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Just wanted to say that this site would be nowhere without our Queen Marie Christmas (Noelle).

She's one of my favorite parts of the site. Did you guys know she's compared several versions of Gary playing Chega and has her favorite. Is that amazing?

She is the one person whom I think has read and seen everything on this site.

She is truly amazing and I'm officially declaring her nobility and as of January 1, 2009 our Queen. Queen Marie.

Any seconds?

Tifoo is one of the great French subscribers on the site. And I don't think we've heard him play much. Check him out playing Bach. I think it's beautiful.

This is the cool part of the site, learning about the different players.

Hey Guys,

I think I found out that Mike Mainieri plays on a guitar tribute to the beatles album. Here is a link:

http://www.amazon.com/Come-Together-Guitar-Tribute-Beatles/dp/B000006MCF

ceck out the track norwegian wood(leni stern). The sample even has some vibes, but it comes in half way of the actual tune. You can also buy the tune...

I'm not sure, because the info on albums with various artists is sometimes hard to find, but i guess I'm right.

In this section I respond to letters from subscribers on the site.

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)