I thought it was time to present some new material here again.

Over the years, a lot of worn-out mallets have accumulated. I had the opportunity to give students a project assignment to refurbish old mallets. The result works very well. I have restored a first set of mallets with 300 windings per mallet and I am very enthusiastic. Many thanks to my student Fabian Buschulte!

Interesting Open Voicings Pt. 4 by Behn Gillece

Here is a "Blues Super Pack". A whole bunch of stuff on the blues. There are two videos, one is embedded here and talks briefly about what this is. The second is attached and looks at the two etudes also attached here. 

Interesting Open Voicings Pt. 3 by Behn Gillece

Hey all! Sharing a recording of seven pieces for soprano saxophone and vibraphone, composed by Norman David and recorded at Gradwell House in Haddon Heights, NJ.

Description from Norman:

Interesting Open Voicings Pt. 2 by Behn Gillece

Oleo solo: https://youtu.be/OdLGyrcRVRM

Ok this is super challenging. Here’s what I did. I recorded the vibes first with no click track and then I added bass after. This was HARD.

The lesson is

Beginners

• To memorize the melody
• Record the melody then do something over top of it. Snap your fingers on 2 and 4. If you play drums get brushes and play along, or do what I did and that is to play a bass line.

Advanced

 Interesting Open Voicings Pt. 1 by Behn Gillece

Here is my video of the Freidman 7 etude