Check out Gene. Great vibe player, lived in LA and played with everyone out there! Great Drummer!
If you know anything about Gene Estes please share it!
Getting acquainted with this beautiful vibraphone (Dave's vibraphone which we think is from around '67) and playing a song that I composed in honor of Dave. This is instrument is a gem and will be well looked after for sure. It's a gift…
Here is a blues article I wrote many years ago. It's a different approach than what I learned at Berklee which I believe caused me to overthink the blues. I taught it quite successfully to many students so if you're starting out or…
Larry Mckenna as some of you know was my teacher when I was young and in college.
He is such a pure musician. He really taught to think about all the extra crap we add. I know I still add it, but hopefully because of him I add a lot less.
Who is Gene Estes?
I saw this title of his record and knew nothing about him and just thought I'd buy it for the arrogance of his title. I've started to listen to it and man he sounds good so far! Serious cat!
Do you guys know about him…
I've told this story a million times. So sorry if you heard it before.
When my 1st wife was pregnant she came home and said so many woman were pregnant at the save time. I said I bet it's not any more than usual however you are pregnant…
A beautiful bossa composed by Luiz Bonfá, featuring my newly designed leather mallets.
The leather head has a different sound and response, built with dowel sticks that are light and versatile to freely travel the instrument. I’m hoping…
Hi .-)
I got a used Adams VSWV31 Soloist vibe and it sounds great (...and yeah, all bars are in tune !).
Because the bar cords were very worn out, i got a new set... Which leads me to the question if there is any advice on setting a proper…
Thanks Tristan, for the tips. I played around with them today. I play the head and then twice through the tune with quarters.
My goals for this practice:
*Simplify the accompaniment.
*Easy on the pedal.
*Stick to ONLY quarter notes on the…
I talk a little about the Bird blues changes. I always thought of them as a rebellion to the blues. It's harder to play the blues over them and it forces you to really play through the changes.
This week I've been playing a Piper Musser at one of the local community colleges, and a couple days ago the pedal fell complete off... with no apparent way to get it reattached. From what I know at this point, the bolt was cemented in,…
I downloaded a lead sheet last night and started learning this.
This morning I've been trying to learn/practice it in different tempos; I'll upload two of those tempos here. While it was fairly quick to learn, the challenge for me is the…
I ordered 442 tuning for my vibes when I bought my OneVibe from MarimbaOne last year. I understood that 442 was the American standard because vibes and marimba are categorized as orchestral instruments. But what about JAZZ tuning with…
Hey guys, I hope All The Things is still TOTM. Here are a few choruses on All The Things using chord tones. I think it's important to be able to improvise with strictly chord tones and try to make it sound as musical as possible. It's not…
I just bought a Focusrite Scarlett 2i today so I thought I would take it for a spin. Mic is a Sennheiser E614 (only one right now).
Really trying to to play within the chord scales like Tony mentioned to me in a lesson a couple of weeks…
