Hi All,
The August Good Vibes is coming up soon, August 5th. The Behn/Ken duo is featured with "The Dog Days"; a poetic inspiration from Joe Locke, "This Is Just To Say"; a track from David Friedman's new CD, "Silent Water/Before the Rain"; and a Steve Allen original played by Terry Gibbs, "I Used To Think I Was Crazy." And much more.
Hope you can listen in!
gloria

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Simple Etude. Play F# B C# E up and down your instrument. Try it fast. Hard right? I think of these as asymmetrical arpeggios.

Just do that for a few weeks and then come back to it, every now and then. I just did it yesterday and I sucked at it! Your turn!

I have been working my butt off. Lots of work which is good. You know I've made a transition over the last few years. I used to do tons of corporate stuff $$$$, but that has died. There are a bunch of good lookin' guys (like Behn) around who are hustling. Not just vibe players but also piano players and guitar players.

That's cool with me, I do think there's enough work to go around for all who are actively seeking it and all that know how to play their instruments. That's way it should be and I think that's the way it is.

ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY DICTIONARY for the Music Biz

24\7: The time signature of the national anthem of India.
AGENT: A character who resents performers getting 90% of his salary.
ARRANGER: A guy who writes to support a drinking habit.
BALLET: An art form for people with eating disorders.
BANDSTAND: The area farthest away from an electrical outlet.
BIG BAND: Nowadays, an aggregation consisting of two musicians.
BROADWAY PIT JOB: A prison sentence disguised as a gig.
CABARET: A venue where singers do songs from shows that closed out of town.

I was practicing something and it made me think of the tune, Tenderly. I found the chords on the web (http://www.myrealbook.com/listTune.htn?tuneSelector=T), transposed to C (which fits nicely on the vibes). I didn't have the melody, so I did it by memory (I am sure it is not right).

I am posting this to demonstrate the effect that I was after. Melody in octaves, and some double stop melody in the right hand.

Thomas Mackay (vib) Dereck Trost (dr) Doug Heydon (bs) 2000 Eugene Oregon.

This is the first trax on a recording i recently found and have started to pre mix the tracks .. its amazing in my mind to here wat was coming out of my head in 2000. This version is inspired by Ed Saindons Version on swingin on the sunnyside ..

whew .. ok this is the one we are gonna mix .. drums need some eq and bass a bit .. ...let me know wat ya think ...

i´ve had a rehearsel with my friend and we tried this song. although it´s only a practice session i liked the slide guitar on it a lot. this one is in the key of E-flat

Excellent exemple blend of time, feel and...joy !!!

Been learning how to use Final Cut Pro in my spare time this summer, so here is a short sample. Video with iPhone 4, audio via Logic/Mics and Final Cut to merge them together. A happy summer tune.
Rusty