland, saxophonist
“The material is impressive in content and lay out” – Larry Lolli, bassist
“Dennis Winge’s ‘For Music Geeks Only’ Mode study is quite satisfying. I had no idea there were so many (82). He spells out each mode in 3 ways, making them easy for anyone to access. His mp3 backing tracks allow players to practice soloing over each mode; and he uses different musical styles and rhythms to illustrate how each mode can be used. This is going to keep me busy for a while.” – Wayne Gottlieb, guitarist/ vocalist
“PIE A LA MODE! Dennis Winge’s exploration of modes in For Music Geeks Only is sure to expand your brain and your ears, but not your waistline. It is a real treat to jam along with Dennis’s tracks. I’ve learned more modes than I ever knew existed, not to mention working out with different meters, grooves and keys. The accompanying PDFs, with scales, guitar tabs, spatial relationships, and more, give you lots of ice cream flavors to make your mode pies even more tasty. Try it, it’s yumbomusicalicious!” – MJ Territo, vocalist
“Very interesting and creative approach to ‘modal madness.’ If one devotes the time to the ear training and the accompanying “backing tracks” one will have a grasp of virtually all popular music (rock, blues, jazz, etc) and “classical music” of the last several hundred years since they are inevitably based upon these fundamental building blocks of the western music heritage. It not only will improve the “musical craft” it serves to opens one’s ears and mind to many creative possibilities. Highly recommended.” – Stu Zimny, bassist
Below are samples of the performance audio, the backing tracks, the ear training tracks, and the different types of analysis that comes with the Educational Package.
Mode # 9: Dorian b2
key: Am
time signature: 4/4
Album Track
5-minute backing track
1-minute loop
Ear training
Mode # 25: Lydian b3
key: C#m
time signature: 4/4
Album Track
5-minute backing track
1-minute loop
Ear training
Mode # 43: Hungarian Major
key: B
time signature: 4/4
Album Track
5-minute backing track
1-minute loop
Ear training
Mode # 62: Puravi
key: G
time signature: 11/8 (3+3+3+2)
Album Track
5-minute backing track
1-minute loop
Ear training
For only $48, you get the full Educational Package, which includes:
- The “For Music Geeks Only” album featuring Dennis Winge’s performance of 82 modal vignettes, including liner notes
- 5-minute backing tracks for each mode (in mp3 format)
- 1-minute audio loops of the backing tracks of each mode (in wav format for looper pedals)
- ear training audio of each mode (in mp3 format)
- pdfs of each mode in standard notation, guitar tablature, and the spatial relationships of every interval in each mode, plus the time signatures used
- support by email if you have any questions about the modes
- participation in the “For Music Geeks Only” Facebook group where you can share your performances and ask questions pertaining to the modes