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I've been recording myself playing tunes solo the last couple of nights. I play several versions of the tune, listen to it, critique it and then play a few more.

What I like about that is you play for about 30 minutes and then listen for 30 and then play again. You get a good chance to really check yourself out. I don't know what I'd do if I couldn't record myself. It helps me so much!

i was a little upset that i did not manage to play the head right on my first post.i kept practicing and took care of all the advises from the first post. so here´s another version of the song, i´m much more pleased with. still not perfect and after listening i thought, wow i could do some rests and play much cooler instead of doing those 8th notes chain scale licks but at least i can play something that fit´s over the tune and sounds more or less a bit be bop style.

tarik

I once again learned a valuable lesson. I learned about instrument sound. Using soft sticks and playing loud creates a lot of instrument noise.

I was in the studio with Diane Monroe playing duo. So nothing covering up my sound. I was hitting hard with my soft mallets. And we heard noise from the instrument. Partly from me playing over the damper bar. I had to switch to harder mallets to get the sound I wanted!

Here's a clip of Joe and I playing my original composition Hope. Joe plays a beautiful solo introduction on it as well as great lines over the Gb drone. Here's a copy of the lead sheet in case anyone wants to follow along: http://www.edsaindon.com/documents/hope.pdf

today i tried to practice be bop...

wow those abershold guys are so fast, i sucked on the head. it´s so difficult to think that fast on those bebop tunes...
if someone has a tip besides practicing slowly (i know and did it already but those abershold guys refuse to play it slow), i would be thankful :)

tarik

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Hello guys, here's another clip from the Berklee recital Joe and I played. This is a clip of us playing the Beatle's Blackbird. We played it with an AAB form. Joe came up with a lead sheet that includes some specific rhythmic chord hits. Joe's changes at the bridge include some subtle reharm variations. Check out Joe's solo. A beautiful example of a melodic solo that builds in intensity. Instead of playing over the form, we each played over a specific chord progression as shown on the lead sheet. Hope you enjoy it.