Hey Guys,

I've been feeling bad that I'm not around much, especially since there is soo much stuff going up, my recent activity page has a few pages of all new stuff I wanna check out, so I'll try to do that now and then.

Man, Dana, you're really putting stuff up, I love that you're contributing so much. Great stuff. And I love the way this site is evolving. More and more students putting stuff up and putting themselves in the open.

Hi Folks- Since I'm advertising my gig with this band on Feb 27th, I just wanted to put a little sample of the music up. I've posted a few of our more cryptically Celtic arrangements in the past, so I wanted to share this one, which is a little more straight-up-and-down... it's a reel called Bealach an Doirin that I learned from a Chieftains record. This performance (excuse the talking and general roughness) is from the 55 Bar in NYC last September.

JAmes Shipp - vibes
Jo Lawry - voice
Keith Ganz - guitar
Rogerio Boccato - percussion

You guys have probably already seen this.....

The guy who posted this says
"yeah man...bobby hutcherson is a quiet flower cleaning the air we breath.... "

Hi Vibesworkshop--

Just wanted to put it out there that my quartet is playing at Cornelia Street Cafe (http://www.corneliastreetcafe.com) on Friday, Feb 27th at 9pm and 10:30. We'll be playing our unique mixture of Irish jigs, reels, and songs with Brazilian rhythms and jazz sensibilities, as well as some great ones by Monk, Bjork, and myself which incorporate traditional Irish feels and timbres in exciting and questionable ways. (This may sound a bit out there, but I think it actually makes for a fun and balanced night of music that most anyone who wants to can enjoy.)

Check out this young guy Alexander Cruz. I met him at PASIC this year. He was playing with an excellent marimba group from Chiapas Mexico called Narimbo:
http://www.narimbo.com/

We started recording our new Monkadelphia CD the other night. At least I think we'll make a cd. We wanted to go into the studio and record and see what happened. We did one rehearsal, hadn't played together for about 2 years. I dig it.

I'll sneak in a track here. All rough mixes. The studio is called Forge and my buddy Victor Baker is going to Engineer the late shift and do affordable sessions for musicians in the area.

The tune is the Monk tune Humph. It's rhythm changes but the A section chords are

2 beats each ->F#7 B7 E7 A7 D7 G7 C7 F7 then Bb for the rest.

An excerpt from a concert we did at a local community college.

For more info on Trio Montuno visit:
http://www.triomontuno.com

Man, I started messing with Dana's Videos, the Mark Levine book and bam, 3 hours later I'm flipping out cause I wanted to hit the sack early tonight.

I think I'm getting it. It's about the 2 outside lines and then how you harmonize THRU a chord.

First the outside line. If you play closed you usually have thirds in the top. Now you move that second voice and you have 10ths. Instead of seconds you have ninths. It's a beautiful sound. More open and spacious.

Maybe this is what is needed to make vibes/marimba more popular ? Dig the showmanship of the bass player (lol)

Made me smile for about 3 seconds....now for something completely different!