when i did the sunny version for tonys birthday some time ago i made joke with marie about doing something stupid with her. here´s the link:
http://www.vibesworkshop.com/video/happy-birthday-tony-tarik-marie-flor…

time has passed, it´s christmas and the joke became a joke reality.
i had so much fun doing this tune with marie and check out all my multirecording stuff again.
i need to convince marie a bit to really post this as you can hear in the end.

since i like tonys sticks give a away and because it´s christmas i like to make a special give away:

I wanted to put this out to the community because I have seen potential electrical problems with several vibe motors/controllers, especially the older Bodine Motors and controllers. I want to provide a little food for thought. Bottom line, it's always better to be safe. I don't want to scare anyone, rather my hope is that someone may be helped by this post.

Here are three simple left hand exercises to practice.

A chance to practice stride over the holidays.
A chance to get some free mallets.
A chance to get David Friedman into the Christmas spirit (and possibly convert him)

This is a tune I wrote for my harmony class project. Let me know what you guys think. I think one of these days I'll be able to get a trio in my apartment and maybe join in on the vibe hang. I have some pretty decent Rode NT5's that I used to record this that I think would work fine for live stream.

Joe Doubleday- Vibes
Max Moran- Bass
Miles Nasta- Drums

So I find that dealing with concentration is a major factor in my practicing. How do I stay focused when I play, that's been my topic lately in my mind. HAHAHA that is while I'm playing!!

I'm finding that singing or playing drums vocally tend to really help and so I realize I'm making more noise when I play. More than usual. And I'm seeing other older musicians do some of this and am figuring that many of us face the same problem.… I'm usually not alone with my problems even though I think they're usually catastrophic and all about me!!

Video quality is not so great but whoa listen to Joe!

Patrice gots the blues... And man he's got it!! :o)
And he's also a bit in a hurry: wait till the end, a surprise for you Tony!
I love it!!!
- M

I was messing around with settings on my camera and trying to find some quicker ways to shoot video and I made a lesson up. Simple but you guys might dig it. Wasn't easier and had some trouple with the cam, but consider it a QDV (Quick and Dirty Video).