So, I just spent a week or so out in the San Francisco area. It was really nice...

Saturday morning, I went out to get some coffee and came back to my hotel. Standing there, waiting for the elevator, I was enjoying that they were playing a Sonny Rollins recording as the music in the lobby of the hotel.

The elevator doors opened and a young guy, maybe about 30 or so, and his two kids got out. The little girl put her hands on her ears and said, "Daddy, that is wierd music. What kind of music is that?"

This is from a concert I did a few years back with my mridangam teacher. It was an honor to be asked back as a featured soloist with his Carnatic (South Indian) percussion ensemble at UNT.

I am using my effect pedals and a controller to do the pitch bend. Can't do the quarter tone embellishments the way they do in Carnatic music but it gets me a little closer.....

Hello Vw !
here is my third lesson for Ed Saindon's book.

The topic is :
HOW TO CREATE AN ETUDE "à la T.MICELI" ?

We all have seen those great etudes created via Logic+malletkat.

Well, as He did not explain how he does it !!! ;o))
Here is my take at it !

http://youtu.be/QlhHJuuG3aI

I used reaper and finale, a midi keyboard and a midiusb adapter

I hope you will enjoy a lot this demonstration,
and I hope it helps.

The pdf and the mp3 are also attached,

Tifoo

There's a lot to learn from Johnny Smith and apply to the vibes. He's old school and whether you like his style is irrelevant. Just check out his chordal playing. It's pretty cool. For us we'd think 'closed voicings' with him.

This is just a taste. If you dig him, check out his music and think chord melody!

BTW - I love him.

Hi Everyone,
It's four years since I proposed to our program manager this strange show featuring the vibraphone. She didn't think it would last long, maybe six months. But here we are starting the fifth year. This month features favorites from the last year, which is how I celebrate the anniversaries. 20 tunes selected from 240!
Warren, Christos, Onaje, Behn, Dave Shapiro, Walt Dickerson, Bobby, Hendrik, Gary, Arthur, Randy, Mark Johnson, Mike, Karl, Christian, Lionel, Kym, Joe, Dave Samuels, Steve and Teddy. Thank you one and all! Thanks listeners!
gloria

The great tenor saxophonist Donny McCaslin sitting in with the Electric trio from a show earlier this year. Donny was in the house and I made him come up and play. So burnin!
Also Ari Hoenig on drums, Sam Minaie on bass and myself on Malletkat.