If you're interested let me know. The price will be incredible. Only inquire if you're very serious about it.
I want to get this in the hands of a player.
Gary Burton's Jazz Improvisation Course
Over the past five weeks, I've been enrolled in Gary Burton's online jazz improvisation course at https://www.coursera.org/. Coursera is a website that offers free online courses in a variety of subjects. I really enjoyed the course and was able to relate a lot of the assignments to lessons here on VWS, so I asked Tony if I could put up a review. Enjoy!
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If you are the type of player that likes to tinker with stuff, I might now have a job for you.
In this job you'd be learning to tune bars, quality control instruments and work on the overall production of instruments.
PLEASE don't contact me about this unless you are VERY serious about this opportunity.
They are looking for a recent college grad. U.S. position.
Last May I had to do a presentation for my job, so instead of a boring lecture I decided to have a recital and talk about my work in between pieces. It was a great success!
I finally uploaded the videos onto my computer, so I'll attach some of them here. Enjoy!
Some info:
1) An excerpt from Bettina Dreams of the Garden of Elves by David Friedman: David, I would love to hear your feedback on this one. I have my own constructive criticism but let me know what you think...
http://youtu.be/N5oZYzuaS-o
With all this talk of PASIC and Mike Manieri, I thought this might be of interest. It's streamed live Nov. 20th-22nd. At 3 PM EST on Friday, Nov. 22nd, Manieri will do a jazz improv workshop/performance. Check it out: http://jazzednet.org/virtualartistseries
I am a 2 mallets guy as well.
I have moved back to the mid-state Pennsylvania area where I worked for 26 years. It's an "active 55" community, where the residents are older than dirt. This place has been called the "elephant graveyard" of Penn State alumni. I've rejoined Bellefonte Community Band. I play whatever's needed to fill in with the MalletKat, a lot of tympani, some temple blocks, chimes and occasionally vibes.
According to his website, this kid (Jason Collier) is 18. His composition, instrumental, vocal and creative abilities are amazing. Check out this YouTube video of him performing Don't You Worry About A Thing. He sings all the parts, plays all the parts and wrote the arrangement. Incredible.
