These guys have been working hard! The school is open until midnight and I leave between 10 and 12 and I always see people in there practicing! We are ready for David Friedman to come in tomorrow!
Today I had violinist Diane Monroe come…
This is my 'weapon of choice' at the moment. A Hungarian hammered dulcimer- the Cimbalom. I got it in February and have been practicing like nothing else!
If it interests you I have attached a chart of how it's tuned- it's all over the…
With these workshops, I've taken a little break from posting lessons. Mainly because I'm away from my studio. But I'm home Sunday and next week we'll get back to work!
I've really had a great time here in Delaware and also in Ireland. Man…
This is a basic arrangement for vibes or marimba of the popular jazz standard "Afternoon in Paris". It demonstrates a couple different ways to accompany a melody - using a counter line or a block chord. It also employs a simple pedal point…
Check out 13 year old guitarist Andreas Varady. He's amazing.
Hang for the whole vid if you can, because the second tune we do is Giant Steps and he tears it up!
Every body is welcome to come Thursday to the University of Delaware For Our Open House. It starts around 2pm.
Take the day off of work and practicing and drive down, come meet, David Friedman, me, Behn Gillece, Mike Pinto, Randy Sutin,…
I thought I'd try recording a video of stride playing Ive been working on. But I cannot get any audio on the iMovie.
I use the iSight camera in the iMac and iMovie.
I can see the input level working fine. But it does not record.
Any help…
The Mallet Kat is an incredible instrument and it makes the pit musician's life much simple. But what about doubles for the show. Now that the percussionist didn't have to drag in timpani, does he still get his doubling fees for playing…
What a great day we had today. Mike balter sent us 52 pairs of mallets! There was a pile of sticks on the floor and after we took a break, half of them were gone! They were going through them and comparing them.
We worked on tunes and…
