Yikes,

This is a very special post I'm making this time... I just finished a cool chat conversation with David Friedman: what a nice man he is!

In the middle of it, he said he was willing to hear another tune where I would sing. But when I sent him the file he said: "Put it on the site for everyone to enjoy!". I didn't want to, mainly cos' there's no vibes in it, but he said I could "blame it on him"... Well, isn't he David Friedman, The King of Dampening? Oh man...

I was playing around with some open voicings and heard Mood Indigo, so I decided to work on an arrangement. The is a very rough work-in-progress (i.e., the result of just a couple hours of working on it tonight). I spliced the A and B sections together, after a bunch of takes of each section.

The A section is an exercise on chord melody. The B section is an exercise of stride.

BTW, I didn't like the melody of measure 7 as written in the fake book. I listened to some other versions and altered it a little. Hope it is right. I still have learn the melody.

Ok, I know I'm too early posting this, but I have a gig tomorrow for which I have to leave somewhere in the afternoon because of traffic, so I thought I'd post this quick version of Woody N You.

To Be honest, I didn't really study this tune a lot this week, so it's just a quick version, and I think the first Triet version...haha Well I think a fourth track of vibes will really make you nuts!

I actually wanted to arrange a version for 3 vibes with some contra lines etc. So I'll put that on my to-do list.

TJ

Here is a video I made today just talking about learing tunes.

I guess there are a lot of drummers on the site that already know a lot of tunes on drums, but switching to the vibes is like learning them all over again.

Here I talk about something I'll be experimenting with myself and I hope some of you guys will find this usefull.

TJ

Hey guys here is my version. I tried to focus on melodic development based around triads. Hope you enjoy!

Guys, here’s another one. We’re playing my composition Hope. The intro featured a drone which was Lieb’s idea. I like the mood that it set up for the tune. The lead sheet can be downloaded from my website here: http://www.edsaindon.com/originalcompositions.htm

Part Two can be checked out on my YouTube page here: http://www.youtube.com/edsaindon

I found this also. I think this is piece I heard a while back. I think it sounds great!

This is so deep. The LINES!

Hey there guys (and dolls) ! About time I posted my attempt at Invitation. I'm not too conspicuous on the site lately. I'm teaching (what little I know) a trumpet player who I hope will be a good playing partner someday. This takes an awful lot of my time. When I've done a session with him (and this almost everyday), all I crave for is a cigar and a beer. Anyway, here's Invitation. I've tried to follow Tony's instructions in places, especially on the bridge. I'm still using the Albrights. They get a big sound but they are a bit unwieldy. Also I'm off to Germany on Saturday, for 10 days.

So I'm messing around with Woody n You and I'm having trouble getting ideas. This melody is different from many others I play. So I'm trying to think about 4 mallets and what I'd do. Wasn't making much progress.

But my cat is dying, and I've taught her to talk to me. So she started talking to me and I brought her down (basement) (feeling sad) and sat there with her and was petting her and talking to her, and she was replying. Then I gave her my good chair and went and worked on Elio Villafranca's music for a bit, and then I came back to Woody n You and everything was different.