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It was great to see that Mike Mainieri joined the vibesworkshop.com today. Hopefully we'll see him around a lot!!

Here's a video from 1983 of one of my favorite Mainieri tunes.

Mike's an idol of mine. If you don't the early Steps Ahead stuff you DON'T have any idea of what you're missing. He took the vibes in a whole new direction. When I got the Steps Ahead cd, I had never heard anything like it on the vibes. Add to that the all star cast and what a band.

I saw him several times and was blown away each and every time!

One great thing about a community is being able to talk about things, good and bad. Sometimes just saying something to someone else is helpful enough to assist you through troubled times. We all love non-judgmental people who are good listeners, right?

Benny Goodman and Red Norvo.
I didn't know Red Norvo until joining the site...
I love the light swing of this tune.

I thought I was done learning Christmas tunes until this one popped into my head.

Enjoy.

Barry

This is pretty cool!

I have the most amazing phone calls with Joe Locke. We've become great friends. In our last call we got into paying dues a little bit. I'll let Joe talk himself if he wants, but he has paid his dues. I can GUARANTEE you that.

I can't imagine guys like Friedman, Piper and Saindon have not paid them as well. And Big time.

My story doesn't lead to an incredible career, but I have paid my dues. I'm not sure for what, but they're all paid up I'm pretty sure!!! :-)

Here's one of my dues stories: (maybe some of the pros here can follow up with their own)

David sent me this to post
Wow, this is a LESSON. Check this out. There's a ton here listen to this one over and over. This is cool.
I personally LOVE to play in situations where there is no bass or drums. This would be a dream CD for me.
The playing is phenomenal. The CD will be out soon, I can't wait.

Listen to how it swings. Wow!
--Tony Miceli

Here's one way to make your vibes light...

Add a string of Christmas lights to them!

Enjoy.

Barry

Tifoo brought up Teddy Brown. I think he's an amazing player from back in the day. Man that instrument was popular wasn't it?

Check out the first part of this video. Matt is a local guitar player. What struck me is watching him play solo and realizing that would totally translate to the vibes. There's a major conceptual study there in playing the vibes solo.

I've learned so much from listening to guitar players play and especially play solo. They have the same problems we have. I just thought I'd show you guys this.