Back when I played my company's holiday party, the clamp that holds the legs on my 1959 Deagan 580 snapped. I tried fabricating one, but it didn't work out. I emailed Gilberto Serna at Century Mallet. He had them in stock, for only $5.00 each! I ordered two. Received them quickly.
Barry
I always like that progression and I'm not a theory guy, but I have my version on why it works and what it's about. I was actually going to make podcast about it, but I thought instead I'd open it up for discussion first.
What do you think about that progression? Why is it you can slip in a C#dim in between a repeating dominant chord??
I'll leave it at that.
Everybody by now must know about Pandora. What a great web-app.
I've been using it lately to get myself in a vibe. I've felt a little stale about my voicings and things, so I created a Hindemith radio channel and have been listening to that, focusing on it and also as I do other things.
So the M-48 has a big flaw. Those rails you take off bend down. then the notes don't dampen evenly or even well.
So Nico is making me a new keybed for the M-48. Then I'll have a great instrument. The keybed will fit on top of my M-48 legs. Is that cool?? Only Nico could do this!
Then my next step is to save more money and get him to make me a set of bars that will replace my Musser bars!
I also have an old M-55 and the legs are bent. So he's making me replacement legs for the M-55 which will make it sturdy again.
"The Veteran"
Hey guys,
I'm a real believer of setting goals. They at least tell you if you're on track or off track. I think it's ok to be either of them, but the thing that's important is that you know whether you're on track or off track.
I would like to know what resources are available (online, software, books, CDs, etc.) for ear training. I'm interested in something that would be self-directed and I can work on at my own pace.
I'm interested in this subject because I seem to have a great ear for some things and a terrible one for others. I never had formal ear training and I'm thinking it might be a good idea to just go back to the basics. I'm interested in whatever anyone has to say about ear training. Thanks, Bob
It seems to be a pretty quiet morning here at the Vibes Workshop so I figured I'd post another video. This is from the same concert as the Deep Hearts video I uploaded a few days ago.
This one is called Ups and Downs and it is one of my originals.
In this study we work on the tune 'Take the A Train' and study it from top to bottom!
