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The undisputable success of this site.

I was just thinking about Dim's ability to process criticism without ego and turn it into immediate positive results. Of course it's a credit to him as a passionate musician/student(But isn't that what we are? Musicians and life long students?) It's also a credit to Tony for creating this wonderful platform where we all can present our work, exchange ideas and enjoy the fruits of constructive criticism. This should serve as a motivation for all Vibesworkshoppers to post as often as possible.

How to make a million dollars playing the vibraphone.

Made you look.

The point I wanted to bring up is how do we make a living on this instrument? Who out there has made a living playing the vibes? Or was making a living and then got a 'real' job (as my mother used to say). What are your thoughts?

What are some ideas for graduating percussionists who really want to make a living out of playing jazz?? It is almost graduation time?

Have I brought this up already?

Was my solo great??

I was just thinking about this, on another post, talking about swinging.

A great musician told me, 'The only people who really know if you're a great player is everyone else but you. It's not your decision to make that'.

I play so often and am just not sure if I played a good solo or not, I try not to be judgemental.... I try. So many times I think I sucked and others including the band thought the opposite. Were they being nice to me? Or am I wrong.