Anyone hanging around the site has seen all the changes and the growth of the site! It's really incredible what's happening. Probably the most exciting thing for us is Gary Burton joining the site and sharing with us thoughts on playing,…
David Friedman sent me this. -
Thought you might like this. It says! "Music makes you happy" and down on the right, "Housework, as well". Maybe Marie would get a kick out of it!.
This is from the album "Longing". If you don't have this CD you got to buy it. Joe doubles the sound of the vibes through midi on this track. It kills!
I don't know if this is such a big topic, but it's one I always find interesting when the situation occurs. I think no matter how long you have been performing, there are still moments when you can get psyched out by seeing someone you…
Here's on of the latest clips from Tyrone's trio on Bob Miles' show, "Miles on Music". It features Craig McIver playing his tune "The McCoy" on vibes. There is some idiot playing drums on this take... no idea who that is. :)
Peace
randy
I've been talking with Randy Sutin about recording the vibes. Randy has hooked up with a great recording engineer here in the philly area. He's going to do an in depth look at different ways of recording the vibes. It looks like we're…
in 1995 the college i briefly taught at brought in Clark Terry to play for a jazz festival. I was the guy picked to pick him up a the Airport in Chicago.. what an adventure. the college was a couple hours from chicago and i had never…
Dear all!
Like always I have been closely following what is going on on the site and I enjoyed many many things! Tony and all of you are doing an excellent job!
But one thing that kind of bothers me is that there is not so much material…
Steve Giordano was and I think is my mentor. I've mentioned this before and probably many times. I learned more about the vibes from him than any teacher I studied with.
Whether I'm successful at it or not, this is how I hear the vibes as…
This is a group I play in. What's interesting is it's Guitar (Steve Giordano), EVI (John Swana, and myself. It's fun to play without a bass player! All the roles of the instrument change.
This I thought might be interesting to check out.…
Now that I've had the chance to sift through a lot of the commentary on the site, I think it's time to fill in some details. I enjoyed reading the comments posted following the review of my ALONE AT LAST record, both the praise and the…
This is a group I play in. What's interesting is it's Guitar (Steve Giordano), EWI (John Swana, and myself. It's fun to play without a bass player! All the roles of the instrument change a little.
i found a couple of the original lead sheets to two ballads ive composed years ago... dont have a recording of them yet .. i definately here a quartet ala .. milt jackson
much respect and jah bless
T
months back VW found everyone one studying gaints step. once again as i dig thru my library i found a a tune .. but really more a study of the Coltrane cycle. while studying in college a few students got together and was studied a half…
