You are only going to get good at this instrument if you put the time in. You dig?

Consistent hard working time. Without that part nothing else will do it. There is no other way. All great players work hard.

if you put in an hour or two a day and if it's fun to you and you have the desire you can play this instrument.

I've watched countless people do this right here on this site.

I just listened to Gilbrano play one of the advanced lessons here. I remember when he was just getting into the instrument and now he has a lot of control over the instrument.

hey,
i was busy during the last weeks to prepare my new music room. thanks to mr.piper i built 5 sound baffles for the walls (thanks mr.piper for that great video!) in addition to my movable studio walls. in the room was a carpet which i took out because there was parquet underneath which i had to clean and make nice again. the room even has a chimney :)

i made a dream come true and bought a stereo set of 2 neumann u87 microphones and a presonus 1818vsl interface.

Hello Vibeworkshoppers. After several years of hard work, I'm very please to announce the release of my second album, "Gotham."

This is the product of the long term development of a group I've been leading here in NYC for the last 3 years with drummer Nate Wood, bassist Matt Clohesy, and saxophonist Donny McCaslin.
The CD is available today on iTunes and CD Baby.

Take a sneak peek at the video trailer for the album:

Make sure to turn up the volume!

-Tyler

So, I just spent a week or so out in the San Francisco area. It was really nice...

Saturday morning, I went out to get some coffee and came back to my hotel. Standing there, waiting for the elevator, I was enjoying that they were playing a Sonny Rollins recording as the music in the lobby of the hotel.

The elevator doors opened and a young guy, maybe about 30 or so, and his two kids got out. The little girl put her hands on her ears and said, "Daddy, that is wierd music. What kind of music is that?"

This is from a concert I did a few years back with my mridangam teacher. It was an honor to be asked back as a featured soloist with his Carnatic (South Indian) percussion ensemble at UNT.

I am using my effect pedals and a controller to do the pitch bend. Can't do the quarter tone embellishments the way they do in Carnatic music but it gets me a little closer.....