Hello, I am looking to upgrade my malletkat sound and am looking into laptop midi setups so that I can use proprietary samples instead of the gigkat sound modules endorsed by Alternate Mode.Q1: What samples do you use? (Some appear to…
Hi everyone -I got an email from Tony, with an "invitation" link to Dropbox. The URL did not match Dropbox. I fear that I have been phished...the url was "glentor.vu", which seems to have mirrored the Dropbox site, and is a known phishing…
When I was younger, I would spend hours with my sisters and my friends sitting around listening to records, sometimes the same record repeatedly for hours. Sure, I would also spend a lot of time in a transcription mode, trying to…
🎵 Play A Great Rhythm Changes In 3 Months – Week 10Over the past five weeks, we've gradually expanded our rhythm changes vocabulary.We've explored:• Guide-tone lines• Embellished 3rds and 7ths• Chromatic approaches• Diminished and bebop…
1974 Musser ProVibe with silver bars for sale in good condition for $3,200. I listed it here last year before I moved to MA. It's just been sitting in my basement, so I lowered the price from $3,600 to $3,200. The ProVibe has been one…
Retired a while back and now have the time to get more serious about the vibes. Thought the 15 week thing would be a good place to begin. So here is my lesson 1 stuff.My four root notes are F, Ab, B, and D. I think of the…
🎵 Play A Great Rhythm Changes In 3 Months – Week 9Over the past four weeks, we've been steadily building a melodic vocabulary for rhythm changes.We've explored:• Guide tones (3rds and 7ths)• Embellished guide-tone lines• Chromatic and flat…
🎵 Play A Great Rhythm Changes In 3 Months – Week 8Over the past three weeks, we've gradually expanded our melodic vocabulary.We started with:• 3rds and 7ths• Embellished guide-tone lines• Chromatic and flat 9 dominant vocabularyThis week,…
🎵 Play A Great Rhythm Changes In 3 Months – Week 7Over the past two weeks, we've been developing melodic lines from the inside out.We started by connecting the 3rds and 7ths, then expanded those guide-tone lines with more melodic movement…
🎵 Play A Great Rhythm Changes In 3 Months – Week 6Last week, we introduced one of the most important concepts in jazz improvisation:👉 Connecting the harmony through the 3rds and 7ths.Those guide tones gave us a clear picture of the rhythm…
This is an exercise of blues solo. One chorus written using chord tones on the beats, and (mostly) blues scale and bebop dominant scale tones as passing notes.
I have been using an AI notetaker. When I practice I talk about things out loud. Then the app (Plaud) sums up everything and distills it down. Here's what it gave me today: I know some people are not into AI. But I love it. It writes…
🎵 Play A Great Rhythm Changes In 3 Months – Week 5Over the first four weeks of this series, we've focused entirely on harmony:• Learning the form• Internalizing common voicings• Exploring different textures• Developing comping rhythms and…
Hello everyone! I'm pleased to share my senior recital performance from April! This month, I graduated with my undergrad from Boyer College of Music and Dance at Temple University with a major in Jazz Performance for vibraphone and a minor…
I am pleased to announce that my solo vibraphone book has now been published. The book is called "A Piazzolla Portfolio - 5 Nuevo Tango Pieces" arranged for Solo Vibraphone by Jerry Weir. The five pieces in the book are:…
I didn't know that Terry Gibbs played with Benny Goodman. He's playing a Deagan Imperial, which was known for a great warm tone. I had one in high school that I bought for $290. The guy I bought it from was convinced it had only 2 1/2…
🎵 Play A Great Rhythm Changes In 3 Months – Week 4Over the first three weeks of this series, we've built a solid foundation:• Learning the form• Internalizing common voicings• Introducing basic comping rhythms• Developing a feel for the…
🎵 Play A Great Rhythm Changes In 3 Months – Week 3Over the first two weeks of this series, we've focused on building a harmonic foundation:• Learning the form• Internalizing common voicings• Hearing the movement of the harmony• Developing…
🎵 Play A Great Rhythm Changes In 3 Months – Week 2Last week, we focused on learning the form and internalizing a set of common rhythm changes voicings. The rhythm was intentionally simple so all of our attention could be placed on the…
🚨 New Series Alert – Play A Great Rhythm Changes In 3 MonthsOver the past few months, we worked through Play A Great Blues In 3 Months, building a complete approach to the blues through comping, guide tones, lines, vocabulary, melodies,…
From the New York Times;A judge in Washington on Friday tossed a lawsuit filed by the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts against a jazz musician who canceled a performance at the venue’s annual Christmas Eve concert last year after…
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