This is going to be a great hang! Doug Walters from the University of Colorado is coming to the hang and will play a couple tunes.
A couple of the students will play and we'll see who else shows up. Mark Pryzbalowski will be playing bass and a great drummer Tom Palmer.
I was just thinking about Dim's ability to process criticism without ego and turn it into immediate positive results. Of course it's a credit to him as a passionate musician/student(But isn't that what we are? Musicians and life long students?) It's also a credit to Tony for creating this wonderful platform where we all can present our work, exchange ideas and enjoy the fruits of constructive criticism. This should serve as a motivation for all Vibesworkshoppers to post as often as possible.
Richard posted this very recent gig exerpt on his FB... We didn't know him as harmonica player did we?! Beautiful rendition of this Metheny tune I wanted to share with you... Lovely feel!
Oh man... Beautiful!!!
Ok, I tried my best here. This was a tough lesson to make, I hope you guys follow me on this. Any questions or confusion let me know. It's a bit abstract.
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Check these guys out if you're around. Should be great. They are incredible musicians. Just going to be EVI and Sax for this.
Concert will be live and online here:
Made you look.
The point I wanted to bring up is how do we make a living on this instrument? Who out there has made a living playing the vibes? Or was making a living and then got a 'real' job (as my mother used to say). What are your thoughts?
What are some ideas for graduating percussionists who really want to make a living out of playing jazz?? It is almost graduation time?
Have I brought this up already?