david friedman dampening etude #5, not perfect but i'm working at it

my first audio post! more to come... i hope i posted this the right way

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Dear all,

Here are some news from Joe Locke: about to play a gig in Winnipeg, he had to undergo an emergency appendectomy.

Luckily, all went fine. He'll have to stay in the hospital for 3 days and then on his way home for recovery.

His manager Tom Marcello nicely kept us informed and just gave us those latest good news...

Let's all wish Joe a prompt recovery, good times back and to see him back on board... and on stage!!

- M

Hi ,

This video is somewhat special for me... It's the last time I played vibes ! As some of you know, I'm now in Warsaw without a vibes since October.

So just before leaving France, I recorded this in my parent's living room with a good friend of mine.
I tried to put into application what I learned from the TOTM My romance.

A little concept exercise.

Warren is a pretty heavy cat in my book!

I think Diane plays this just great. The melody is so beautiful that we decided not to take any solos. I like it when singers just play a ballad straight down, one time.

Hi all!

As you might know I recently became dad of a cute baby son which makes me very happy BUT at the same time it keeps me off the vibes. Anyway I try to keep in touch with music by playing guitar (much lower volume possible) and today at the office the idea popped up to play Tony's Song for Meg in a 4/4 rhytm. What you hear is something like a practice tape with the first attempts to play it this way. I simply wanted to give a proof of life and share the idea.

So sorry no vibes involved but I will try to get back to the vibes soon

I thought this might be of interest to check out. It's a good shot of the instrument and the sticks. So now you can see when I hit a wrong note and how exactly I did that!