Doug is an up and coming percussion from the U of Cincinnati. He's a musical cat and he's getting into jazz!
Jordi is from the Canary Islands and is a great Latin percussionist. He was out playing congas with local groups here in Ireland the second night he was here!
He's getting into the vibes now and has a great feel. I dug his Stefan Harris mallets and just ordered a set from Steve Weiss!
I seem to get all the hard math questions and then I just give up.
I think Norbert has great chops! He's a classical musician crossing over into the jazz world. I think he's doing a good job! I dig his hands!
Check Out Javier! (Ireland 2011 Workshop)
Check out Javier from Spain. He's a classical percussionist that has started studying vibes. He studies with Arturo Serra. Arturo must be a great teacher! I think Javier plays really good.
I had him play just drums and vibes. Check it out. I think he sounds great!
We are having fun and learning a lot here in Limerick Ireland! Meet the guys!
Ireland 2011
Come check out all the guys from the Ireland workshop this Saturday at 8pm +0100 UTC .
That's 7pm in Ireland
8 in Germany
2 East Coast USA
11AM West Coast
These guys are working hard! Countries represented are Spain, Ireland, Scotland, Belgium and USA!
I've seen some of you guys around for a while now. Dimitri, Tarik, my great buddy John Daly, Barry. And there are others. You guys have become friends of mine and I'm blown away watching you guys get better on this instrument. In AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) people get a lot of strength by hearing of others journeys in getting sober. I think that's pretty powerful stuff.
I would love to hear some of you guys talk about your journey's with this instrument over the last several years and how you progressed. What did you do, how did overcome some of the obstacles in your way!!!
Hello everyone !
Let me answer to Marie-Noelle , with this video, who asked me recently why i used 3 mallets now in my playing.
The reason is medical. I suffered a very severe tendonitis of the right shoulder, those last months, tendonitis due to an hyper-solicitation over my years of percussion.
I now reach my 56 and play since i have 12 ...
I was forced to stop vibes playing during 2 months this spring and had a vision of what eternity could be !