I forget to blog. I forget to talk about stuff. This is what helped me learn how to play the instrument. Talking and playing with people.

When I saw Tyler's post about blogging, I thought, OK that's what I needed. I loved doing a practice blog on here. So maybe I can get back to it.

Today:

I worked on this today with my student Ian Meiman. Smart student.
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Chinese translation for Chinese students.

練習調式Modes時，其實可以同時練習很多不同項目，包含棒法，踏板（止音），聽力，

練習時慢慢打，把每個音都止音止乾淨。

之後加入節拍器，可以按照速度打。

Hi Folks,
I realize there is a ton of data, technical info and lessons on the site. All very valuable!
I wanted to start a series of blogs/discussions about some of the less black and white aspects of music and vibes. These blogs are intended as a way to share some personal experiences and be a platform for discussion of some of the less technical elements of music making.

Your Relationship with Practice

Ok, this is an epic Stella solo. Your job is to write the chords in and study the extensions.

Next play the etude. Put the metronome on 2 and 4 and play. Work bar by bar if you have to. Study the phrasing and the rhythms. Work on swinging and listen to the sounds. Next try and do your own solo!

Talking about some common variations on the first 4 bars of the blues form which are good to work on.

-Tyler

Audioclip up on SoundCloud of solo vibe track of Green Dolphin Street taped during a Vic Firth videoshoot at Berklee College of Music in Boston. Videoclip of this track will be released on the Vic Firth You Tube channel this month.

A new Piece I wrote. Pretty challenging (at least for me :-). I've been writing pieces with only my ipad. So some things seem easy in my mind, but when I go to play them, they're difficult!

If you want to know more about Water Marks, go here: http://bit.ly/VibeWatermarks