It seems to me that 9/11 had a profound effect on the music business. I've never heard that talked about. As I remember it was after 9/11 that all the New York gigs fell apart. No one was going outside. All the clubs started doing the door for musicians. I heard of one club where you had to tell the guy at the door you were here to see the band or the money would not go to the band!!

A good exercise for minor/dominant vocabulary.

I feel like i've been on a treasure hunt lately. I've been looking for grad schools to apply to for Jazz Vibraphone (graduate level). Im not finding a big list here, and was hoping some of you guys would have a better idea as to wear i could consider applying?
So far i know of: Manhattan (locke), UArts (miceli), Queens (rafalides).
Know of any others?

When you come into rehearsals what do you expect to happen? Do you have order to your rehearsals? Is there a leader, or does everyone just work together?
For me personally, i prefer to walk in with a set idea of what to do. Whether its running through tunes we as a group are all familiar with, or running through an arrangement idea someone had.

My practice space mascot. Needed something to replace that picture of vibe springs I posted earlier.

Two springs hooked together.

Anyone going to see Gary play on the 27th?? Maybe we get one big table??
If you are going leave a comment below, maybe we can get a count.

Here's info on tickets:
http://tickets.worldcafelive.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=4053

I recorded this with Mark;s bass line after I got the count in sorted, and put a harmony line on top, tried to keep it strictly to the notes but of course played few pinky's anyway here it is. Comments welcome

This is GReat!