I try to take walks every day, partly to listen to music and mostly because I'm out of shape and overweight!

I think I posted once before about this and I think posted about a Friedman CD. Hmmm, I came home today and wanted to post about listening to Rios on my walk.

Great walking music first of all. Sonically the sounds of the instruments are beautiful together. This made the walk fun.

Check out this exercise I used to help me compare modes.

So August 1st we are one year old here at www.vibesworkshop.com. I've been looking around the site thinking about how far it's gone and all the friends here that I've made.

The friend part is incredible to me. I just can't believe how many buddies I have now. And friends from all over the world which is great.

There's been some talk about starting a tune club on the site. I decided to post a lesson on a tune. The lesson has an assignment. I figured if 5 guys to the assignment and post it, then I'll do the next part of the lesson. So check it out!

Give it up, California boy!

Has anyone seen this up on the site? I couldn't find it but found it over at larrysimprovpage.com

This is the first video I ever did. I got a lot of notice for the washer and dryer in the background. I had no clue as to what I was doing. I was trying to start QDV's! Quick and Dirty Videos!! Where nothing mattered but the content! That's so funny now to me.

I was practicing, and as it often happens, I played a few notes that sounded familiar, but I didn't know what it is. Then I recalled it was from the Cal Tjader Soul Sauce album. The song was "Somewhere in the Night".
http://www.vibesworkshop.com/amazon/cal-tjader-soul-sauce/tonymiceli/03…
I listened and played along with that version a few times and wanted to hear other versions. So, I did a search a found a couple vibes and organ versions.

In case you din't no, my spelling and gramar are prety bad. Most of the tim it's bcause, I'm tiping vury late at nite and I'm sew tred. I dn't prof reed enuf. I apologise. I get pretty eksited wen I do a lsson or atude.

I no it's a problm for some. fortunattally for me i hv friends on the sight that emale me all the time to say, yo you butter chick this out.

I wull trie to be more cairful.

I've been transcribing parts of a Chick solo. What's great about these programs is that some of Chick's licks are hard to play. Now I can slow everything down and play the line and then work up the speed.

I thought that might be a great way for some of you guys to learn hard tunes like Donna Lee.

My keyboard is set up to send instructions to Amazing Slow Downer, so play the lick and then hit a key and it speeds up. That's how we practice anyway right? Play it slow and then a little faster and then faster until we have it up to tempo.

I just got all excited because I counted 560 Lesson on this site. It's a rough count, but even at 500, that's amazing. I really think there's 3 or 4 years of study here now!