Hey guys, here's a solo marimba clip of me playing my composition Life's Blessing. Tony and I had recorded some videoclips of that tune in the past as a project. The lead sheet can be viewed and downloaded in PDF format from my website. Here's the link: http://www.edsaindon.com/documents/Lifes_Blessing.pdf

I just listened to Tony's excellent post on bringing the four mallets into play when soloing. This clip sort of applies to that topic.

Ed

Omg! So much skill, accuracy and technic of service to beauty! :o)

This is great stuff to study. And we're taking it slow, so practice in all the keys. I think these lessons will help many of you guys!

This was an out take I did from the Chord and Harmony Festival. Just thought I'd post it.

Hello Folks,
It's been a while since my last update and I promised myself that I'd whip something up this week and get back in the action here. I did this kinda fast, so let me know if there are mistakes.

Extended plagal progressions are recurring in many standards. A plagal cadence is the motion from the IV chord to the I chord. Some tunes that have extended plagal cadences are... Blues for Alice, All of Me, All the Things You Are, Emily, etc. Once you pick this sound out, you will hear it all the time... it usually just sounds like a chromatic walk down, and in a lot of ways, that is really all it is.

Here are some lines that are a jumping off point for tackling this progression. This was compiled by Bert Ligon.

Hope ya dig it!

-Drew

Still the same concert we did in quartet with french musicians Éric Barret on saxs, Stéphane Kerecki on bass and canadian drummer Karl Jannuska. This tune is extracted from "Carmen" the opera by G. Bizet.

Here's a video we did in quartet with french musicians Éric Barret on saxs, Stéphane Kerecki on bass and canadian drummer Karl Jannuska. In this group we play my compositions, I hope you like it guys !!

Sleigh Ride with John Hill on guitar, and me on MaliletKat is getting there. Missing an Fmajor chord at the end. Hoping to move on to some jazz standards with John. Definitely great to work with a guitar player.

Hey all!

This question is specifically targeted at Tony, but I figured I would post it here so that everyone can benefit.

My question is this....

When playing solo vibraphone and you want to play general harmony, then does it a good idea (or even almost necessary) to start accompanying the specific harmony for yourself?