Check out Vince Lardear. He came over tonight and did a whole video series on the bebop 7 scale. It was really great! I'll put it up soon!!!
I'll give a set of my mallets to the first person who transcribes the solo here and posts it! That…
I finally finished my new book and have settled on a title. The Shapes and Patterns of Music Prologue
The book is approximately 50 pages of nonstop exercise patterns. Great for reading and improvising. I hope you enjoy the workout! The…
Hi Folks,
Been vacant on the site here the last few months. Just wanted to take a minute and do a quick blog about what I've been doing in the shed the last few weeks.
This year I decided I wanted to be a stronger 2 mallet player. From…
While looking through old research files for my Ph.D. dissertation (1976) about the New York Jazz Community, I came across this program from a 1975 concert by David Friedman and David Samuels that I attended. I remember speaking with Dave…
My wife and I are passing through Spokane on vacation, and we visited the "Historic" Davenport Hotel, a hotel originally built in 1914 and then fully restored several years ago.
In the lobby is this picture of a vibraphonist in the house…
While looking through old files of background material for my Ph.D. Dissertation (1976) on the New York Jazz Community, I came across the program from a 1975 concert by David & David that I attended. I remember speaking with Dave…
Hi vibes lovers today i'd like to show you an easy but effective way to harmonize melodies.
Remember my rules of thumb:
Melody in the middle high register = open voicings (1-3-7 or 1-7-3 plus the note of the melody line)
-If the…
Saw this online and bought it! I have listened to some of the first track and I really like it. Sounds like a different Ed so far. You can hear his Burton influence! Can't wait to listen to the rest of it!
After I did a lesson (Click here for the lesson) on playing solo I tried it fast and came up with what I think is a decent performance of the piece.
Sorry about the metal ding, this is a five year old frame and I have to change a pad on…
Hey all,
I came to the website to post about my June show, then got overtaken by the Konnakkol duet and completely forgot my intention. Check it out in recent activity if you haven't already done so. Amazing is too small a word.
So now to…
