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I talk a bit about studying chords and voicings. We all have to do it, how are you going to do it? 

Steve Weiss Mallet Workshop Preview Pt. 1 by Behn Gillece

Great lesson to break into playing tunes solo. 

Here are links to all the other vids: 

Misty Intro

Lesson 1

Lesson 2

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Older players have to really think about there hands. Esp if you're coming back to the instrument in retirement.

This is a solo vibe piece Tony Miceli commissioned me to write for him. Let me know what you guys think! These are the program notes I wrote for the piece:

This piece was written in April of 2024 upon commission from Tony Miceli, professor at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. While taking private lessons with him, we began experimenting with timbral effects on the vibraphone, and one of my assignments was to write a solo vibraphone piece surrounding this idea. Thus, this piece was born.

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I would see David performing this when we would play duo concerts. 

It's a cool improv that is also a great study.

Hello all,

Just a quick lesson on ending ballads (or any tune, really). I demonstrate a few different options for the final chords on a ballad so you don't always have to end on 1 or the b2. Let me know if there are any questions!

Barry Harris is so amazing as a player and a teacher. 

Here he talks about All The Things You and progressions. This is so amazing!!!!!!