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Originally Posted by Ray Vega  Rich Willey is a dear friend (18 years)whom I highly respect as a working musician, composer, arranger, educator and publisher.
There is NOTHING BS or half-ass about him.
He is the real deal.
His arrival is a major plus for TM.
Rich,
Welcome my brother!!!!!
Peace!
RV |
RAY!!! How you doooin'??? Man, I'm gonna have to put your testimonial on my website. Where do I send the checks?
Great to hear from you, my brother! Last time I saw you (way too long ago) was when you and Claudio played Birdland together. Bob Bernotas and I came out to hear you two, and we had a ball!
Ray, didn't we do the Mel Tormé big band together? We might even be on that CD together, right, or were you subbing for John Walsh?
Anyway, I don't "blow my own horn" all that well in the PR department, but there are many people out there who know how dedicated and serious about music I am, and Ray is just one of them. Hopefully some of you will trust that and give
this new book a try.
So many guys will spend a veritable fortune looking for that "perfect" horn, or that miracle mouthpiece . . . it's mind-boggling. But they won't spend less than the cost of taking their wife or girlfriend out for dinner on a book, and then devote the necessary time in the practice room methodically practicing and putting in the hours necessary to really develop their chops.
Ray and I both know that it ain't the horn, it ain't the mouthpiece . . . it's how you practice and what you practice and how much you practice.
Stomvi, Ray? I'll never get an endorsement deal playing my 1940 Olds Super. Can you hook me up with Stomvi??? (Just kidding, I love my Olds.)
I love the picture, Ray!