I've been wanting to start a series on licks. Here's an intro and the first lick.

We have a podcast up on itunes called Percussion Geeks. It sort of helps the vibe cause, our website cause and more. I would love it if any of you guys could go over and put up a review. Do any of you subscribe to the podcast?

This link will take you directly there. http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=289736…

If any of you have video that would fit this format, i can include it. Even audio. Just as long as it pertains to being a Percussion Geek!

did you upload your stuff here? where is it???

are you set up to do a live lesson?

I'm just sitting here listening to the 'Procrastinator' and I realized that most of the cd's I've bought recently have come from the cd library here. I don't do much in the library, it's mostly Tjaco and Patty I think.

They have turned me on to great stuff that I didn't have. I can't believe that I never bought the Procrasinator! Also the Jackie Mclean cd's with Bobby H.

Really cool. Any of you other guys that want to put your recommendations in I can set you up. Especially Paps. You've seen him around and he's a walking musical encyclopedia.

Here is a talk Joe and I had when he was visiting Nico's factory in Holland.

We talk about studying with Tony and what is so great about his way of teaching and studying online at vibesworkshop.com

If you see someone's name on a post and you want to see if they have any blogs, click on there name. It should be a link if it's on something they posted or if they're online. Then you go into their user file. At the top you'll see view recent blog entries.

Tony recently pointed out a great article about the vibraphone on NPR. That’s something we are all concerned about: to get more people to know about this too uncommon instrument.

For this new post, Ladies and Gentlemen, let me introduce you London based vibraphonist Roger Beaujolais! Here is a video he recorded for the internet music channel "MusFlashTV". What I like in this sample, is the approach of the instrument: at a time basic, complete and concrete.

Here's a little talk about simplicity and making the changes work. I use a minor ii V to illustrate my talk.

I think it's interesting stuff to simplify progressions and see what's the least amount that they need to work.

Is something like this helpful for you?

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So I was thinking of making some sort of chord etude and I thought, why don't I just comp through a tune. Then if you're working on comping you could learn this etude and analyze it.

So I took the changes to 'I Loves You Porgy' and comped simply through it. I played mostly quarter notes to keep things moving.

I'm curious is this is helpful to any of you.