Interesting because we've been talking about playing solo.
Denny is also a psychiatrist and a great pianist. He wrote the tune in the Real Book 'Quiet Now'.
Check out the Dampening on the Mallet Kat.
Man I've been here practicing for the last few hours. I'm working on stuff I worked on yesterday and I'm realizing once again how important consistency is.
I'm seeing what I did yesterday flow a little better today. It's really exciting and always has been.
That's why I just want to mention about this. Make sure you're setting aside time each day, or most days. You need that consistency to get better.
Just taking a 5 minute break to pass on my 2 cents.
Hey guys.
http://www.vibesworkshop.com/audio/totm-summertime-etude-no-1-behn-gill…
Go to this lesson and do the etude.
JUST REMEMBER TO POST YOUR PERFORMANCE OF THE ETUDE ON THIS PAGE. NOT THE ORIGINAL LESSON PAGE. BOOK MARK THIS PAGE AND POST IN THE COMMENTS HERE.
My final this year in improv class is simple. Students will play Have You Met Miss Jones in 4 keys. Head, Solo, Head. Sounds like it could be simple. But for them it proves to be very difficult.
They have to play in time, and they play solo and they have to make the changes. Those three things in combination are apparently difficult. Well no apparently. Those are difficult things to pull off. Keeping everything in time, and making your line sound like the tune and doing it all yourself with no help.