Here it is my first public post on an etude Tony and I have been working on for some weeks, have to say it was a difficult piece to get together and it has taken a while to get it somewhat smooth, hope you like it, would like to dedicate this to Marie Noelle as its her favourite tune of all hmmmmm I should mention thats Tony's backing track and I played over it

I've been thinking about ballad playing, so I thought I'd put my thoughts down on video!

David sent this video over of him demonstrating to a student the idea of playing laid back. So now we get to check it out as well. It's a beautiful solo! I love his lines and his feel! -- Tony Miceli

Hi All,

This was from a gig back in April of this year. In addition to me on vibes, there's Doug Sondak on alto, Steve Conahan on bass and Ed Conley on drums. Bit of a train wreck on the ending, unfortunately. I thought the sax player was going for a iii-VI7-ii-V7 vamp ending, but the bass player didn't catch on and it kind of waffled around until we fell into a Imaj7 vamp to end. Oh well, it came out OK otherwise :-).

Constructive criticism appreciated...

Tom P.

"For The Love of You " will be released in January, 2010 on E1 Music.

We now have a very thorough stuff of voicings here! There's so much to learn.

Hi all!

A few days ago I received the Vic Firth Gary Burton mallets - 2 pairs for a total of Euro 65,- Including shipping + import sales/purchases tax + handling by the Austrian mail services. Here in Austria, if the price of an item is less then Euro 150,- there is no duty!

Thats a bargain since a single pair costs about Euro 55,- or more(check out thomann and all the others).

So my recommendation is to order by one of the big shops. I ordered at Steveweissmusic which I can recommend, but there are others.

The only con is that it takes some 4 weeks to get the stuff delivered.

This is not vibes, but man, it's amazing music!

Louis Winsberg is a great French guitarist. I met him as he worked with my vibist friend Norbert Lucarain, and I already talked on the site about him and his great contribution to the world music and jazz.

A few years ago, I was at a concert and I saw this incredible Saz duet with his pal Jean-Christophe Maillard... It never had been recorded... until now! And untill my friend Bernard found it!