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So it looks like the spammers have arrived. A couple things:

I've deleted 2 accounts in the last week.

If you see a funny post, put it in the shout box for us to see.

I might ask a few of you guys to take down any comments that looks funny and email me the user name.

If worse comes to worse, we'll have to review comments each night and release them.

Meanwhile I'll talk to my partner. We're using captcha, but I guess that's not enough. Just keep an eye out if you can.

People have been posting what they're working on. They're also posting original compositions and rehearsals and tunes from gigs. This is COOL! I always get inspired listening to others play. And I get ideas also. So I'm glad to see people posting what they're up to! I bet everybody feels the same way.

Hi All,

In the near future I'll probably be working on developing a commercial channel for Roku Players -- as a learning experience, I figured I could get started by developing a vibes channel.

So what's a Roku Player? It's a box that connects on one side to your TV, on the other to your home network, and allows you to play streaming videos from the Internet on your TV. It's main claim-to-fame is that it allows you to play Netflix instant movies on your TV. If you have a Netflix account and don't have a Roku or something similar (like Xbox), you should really get one.

It's a little strange to me that more people aren't talking about what they're working on, posting what they're practicing, putting there stuff on the line. This is something I'll never get. I try to assume that most of you guys aren't posting what you're up to because you're too busy, in a really productive environment. You get it? I guess if you're in college and you're playing stuff in groups, working with your friends, talking to lots of teachers, or doing sessions all week long and putting your stuff on the line all the time, then yeah, this wouldn't be first on your list.

If I had to make a fantasy workshop up, how I would like to see everything turn out, this would be it.

We all got to meet Marie, Nico and our guest David Friedman.

What a down to Earth, hip guy Friedman is. It's really great. At this workshop he's just one of the guys. He's just like another buddy. However, when he teaches I'm amazed at how much he can draw out of someone in a few simple minutes. That blew me away. He'd get someone up there, make a couple comments and bam they'd be making music together.

Getting to meet the members of the site is an incredible thing. You make all these friends online and then here they are.

That is totally cool. Getting to meet Marie Noelle (and her best friend Bernard) after all the conversations online is a really great thing. Seeing old friends like John Daly and Tarik was great. Meeting new friends from the site, like Nico from France and the Friedman Clan (Simon and Charlie) is all a thrill for me. This is exactly my fantasy for the site, to bring us all together. To see all the hard work pay off is really cool.

As I've mentioned many times one of my perks for running this site is getting to meet and talk with my idols. Terry is one of them, and we've had a couple long phone calls talking about all sorts of things.

In addition he sent some great video.
[BTW Terry said I could post some of it, but I can't get to the video. Can anyone help me? It plays but there's nothing visible on the disk.]

ok, so i just read where Tony says "i still don't understand why more players are not blogging here, posting examples of things they're working on. i'm clueless." so...I'm not shy, here's what i'm working on.
about a month ago, i thought i would transcribe the Tom Harrel solo on "i remember you", but first i needed to learn it. I learned it in one key, and then discovered it is in another on the video (a flat).

Saw Joe Locke last night with Tony and chris dingman was there, also christos was there too!

It was a great show! The thing that I love about every time I see Joe Locke perform is his ability to draw you into his world and make you feel welcome there. He really tells stories well (musically and verbally), from the intro to the ending (and he has really nice endings!), the experience is more then just going to see some music...its really about experiencing the music and the world that joe creates and welcomes us all to become a part of.