Man I've been here practicing for the last few hours. I'm working on stuff I worked on yesterday and I'm realizing once again how important consistency is.

I'm seeing what I did yesterday flow a little better today. It's really exciting and always has been.

That's why I just want to mention about this. Make sure you're setting aside time each day, or most days. You need that consistency to get better.

Just taking a 5 minute break to pass on my 2 cents.

A vibe hang is when we all get together online and some of us play live and we hang and talk. I'll put up a link where we'll meet the day of and we just hang play and talk. it's a chance for people to play live in front of others. and a chance for others to listen, learn and talk.

It's easy to play live. There's another faq listed under 'Check This Out'. It will tell you more.

Didn't know how to make a good title for this without being totally immature.

What's cool is check out the backdrop. He's got huge a wharehouse.

Here's a clip from when I was at Mike's factory. I thought I posted this here but I can't find it.

If you're interested we have:

Bob Leatherbarrow's cd Polychrome
http://micelimusic.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=24_33&pro…
and
Behn Gillece's cd Full View
http://micelimusic.com/index.php?main_page=product_music_info&cPath=24_…

for sale in the store now. Just click on shop in the top menu.

Ed Saindon will be playing this coming Sunday, May 17th at 75 Chestnut's Brunch from 11-3 along with the great upright bassist Thomas Hebb. It's back to school for me on Sunday... yey!

http://www.75chestnut.com

Here's a snipet of stella. memorize it and play through all the keys. it's just a piece. think of it unravelling in front of you.

I asking talking with Barry about what an opening or break lick is. I thought maybe other people might be confused so here's an example. You play the head and when you get to the end, it's usuall the last 2 bars the band goes whack and stops and you play into the top of the tune. Get the music out for 'Groovin High' and check this out.

didn't i give you a bunch of things to work on? i don't see them.

friedman dampening and pedaling.

and lets do this. pick a tune that you know really well. memorized. play it for a few days and then let's do a skype lesson and talk about the tune. i'll show you how i think of the harmony.

cool? get the friedman book.