Audio Performance

So it's pretty funny to me. I was messing around with this Cannonball Adderley tune, "Things Are Getting Better". I was recording it to listen back and check my stuff out. I got done and thought, 'that wasn't so bad, I should post it'. I listened back a little bit later and forgot my dryer was on. I'm so used to it, I don't think about it.

I practice in my basement, which is also my studio for making audio and video for Vibesworkshop. It's great. Not a big deal, but I wish the washer and dryer was somewhere else!

Ed has embraced the Malletech Love Vibe and done some great things on it. I think he understands the instrument more than anyone. I think it was sort of develop with him in mind by Leigh Stevens.

Check him out. Since Ed is not a straight ahead jazz vibes player he has a lot more time to write and work on getting different sounds on the instrument. It seems to me if you're a jazz vibe player you're working on tunes, learning music, remember tunes and thinking about new techniques is not at the top of your list.

It's interesting going on Youtube and listening to vibe players around the world.

I'll hear a player that is the top player in this country or that country.

For me though sometimes those players don't shine. I like the guys who know the language and can quote. So after listening to a bunch of players from different parts of the world this came on. Dave Pike is a great player in my book. He really has a vocabulary and history of the music.

I have a version of this piece and love it.

Great to hear MJQ playing it. I didn't know they played it!

I always was a fan of Teddy Charles. You guys know him? Check him out!

H1CH on Stella.

Really trying to focus in on playing the changes. How did I do?

Each week I've been learning/re-learning tunes to make sure I really know them. Trying to really understand the chord scales in tunes and extensions I can use in chords.

I really enjoy making these "covers" as well. As frustrating as it can get, this is something I've always wanted to learn how to do. Any tips on recording techniques etc. are really appreciated as well!

Thanks for listening!

Which is cool that Stefon is on this show because Stefon thinks the vibes should be taken out of the percussion family and moved in with the Piano.

Great interview!

Listen to the first tune! Ode to Billy Joe. And the second tune. I think he does a good job playing pop tunes! What do you think? Some people play pop tunes and it's not very convincing to me and others totally turn the tune into something!

Ode To Billy Joe
03:03 2. Never My Love
05:54 3. Felicidade
08:36 4. Mambo Sangria
11:22 5. Here 15:00 6. Fried Bananas
17:33 7. Amazon
20:02 8. La Bamba
22:29 9. Eye Of The Devil
24:53 10. Solar Heat

I just bought a Focusrite Scarlett 2i today so I thought I would take it for a spin. Mic is a Sennheiser E614 (only one right now).

Really trying to to play within the chord scales like Tony mentioned to me in a lesson a couple of weeks ago. I took a few takes and this was the better one? Not completely happy with it but wanted to get something to post on here.

Any comments are really appreciated!!

Tony told me about iReal last August, and I like to use it to work on tunes before trying them with the band. So here are melody lines, no improvisation, for two classics: Armando's Rhumba, and I Remember Clifford.