I came up with this definition of what a professional vibe player is. I was hanging with Harvey Price.

What do you guys think?

Plays in time
Can comp competently and solo as well
Knows about 50 tunes (which means they know tunes) chords and melody and chord melody
Plays a solo that can hold interest

I was trying to keep it simple and general. Any thoughts?

http://www.amazon.com/The-vibraphone-bending-tone-approach/dp/298144371…

VIBE HANG MARCH 8, VIBE HANG 5pm UTC+1

That's 11am Philly Time
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/finest-music

ALL TIMES UTC +1
March 5, Mathias Haus ´7:30
March 6, Matthias Goebbel 7:30
March 7, 8:30 - Jam Session Featuring Tim Collins
March 8th, David Friedman and Tony Miceli 8pm (we hope we have bandwidth, it's a church)

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Another great month! The VDOP (Vertual Day Of Percussion) took place on Feb 15th with live performances and recorded videos online. If like me you were not there, you can check out all the recorded tunes here: www.vibesworkshop.com/node/11134/

It's funny from where I'm at, isn't it!

Check out David's new great duo!

I keep checking out the Gyil players and that makes me want to work on my independence. I think we did an independence month a couple years ago. But what about a month of independence and ostinato work? I would love to bust my butt on all that for a month!

Thoughts?