I'm a sucker for drum DVDS so I always buy the MD Festival discs and I always enjoy at least SOME of the performances> With this set I'm particularly keen to see the John Riley section.

YESSSSSSSSSSSS! I love it! Sometimes it feels so good to get a reminder of the unbridled joy music can bring :) Since the Fred thread, Believe It has been playing over and over in my car and I'm heading to my music room right now to dig out Speak No Evil. Frank Zappa had it right: Music. Is. The. Be...

DSOP wrote:Very nice! Those cymbals sound great too.

Agreed! Even through my laptop speakers they sound amazing.

Love it I have this on DVD somewhere but I haven't watched it for far too long.

Thanks!

I remember reading Randy Brecker's rider online a whie back and finding it most amusing. I just searched for it and found it here along with guitarist Martin Taylor's which is also excellent reading. http://acapella.harmony-central.com/showthread.php?1686283-Martin-Taylor-and-Randy-Brecker-s-Concert...

A few that spring to mind: Learn to drive! Be nice. Say yes a lot. Keep records of all income/expenditure relating your music (tax purposes) Have the desire and work-ethic to improve continuously whilst remembering to actually enjoy your own playing in the present moment. Learn as much as you can, b...

The Gordon Goodwin Big Phat Band play-along is very good, I've also used the Irv Cottler Under My Skins book with some students but if I remember rightly the backing tracks do not have a count in (!) The book that helped me the most when learning to set up and orchestrate figures big-band style was ...

I'm still hoping someone can hook me up too... anybody?

Hi all. I've not tried to send a PM since the board changed but had a little trouble today - My message appears in outbox rather than sent messages. I know I'm probably overlooking something extremely obvious but as I've only been using the internet for.... oooh... about 12 years its all a bit new a...

Its been a mad few days for me so I seem to have missed this.

Can anyone hook me up with a link? It would be greatly appreciated