We are start playing solo don't we :-). We spend a lot of time playing by ourselves! Esp when we begin.
Check out Jonathan Kreisberg's video on his solo cd (which I can't find on iTunes :-( )
Philosophically it's very interesting!
I was talking to a student today. This student is nervous about getting out to play. This would be the students first jam session. The student is very talented and needs to get over this hump. If the student played about 5 or 6 jam sessions that would be it, they'd be fine and could get up to play with ease.
We have to play in public. This is really how we get better! And there's no excuse for not doing it. Learn tunes and get out there. People are cool and anyone who says anything negative to you is an A-hole, so don't worry about it :-).
So I recorded two versions of my mini concert for this weekend. The second one is where I botched
confirmation. So I took the first version where I played both versions with stopping and it was an ok performance.
Here is the good version of the bad version? Get it? Triste came out ok on the second version. But that's not a mini concert because I have to play 2 or more tunes without stopping :-)
Looking forward to my first time in Italy this coming week. I'll be playing next Saturday, February 25 at Gregories in Rome. Always great to meet other vibes players when I travel so please reach out and say hello if you're out there!
-Tyler
Many of you know this already. I've done a bunch of lessons on it.
One of my favorite compositions by Keith Jarrett. I've been listening to some brilliant versions from Keith playing this song. Some from the 70's as well as some newer renditions. They are all inspiring but the one from the live version recorded in Lille, France in '81 is very special. Day off from Berklee due to the snowstorm so I had some more time in the shed.