Nico,

just bought a used M55 (wish I could afford a new VanderPlas GigVibe, but can't foot the bill right now). The instrument needs some repair that I will do with my father. A few questions:

German publisher Advance Music just released a follow up book to my previous release Rhythmic Exploration in Improvisation. The new book is titled Advanced Rhythms in Improvisation.

While the primary focus of Advanced Rhythms in Improvisation is on polyrhythms, the book also covers other additional important rhythms that are useful for the improviser. Extensive syncopated rhythmic figures (via the use of rests, dotted notes and ties), mixed rhythmic figures and partial subdivision are also covered which are beneficial to today’s improviser.

Hi guys, David's brilliant reharm on Over The Rainbow reminded me of the topic of reharm. Here's a reharm of Moon River that I did for my Depth of Emotion recording with Dave Liebman. The harmony uses Maj 7th, Maj7th #5 and -7th chords. The corresponding scales are lydian, lydian augmented (or symmetrical augmented) and dorian. I used this reharm technique on Green Dolphin Street which is also on the CD. The new chords bring out a different mood on the tune. Here's the lead sheet with the reharm, it's attached below.

Listen to the complete etude.

Then download the PDF and the mp3 version without vibes and play along.

I love my m55, but like the pros know, it's noisy. And that's not cool in the studio. I just finished a cd and there are pedal noises. I never bothered with solving this problem since most times the sounds are drowned out. But not this time.

So now in the studio I hang with the engineer and we silence the instrument. Here's how we put the final touch on it last night.

Enjoy !
They have another great tune on Youtube : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn2-juE1A_s&feature=relmfu

Hey,
a couple of days ago, I hit by accident a combination I thought was interesting. It led to this.

I hope you like it.
Stefan,

Hey VW friends,

Here is something I have been working on.

This is a live studio performance - what you see is what you hear. No additional overdubs or fixes were added (there's only 1 vibe and 1 marimba part, plus shaker). Thanks for viewing, please Like/Share

Steve