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Good Vibes March '14 update

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Hi All,
I welcome some new (to me) vibes players in the March show; Gary Shapiro (sorry it took me so long, Gary), Martin Fabricius, Ray Alexander, and Dave Hagedorn. Also, a musician who calls himself Mr. Ho but is in reality Brain O'Neill. Jay Hoggard opens with a soulful gospel tune that I just can't seem to get out of my head, "Worship God in Spirit, Truth and Love." What a beauty!
Jerry Tachoir is back with his new CD Stories, Dan Dean (g) and Tom Collier (v) play a Rolling Stones tune "What A Shame," Rusty Burge with a Monk tune, Hendrik Meurkens with Jobim and lots more.

Drum genius

Hey all,
I just wanted to pass on an iphone app I have been using lately. It is called Drumgenius and was put together by a Bassist as a practice tool. It is a big collection of different feels laid out in 2-8 bar phrases. The killing aspect to this app is that the grooves are all taken from great recordings, so for example if you look up 2 feel you might find : 2 feel like Jack Dejohnette on Take the Coltrane from the Album Triplicate (DHolland ECM) 225 BPM. Or 2 feel ala Eric Harland.

Solo Vibraphone - Alone Together (Take Two)

Practicing solo vibraphone on Alone Together. Here is Take 2 out of three takes. This rendition is a little slower and starts out with more subtlety than Take 1. In this take, I'm experimenting with using a variety of articulations/note lengths as well as executing lines with four mallets.

Other Takes:

Take 1: This is a fairly brief two chorus version that includes right hand octaves along with left hand accompaniment and pedal point in the bridge of the 2nd chorus.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcP06...