One of my favorite tunes!

And I love the lyrics. I definitely think that age of music produced the best lyrics especially in comparison with what came after. I LOVE rock and roll but to me that's the deal. I always want to learn the lyrics to all those old tunes and play the melody more from the lyric. I don't do it nearly enough, but I occasionally bring that to the front of my practicing and try.

I have a buddy married to a singer and he knows ALL the lyrics of all those tunes, and I'm very jealous. I think knowing the lyrics will make you a better tune player.

OH MAN my buddy just turned me on to this cat. Is this swinging or what!! Oh man!

It looks like we're over the 3000 mark with posts! That's a lot of information on the vibraphone!

Just thought I'd announce that.

When I saw Dana's post of his 'Un-structured improv I thought that's cool. We have a little wave of free improv going.

I posted that electronic stuff and now Dana posted this. Then I thought that would be cool if others just played whatever on their instrument and posted the outcome.

Playing free and using your ears to move the harmony is a great way to grow musically!

So the challenge is to post your own 'Un-structured improv'.

Merry Christmas!

My Dad's birthday passed recently and, true to form, I gave him some customized music. Most of it was classical pieces I had prepared on marimba and vibes: Chopin Prelude in E minor, Bach Prelude in C minor, Mozart Violn concerto (the one from the Goldenberg book) and a few jazzy numbers. To pad the disc I did an improv on the marimba where I had no pre-conceived notions when I pressed record other than I wanted to play something pretty/beautiful. Did it work?

A friend of mine sent this to my Facebook page. Enjoy!

I've got me a guitar player ! This is way better than being always alone with Band In A Box. It's more human. Caz Cazorla is the guitar player's name. His real first name is Jean-Michel, but I told him with such a name he wouldn't go anywhere. So "Caz" came down today over his lunch break and we did Invitation. This is after studying Tony's stuff. Tony, if you listen to this, I hope you will hear I've been doing my homework (in spite of my years, ha ha). Sorry it's a bit long (6 choruses) but we were having fun. Bass and drums are Real Tracks.