I had my friend come over yesterday to do some work on my Rhodes. He's a great pianist and organist in the NJ area, Chris Simonini. Anyway, the Rhodes sounds great now, and we did a little playing afterwards. Some people say that vibes and Rhodes sound too similar and that they don't work well together, but I disagree. I think if done the right way, they sound amazing together! Anyway, here is an original composition of mine we played together called "Lazy September." I wrote it in the beginning of the month when things were slow! Hope you enjoy it.

Harmony

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.

This weekend, I went to a ukulele festival with my dad. He's pretty cool, check him out: http://www.youtube.com/user/grassshk/videos (I recommend The Werewolves of London).

And here's one we did together: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryhw1t9lCQw

Anyway, he bought what we thought was a Hawaiian ukulele CD, but when we listened to it, almost every track had vibes. In fact, there was more vibraphone on the CD than ukulele!

A couple incorrect passing melody notes in my right hand. I told my right hand which note to hit, but for some reason it chose not to listen:)

The dampening system on the Omega vibraphone is unique and really great. Check it out!