Vibraphone

Hello,
This is an etude of the tune days of wines and roses where I try to combine the lines and the harmony. I hope you enjoy it!

Thanks
Dimitris

http://www.amazon.com/Straight-Gelder-Edition-Digital-Remaster/dp/B000T…

Your assignment is to learn this tune. What's cool about it is it's rhythm changes in Ab. The other cool thing are the players. They're monsters.

The melody is simple! maybe 5 notes total! But the rhythms are hard! That is hard to make them swing. So that's your assignment. Play the melody with the metronome, etc.

I just watched a fantastic version of Tony playing this tune solo. There's also a beautiful version of David and Tony playing duo on this tune. Some players play this tune in C, but here we are in Eb. Bill Evans plays it in D and Ab (half chorus in each key). It's nice do this transposing thing with Wine and Roses ala Bill Evans (F and Ab, half a chorus in each key). This is a fun tune to play on with nice changes. There's a nice solo transcription of Jerry Bergonzi playing this tune that can be found on the web.

Sometimes I wonder if I don't post too much ! Will you tell me if I don't bother you with all my posts ? .... lol
Actually I work a lot these days and just discovered good recording sofware ( Logic Pro from Apple - GREAT ! ).
So .... I am happy to share with you. Just that.

The dutch vibist René ten Cate did a couple of videos here at vanderPlas Baileo.
Here is the first one on the LW35 with the PRV60 vibe amp.

Hope you like it.

Nico
www.vanderplasbaileo.com

David and Peter came to our improv classes and took over for a bit before finishing up with this great tune Lover. Apologies for missing the beginning

Was trying to find some other ways to play the harmony on this common tune. I think I stole a lot from Bill Evans, I've been listening to him a lot lately.

Does anyone have any advice for publishing your original music? I've been doing a fair amount of composing lately for a CD project I'm working on, and I was wondering how the process works, is it worth doing, etc.

A little while ago Mike Pinto mentioned the benefits of publishing your tunes and I looked into the company he's with, but they seem to require more stature in the industry than I have. Does anyone have suggestions that will work for people with day jobs?

Any advice appreciated :-). Thanks in advance.

Tom P.