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Nickels and Dimes

I remember going to Dave Liebman's house for an all day private lesson. What a GREAT player and great human being. That was my take. At one point, I sat in a chair and he preached to me about his thoughts on music. Next, I pulled out my vibe and we played together. You can only learn so much in any lesson because 99 percent of doing anything well is all about the kind of heart you have and desire to achieve.... practice, driving 1000 miles for a lesson, risking everything to "say something" in your art and craft. That's what it's all about.

African drumming using Burton grip

Slow Agbekor (traditional Ewe warrior dance in 12/8, also known as “Atsiagbekor”)
In this one-man-band arrangement, four support patterns and drum languages build the ensemble array: gonkogui (bell), totodzi and kagan drums, and ankle bells. Once the groove is established, I recite a number of master drum themes, with several songs interspersed. The left hand uses the Burton grip to simultaneously play two parts: bell and totodzi.

I'm Old Fashioned - Solo Vibraphone

“I’m Old Fashioned” - solo vibraphone version of one of my favorite standards from Jerome Kern and Johnny Mercer. I'm focusing here on utilizing the entire range of the instrument with a variety of solo vibraphone concepts that incorporate all four mallets. Some of the techniques include the use of counterpoint, various left hand accompaniment techniques, double stops (octaves, 6ths, 3rds) and four mallet voicings. These solo vibraphone concepts/techniques and more will be showcased via examples on standards as part of my solo vibraphone book project that I'm working on.

Solo für Kruske

hey all,

this is a trailer of the project i worked for in the past time...i already posted some of the tunes here on the site.

it´s a narration with live video and music performance, which was performed now several times in the main theater in bochum germany,

i´m sorry but the story is in german only but maybe you get an insight.

hope you like it
Tarik