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Use good voicings to help you make up lines.

We've been studying Joe Locke's tune 'Sword of Whispers'. We've all learned a ton from Joe and his tune.

Here's a pretty complete reference of what we've done.

If you put your version, please let me know so I can add it to this page!

Check out the comments to see what we were thinking!

Here is a video I made today just talking about learing tunes.

I guess there are a lot of drummers on the site that already know a lot of tunes on drums, but switching to the vibes is like learning them all over again.

Here I talk about something I'll be experimenting with myself and I hope some of you guys will find this usefull.

TJ

So I'm messing around with Woody n You and I'm having trouble getting ideas. This melody is different from many others I play. So I'm trying to think about 4 mallets and what I'd do. Wasn't making much progress.

But my cat is dying, and I've taught her to talk to me. So she started talking to me and I brought her down (basement) (feeling sad) and sat there with her and was petting her and talking to her, and she was replying. Then I gave her my good chair and went and worked on Elio Villafranca's music for a bit, and then I came back to Woody n You and everything was different.

Here is another one from a long time ago. Hope you enjoy it!

TJ

Here is a video I did a long time ago on the Burton Grip.

The sound is awfull and I don't know if anyone thinks this is helpfull, but I thought I'd share it with you guys. And you can see my practice container on this video.

TJ

So I just finished the first chorus of Bill Evans's solo on Nardis from his Blue in Green Live album. It took me about 3 hours to get it right. I think that is a pretty long time for one chorus, although the solo is pretty challenging and it goes pretty fast.

The only other solo that I've transcribed is Milt Jackson's solo from Miles Davis's Bags' Groove album. But that solo was 10 choruses long. This Bill Evans solo is only 3 choruses, so maybe I should go ahead and spend the extra hours and just get it done?

QDV stands for quick and dirty video. That usually means I'm swamped but I'm trying to get a lesson up!!!

Here it is and it's on dampening. Just some general ideas. As I mention I don't even think about dampening at all. So I must have it tied in with some part of my playing, most likely the lines. But you'll see as you watch. The main screen is the pedal and my feet.