OH MAN my buddy just turned me on to this cat. Is this swinging or what!! Oh man!
It looks like we're over the 3000 mark with posts! That's a lot of information on the vibraphone!
Just thought I'd announce that.
When I saw Dana's post of his 'Un-structured improv I thought that's cool. We have a little wave of free improv going.
I posted that electronic stuff and now Dana posted this. Then I thought that would be cool if others just played whatever on their instrument and posted the outcome.
Playing free and using your ears to move the harmony is a great way to grow musically!
So the challenge is to post your own 'Un-structured improv'.
Merry Christmas!
My Dad's birthday passed recently and, true to form, I gave him some customized music. Most of it was classical pieces I had prepared on marimba and vibes: Chopin Prelude in E minor, Bach Prelude in C minor, Mozart Violn concerto (the one from the Goldenberg book) and a few jazzy numbers. To pad the disc I did an improv on the marimba where I had no pre-conceived notions when I pressed record other than I wanted to play something pretty/beautiful. Did it work?
A friend of mine sent this to my Facebook page. Enjoy!
I've got me a guitar player ! This is way better than being always alone with Band In A Box. It's more human. Caz Cazorla is the guitar player's name. His real first name is Jean-Michel, but I told him with such a name he wouldn't go anywhere. So "Caz" came down today over his lunch break and we did Invitation. This is after studying Tony's stuff. Tony, if you listen to this, I hope you will hear I've been doing my homework (in spite of my years, ha ha). Sorry it's a bit long (6 choruses) but we were having fun. Bass and drums are Real Tracks.
Ok, so trying to run a site and practice can cause marital problems.
My wife was on my case big time about not doing enough around the house. I don't have time, I said. But she kept the verbal abuse coming. So I bought a Roomba.
As I write this I'm actually cleaning my upstairs. You see I told her I'd take over the vacuuming and she agreed. So I went out and bought a Roomba which is a robot vacuum cleaner. So now I can practice and clean at the same time.
Now she's saying that that doesn't count, but she's not going to win that one!