Here's my first percussion piece, with more to come. My wife doesn't dig it. But Harvey Price does so that's hipper than my wife digging it! Got to work on my snare parts, but this is it. quick vibe solos. I think I'll post with the vibe part as soon as it's done in Finale. Then maybe some of you guys can give it a shot!

I'll put the complete final up, this one cuts off.

(Behn gave me a good tip, thanks Behn)

I've been spending a few hours a day taking pieces and playing them. I give myself a few minutes and then I record a take. I love the tune Django and want to work it up to play with a group and also as a solo piece. It's an incredibly beautiful tune!

I have the MIC TOO close to the vibe I realized. I'm using my zoom for this. Lots of instrument noise. But this is just a practice session for me, so who cares.

Thought this might be inspiring. Some great lines to steal!

I was inspired by the Park Stickney version. Park Stickney for those who don't know is a great harpist player. He plays great in every style.

Here's a version of my good friend Mark Carlsen on bass and I playing Irving Berlin's How Deep Is The Ocean. This is a great tune to play. Some of my favorite versions would be Chick Corea's (a somewhat reharmonized version titled Now He Beats The Drum) on the album Now He Sings, Now He Sobs. Of course, Bill Evans' version on the Exploration album from 1961 with Scott LaFaro and Paul Motian, and Keith Jarrett's version (with Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette) from his week at the Blue Note in 1994.

Are you sick of rhythm changes yet? Here's some relief if you are!

Here is the link to the etude

http://www.vibesworkshop.com/sites/vibesworkshop.com/files/rhythm-chang…

The last mini-lesson I posted on VW seemed to raise more questions than it solved... Ok that is cool, the idea is to explore many things and try to get better. We all need to do this, and it never stops as a player. It's a constant journey.

In the Coltrane lick I had been working on, I suggested a double sticking that some of you pointed out was actually a triple sticking. So I had to look into that, cause I wasn't even slowing it down enough to realize I was doing that, and upon further review, it is not something I would actually recommend doing.

one of my favor bob marley tunes ..