'We had a great vibe coffee hang with Gary! '
We talked about a lot interested things. Had some great questions!!!
Check out the attached PDF!
This will take a little explaining.
First we had a zoom meeting with microphone designer Ron Oswanski. He used to work for Amt microphones and is now out on his own and has made a beautiful vibe microphone so I had him come and talk about it.
That's the easy part to explain the hard part is what happens next. If you don't know what Google Notebook LM is you need to check it out it's mind blowing.
Here's an etude on the tune I Could Write A Book. Chord melody and solo.
I wrote in the chords for the first time through the tune. You write the rest in and look at the alterations of the chords!
Check out the audio to see what it's supposed to sound like. I'd love to see you post your version!
The vibe sample is from the company Orange Tree. And if you know who Ed Smith is, it's his vibes and mallets. Sound great!
I played really simple. It should be fairly easy to transcribe.
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Here it a simple solo on Cherokee. I like making simple solos and trying to get the essential notes, guide tones, color tones, etc. Your job is to transcribe it. Then try to play it faster and faster.
Barry Harris is so amazing as a player and a teacher.
Here he talks about All The Things You and progressions. This is so amazing!!!!!!