Ok here's a gig story for you. Maybe get you going and get a few of you guys to try and top this one.

In order to pull off my rehearsals and gigs yesterday I had to:

Wake up at 4:30am
leave the house at 5

I got in Manhattan at 7:30

8:30 Unloaded my equipment at the Museum of Jewish Heritage
Practiced by myself there for one hour.

Ran up and did a rehearsal at Machiko's Rehearsal Studio at 10 with Elio Villafranco

Got back to the Museum at 3 rehearsed with Joe Piscopo at 4

Played 6 to 9:30 then ran to the Zinc Bar with Elio and played 11 to 2 and drove back.

Last weekend I was browsing at a local music store and bought a relatively inexpensive mixer, Behringer XENYX1002, because I needed one with two XLR mic inputs and thought I could use it to record my gig this Sunday, rather than just having a single mic in the room. I tried it out at my rehearsal with the band and sounded fine but when I record my solo vibes it, the hiss is noticeable. Can anyone tell me if this is an acceptable noise level. To me, it isn't. I ruled out noise due to the mic since I hear the noise (with headphones right in the mixer) without anything plugged in.

All suggestions welcome!

I'm looking for an inexpensive mixer and mics (2) to record myself. I believe I have a "line in" input on my laptop. I really have no idea what a setup would cost. Can you get a decent setup without laying out a lot of dough?

My purpose is to record myself, possibly post my recordings or if I get involved with online lessons. Brand name and model information would be helpful. I've looked a little online but there is so much equipment available its a bit overwhelming.

Hello Everyone,

I have an upcoming gig that I wanted to let you know about. Lieb and myself will be giving clinics at the university the day of the concert. Here's a press release for the date:

Vibist Ed Saindon and saxist Dave Liebman to perform at The University of New Hampshire in Durham, NH on Monday, February 2, 2009 beginning at 8.

Marie Noelle,
voici la partition de chant de "l'enfant de la guerre".
Il manque las paroles que tu dois avoir à part.
J'ai des problêmes d'ordi à la maison, donc je te l'envoie depuis mon travail.
Tu choisis l'octave adéquate, off course ;-)
Désolé pour le coté bourrin de l'accompagnement, cela se veut trés contenu et libre au final (merci Sibélius)

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Tifoo

Hey guys thought i'd throw up a quick audio file! I found an old play along of "The Shadow of Your Smile" and decided to have some funnnnnn....if anyone wants the mp3 of the play along let me know!

When it rains it pours. All us musicians trying to make a living get so angry when we get 3 calls for the same night. That means we lost 2 gigs!!

Things are slow here in Philly and just last week I got depressed about not having a bunch of gigs. Then it rained and then it poured.

Now I have about 15 tunes to learn, a bunch of site reading, a couple rehearsals, a few gigs and about maybe a thousand miles of driving.

Subscriber John Daly had some questions about Solar, so I answered them and went off on a tangent.

If you haven't studied this lick thoroughly then this is a very valuable lick.

It totally outlines the ii V I progression from the top. If you practice this in all keys and make up many variations of it, when you come out on the other site, you will have grown a lot musically.

I think any great player here has checked this lick and it's implications. It's like striking musical gold, I think.

It's a thorough study and I hope you will study it and post yourself playing through it as an assignment. I also hope you'll post variations on this.

hey everyone .. i decided to record rehearsal last saturday .. thought you all might want to check it out ... only our second time ive played with these folks .. kind of a weekend warrior thing ...