winter is almost gone i thought its time to make a solo vibe version of tune i wrote few years ago called "spring time". inspired by tonys cherokee etude with the walking bass i tried to apply it here in the b part. man thats so hard for me to do (as you can hear). i worked on it the whole week and its still not without mistakes but i dont care.

another problem for me with this tune was that i get faster while playing it.i practized with metronom but if i do wihout i always rush, maybe i hear it that fast in my head but just can´t play it.anyway here it is...

ive been diging through my archieve and found this recording session, more like a jam with a room mic.. into pro tools...a nice sunday afternoon. this recording features David Valdez on alto sax, Ken Ollis on Drums, and Micheal Pappillo on bass.

ive also aquired the ADAT tapes to a trio session i did in 2001. if i remember correctly its a trio setting ... standards... and some free stuff, im on the hunt for an ADAT recorder. if anyone has any ideas...i would very much welcome input and help...

Just a quick video talking about a conceptual sort of thing. Working on going from here to there!

Helllo all. We are going to have a live internet tv station every Wednesday night a starting at 7 PM. The site is alternatemode.tv

It is a mogulus station. If you want to participate and perform live, let me know (mariokatman@gmail.com)

Besides performances, it will be a place to get your questions answered live. The focus for now will be the malletKAT.

Hope to see you there.

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unfortunatley this band does not exist anymore cause the singer moved away, too bad it was fun playing with that quartett and it was my first real band where i played vibes...this recording is about 4 years old but i found it today in my "archieves" and liked the arrangement cause of the odd meter and thought maybe you like it 2...

I was thinking, you know if every monday the pros on the site put out a blog about what they're up to and what they're thinking it could be a very cool thing. First you would get people checking in on you blog due date, reading and thinking about you. It's a place you could mention cds and workshops, what's happening, what you're practicing, etc.

Here's a PDF with the G half whole scale. It's a scale that outlines a G7 b9 chord. I ask the question what if the chord was a G7 b9 #5, what would the scale be. Write it out and send it to me!

Here's another track from one of my most favorite bands. My alter ego.

Wow I bet Tarik posting his band singing Johnny Cash Tunes got me into this. Ha Ha Ha Ha.

Now you might think this is corny, however if one of us got into a smoking famous commercial band playing something other than jazz it would do a lot of good for our instrument.

I liked playing in this band and taking the place of the other guitar and trying to fit into that role.