No vibes here in Houston. It is 75 degrees here, though...

I am practicing Greensleeves.

I have been practicing improvising arpeggios to the A section to help me internalize the changes. In the recording, I started out with the arpeggios, then played a straight 4-mallet arrangement. The arpeggios are not to the meter since the changes occur too quickly.

Here is my work-in-progress from tonight's practice (without reading).

Barry

New video format! I was getting sick of the old one, haha!

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A rough mix of one of my tunes entitled Fresh Biscuits.
Rusty

https://soundcloud.com/rusty-burge/fresh-biscuits

Just got my first paid gig at a bar/jazz club in Yardley, PA. The place is called The Vault, primarily a "brew pub" but they hire live jazz 3 nights a week. Playing on January 3rd as a duo with Justin Sekelewski on bass. Only one thing I'm unsure about....When I sent the guy at the Vault an email with my demo I never mentioned that I'm only 16...could this cause an issue???

Was working on Recordame

Charly is a long time friend of vibesworkshop and she's a great young vibe player studying with David Friedman at the Berlin Jazz Institute.

Hey folks,

I'm currently experiencing a pretty significant issue with frame noise on my M55. Even though the instrument was used before I bought it there were only cosmetic issues and nothing that I saw regarding the integrity of the frame.

Here's another chorus to study on Just In Time. This one deals with more chord tones, and stretching out the chords of the tune. Pdf is attached. Enjoy!

Remember when you practice anything you're practicing technique