Tifoo sent me this video. this guy sounds good!

Its been about 8 months since this recording. I think I'm past the mistakes on it now to a point where I am willing to post it.
This was recorded at my percussion ensemble concert last year. We only were able to rehearse about 3 times which is my excuse for messing up blatantly.

An old poster from a Gary Burton Concert. John Keene told me it's on sale for about $400 bucks, if anyone is interested.

The more I do this the more I realize the power of a site like this. The more you talk about things, the more you post, the more you comment, I think, the more you learn.

When you record something with the intent of posting on this site you will work hard on the piece and it will sound your best by the time you get it up here. That's important. We all have to do things to sound our best.

For me it's about my 12th year teaching at the college. Man I think Ed Saindon is going on 20+ something. Maybe even 30!!

It's always fascinating for me to start the year off. I know I have certain stereotypes and I'm always curious to see which ones will hold and if any will break.

Multi Part lesson of the standard Invitation.

You're Practicing Everything.

One of my favorite quotes. My mentor Steve Giordano told me that.

I thought I'd put that out there to see what it means to you guys.

I've been thinking about transcribing these days as I work on a Tom Harrell solo.
I dig Joe's philosophy.

We have a new trumpet site up with Joe and I asked him if I could post his trumpet video on transcribing. He said yes.

When Bobby Hutcherson heard Joe Magnarelli play his reply was: 'Man that cat can spell!'.
I love that quote!

I'm always checking myself. Especially with all the different opinions here on the site. Gary has really helped me chill out about practicing. I still DO practice a lot, but i'm not as freaked about it. I'm someone who put in 8 hours a day on average for about 20 years. And personally I think most young musicians should be practicing and playing ALL THE TIME.

No matter what I read or hear about transcribing, I just love doing it. It's fun and I play along with someone whom I really admire for a few days and have a good time.

Here's the first lesson on Invitation!