Hello everyone,
Here's the first video of me playing Life's Blessing. Please excuse the sound and video quality. I'm not too good when it comes to the technical recording and video stuff.
On this video, I'm doing one chorus of left hand…
Here's a clip of Billy and I playing the classic Autumn Leaves. We did two takes. This was first tune of the day that we played. The topic of comping has been popular on the site with Behn doing some nice lessons. This clip shows some…
Mal Sands LA Vibe Summit XVIII. Lolly Allen, vibes, Nick Mancini, marimba, Dave Mackay, keyboard, Richard Simon, bass, Paul Kreibich, drums.
A Night In Tunisia... they are having fun with it!
This is something I've been working on since moving to Boston and studying with Ed. There is an article from PAS that somebody has posted on here already that explains the mechanics of Ed's fulcrum grip but this video really shows it in…
Here is an alternate version of a solo marimba interpretation of my composition Life's Blessing. The lead sheet can be viewed and downloaded in PDF format from my website. Here's the link: http://www.edsaindon.com/documents/Lifes_Blessing.…
Revisiting a beautiful song written by the great bassist Steve Swallow. I first learned this composition while studying with Gary as a student at Berklee in the 70s. Steve wrote so many great compositions and this is certainly one of them.
Man!!
What do I find on Youtube?! Bruce had worked in hidding our TOTM, more than 3 years before us!!
Go Bruce! :o)
- M
PS: sorry, I couldn't resist... but why don't you join us now?
Forgive the mistakes at the end of the video. I don't talk about phrasing much near the end, and I meant to... All of these neighbor tones can lead to "1". But, they can also be placed anywhere to disguise the arpeggio by not having the…
Hi All-
My band, Nós Novo, is returning to Shapeshifter Lab in Gowanus this Friday, March 1st, at 8pm; more info can be found at www.jamesshipp.com. Here's a new video of the band from our gig last October on the lower east side. The…
