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Big Foot

tmackay 25 March 2009

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 semester of bartok and half semester of stavisky. did my final paper on the Sonata for two pianos's and percussion. and later that semester found myself performing the tympani part.. whew a the same time i was in the jazz world heavily into early coltrane ...

as i look back at this tune. i see the tranes infuence...

A Serious Look at Recording the Vibes

tonymiceli 24 March 2009

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 going to video it and he's going to really prepare something great.

Yah Randy!!! This will really be valuable and cool for subscribers to check out. Maybe Randy will comment here and tell us a little about Dahoud.

Life's Blessing Etude

tonymiceli 18 March 2009

We've been studying Ed Saindons tune 'Life's Blessing' for a few weeks now. Here's a simple chord melody arrangement of the tune to check out. (It's attached below)

I've left it very simple, you can add some rhythm where needed as well as listen to the other versions on the site and get ideas.

For me a tune like this is a study in chord voicings. This is a very un-standard (meaning not like a Gershwin tune) tune. Only a couple ii Vs, the harmony moving in other ways. So it's a chance to work on chord voicings in a slightly different setting.

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