If you're coming to my house Sunday, you should probably try and be here by noon. I'll have pizza and soda. That will give us an hour to get settled.

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The function of music is to release us from the tyranny of conscious thought.

Isn't that an incredible quote. I found online with no source. That's what music is to me. To me that's what we're all trying to do through improv. That's why I don't like a lot of terms, or steps to getting somewhere in playing music. The fewer steps and the fewer terms will free you from the tyranny of conscious thought!

Do you like that quote?

just found this amazing video of milt from 1990 and HAD to share it!

HERE'S THE LINK TO WATCH TODAY

Ok, let's do the next vibe hang on Feb, 8th.

ok, SO FAR: PATTY, MIKE PINTO, MAYBE BEHN GILLECE, ADAM LAST NAME? FROM TEMPLE UNIVERSITY (REALLY GOOD) TEXAS? DANA AND FRIENDS? Dan Mcarthy? Blake? James Shipp! Jackson Greenberg!

Make sure you get set up and test your set up: Read this: FAQ on how to do this

I've been thinking about the next vibe hang. I know Mario from Alternate Mode will be back from NAMM this week. He wants to get involved and I wanted to see if a few of you guys might want to get involved and try this out.

All you need is a video camera and a stereo mic. You can even do it without the stereo mic if you had too.

I'm thinking about one of the Sundays in early February.

What do you think?

Hi everybody, I bet you're all familiar with this video of Gary Burton playing F blues. It's on YouTube, as well as on the Vic Firth site. I tried my ear at transcribing the first chorus, and turned it into a Band-Box file. It's great stuff. It shows how Gary approaches every chord in the progression from the 7th chord a half-step (or step) below or above. He does this consistantly thoughout his solo. Perhaps some of would like to take a look at this transcription. Many of you, I am sure, will be able to play it as a kind of etude. For me, it's much too hard.

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This is very important. That's all I'm going to really say. It could change your life.

Hey Everyone,

I just stumbled upon this Mike Mainieri Discography. It has some pretty good stuff on there. I actually found it looking for info on his cd: Other side of the Blues.

And I found out that he also played as a sideman on a guitar tribute to the beatles album. At least the info is hard to get, but I listened to a track of Norwegian Wood and it has vibes and some marimba like stuff on it. So if mr mainieri is around, maybe he can confirm this...?

Here's the link to the discography:

Anyone that comes from a dysfunctional family (all of us??) and has had therapy, knows this. For the next few weeks, don't make any major decisions, put them off. If you could hold off until spring that's great. Whatever you do for the next several weeks... chill.

This is not the time to quit playing the vibes, or leave your wife (or husband) to pursue life as a starving vibe player!

This is Christmas time, and it's pulling a bunch of us down.