Ok in the spirit of sharing and being an open community I thought I would share with you guys a new song I'm writing for my new album that I'll be recording in February. The song is not finished by any means but you can hear this early version and go through it with me as I attempt to form it into its final product. Theres a bunch of mistakes and some awkward transitions, but thats all part of developing the piece.

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).

I talk more about using modes and create 'sub chords' from them.

I also go off on Solar at the end to show you places that I get with this way of playing.

I love moving the scale around and deriving chords from the scale not just the chord. Make sense?

Hi all,

Some of you will remember Arturo Serra, our Spanish member who attended last year's Sassenheim's workshop. He posted some time ago a link of his new CD with his quartet: "Loud-Zee".

Well I have the CD, and I can tell you that these guys are doing a great great job! I got caught from the first note to the last! Those who heard Joe Locke's Sticks and Strings album will recognize the band type (vib/guit/db/dr), but also the characteristic Kreisberg’s guitar sound. So what? This is really cool, and Arturo has his own sound, voice, style.

Hi all

Since my favourite musical companion a flutist is on maternity leave for another year now I started to check out other hobbyist people to make music with. So far I haven’t been very successful. One guitar player I met who was quite on an equal level to me and was a quite nice person. However suddenly he was no more reachable for me without any further notice. Another guitar player who was a nice person as well turned out to be a low level beginner (although he had tons of equipment) – he also quickly disappeared.

Hey VW's if you like these, let me know and I will do more like this.

This will take place 5pm Netherlands time, 11am East Coast U.S. time, 8am California time.

The next vibe hang Sunday February 7th, 2010!

Come hang with us, listen to all the participants from the workshop!!

Click Here for the Vibe Hang

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.

I cannot begin to say who I am without saying where I am from, where I grew up, and what kind of no-background I had. I was born Dec. 1941 in a place called Quimper, in that part of France known as Brittany, the bit that sticks out into the Atlantic Ocean. Brittany is one of the Celtic nations (part of the “Celtic Fringe”, as it is termed in the U.K.), together with Ireland, Scotland, Cornwall, Wales, and the Isle of Man. It has a language of its own, very similar to Welsh. Incidentally, I speak it.

Another track from Rare. I am playing vibes, keys and flute on this.