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Tony re-posted an older blog I wrote a couple of years ago about my experience sitting in with Bill Evans and with Milt. Reading it again reminded me that there are two more stories along this line worth telling.

This video shows part of what keeps me from practicing my beloved melodic minor scales and tunes for the jazz-ensemble class as well as the tunes for the jams with my buddies outside of that and let alone logging onto this site for months. The mission of the job is to give 59x 45min interactive concerts for school kids presenting "percussion". Criteria for accepting this:
- I feel more valuable, if I work and I want to work.

David's music is on my laptop that I travel with, so whenever I travel, I check him out. I dig this cat. He really plays great and interesting. If you guys get a moment check him out and let me know what you think.

I have a great idea for an article for PAS. What do you guys think?

The top 10 or 20 or 25 must have CDs for a vibe player. We would pick them and vote on them and write reviews on them. Every one who writes a short review would get credit.

But we'd have the must have CDs for young and up and coming vibe players.

just thinking out loud, what do you guys think?? And what do you think Ed?

Just in case: I'm coming to Europe for the vibesworkshop workshop at the vanderPlas factory. I just remembered that I can bring a MalletKat over and save one of you European mallet players a few hundred Euro.

I should have written this earlier but I forgot about this. If anyone is interested let me know ASAP and I'll check with Mario.

We've talked about doing some lesson about working with singers. And they're coming, they're on my list.

I've spent the last month down here in St. Maarten working with a singer and a bass player. They're very close friends of mine whom I've known for a few years now.

Yo guys,

Another great year with you all. I've learned and grown a lot from hanging out with all of you. I think we have an incredible 'think tank' here and I'm hoping and assuming that it's really helping the instrument as well as us as players. I know it does a ton for me!

I wonder if you guys have any vibe related resolutions for the new year?

I'm reading Marc Levin's book on theory and then also his one on voicings. He's a pretty hip cat! Here's a quote from his book:

Scales are the alphabet, not poetry, of music. You need to know the alphabet, grammar, vocabulary, spelling, and so on before you can write words, sentences, and ultimately poetry.

Everybody wish Marie-Noëlle a happy birthday!!

Happy Birthday Marie!!

Cu soon!

TJ