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Hello everyone and a happy new year. I hope you all doing well.
Thi is a solo on Doralice from a rehearsal in Athens.

Hope you like it!

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Dimitris

Simple ear training! Download this zip file, unzip it, add it itunes or burn it to a CD. Set it to random and then follow the notes. Pause them in the beginning. Figure each note out with as few tries as possible. DON'T GO FISHING! That's what I call it when someone just starts hitting random notes to figure out the pitch they just heard. Take your time.

If you play a wrong note, sing the wrong note and then sing the note on the cd. Check out the difference and then play the right note. Make sense?

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Hey guys! Happy new year! This is a video of me jamming with the christos rafalides band (playing my vibes ofcorse hahahahah). This trio is amazing and its christos on vibes, petros klampanis on bass and bodek janke on drums-percussion. Also a very good greek drummer kostas anastasiadis joined the jamm leaving bodek playing the percussion part :).

Check it out

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Dimitris

It's the time of the year that I post Chaka Khan's version of 'Do you hear what I hear'. I'm playing marimba on this track. I remember recording it in the studio. I was playing the intro and all of a sadden she started singing. I couldn't believe my ears. One of my favorite moments in my career.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2_6xrqLpTo

Serenata is an old standard that a pianist introduced to me back in the 1980s. It a great tune to do with a band or all by yourself.

Just got my first paid gig at a bar/jazz club in Yardley, PA. The place is called The Vault, primarily a "brew pub" but they hire live jazz 3 nights a week. Playing on January 3rd as a duo with Justin Sekelewski on bass. Only one thing I'm unsure about....When I sent the guy at the Vault an email with my demo I never mentioned that I'm only 16...could this cause an issue???

lot's of language to steal. my favorite are those first two measures.

Let's focus on the TOTM's we've covered so far.

Let's also work on ways of building technique, solo playing, studying chords and all other topics you guys might have.

We'll start the day at about 10am and go till noon.
Then have lunch. Get back together at about 1:30 or 2. We'll go until about 4. Break for dinner. Come back for percussion ensemble at about 5:30. After percussion ensemble we'll hang and have a concert, or jam together.

Rules:

1. ONE key per day.
2. you MUST run the board ascending/ descending >or< descending/ ascending at least 2 times per sequence. Lowest point o the instrument in that key to the highest point on that instrument in that key.
3. you MUST use a metronome, preferably set to 2 & 4. Slow to medium tempo.

the RHYTHMIC PROGRESSION
1st time = 8th notes
2nd time = 8th note triplets
3rd time = 16th notes

the STICKING APPLICATION
8th notes using alternate sticking, doubles, paradiddles (that’s 3 times up & down!)