Hello and welcome to my website. I'm a pianist, keyboardist, composer, and music teacher in Burlington, Vermont. Here you can listen to recordings of my various bands and projects, and find information about upcoming performances. I offer piano lessons for all ages. You might find my blog interesting.

The Andric Severance Latin Jazz Quartet is playing at On The Rise in Richmond, VT, on New Year’s Eve. 9pm to Midnight.

This is going to be a great party, with good vibes and dancing. I’ll be playing my Rhodes!

Happy New Year!

“Stolen Goods”:
Salsa 2-3 clave
The head is just hits. Bass plays tumbao for horn/piano solos. On cue, Bass and Piano loop measures 41-48 to accompany percussion solos. Then the head (hits) and end.

chart
http://www.andricseverance.com/bass_charts/stolen_goods_bass.pdf

recording
http://www.andricseverance.com/tunes/stolen_goods3_4_06.mp3

“Peace”:
guaguanco
This can be the trickiest tune, just keeping the rhythm on the right side of the clave. The bass is call-and-response with the conga melody (sorry no congas on this recording). The high-hat pattern is a good anchor, too. Open vamp for intro.

There are some great new players learning the Xtet music! I’m making more recordings available so people can learn the tunes.

http://andricseverance.com/tunes/

8/3/08
I have always loved errors in translation. I recently came across this photo, and was inspired to goof around with web-based translators. The sign is on a restaurant in China:

Here’s what my website introduction looks like when translated to Chinese, and then back to English, using an on-line translator:

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Cousin Don sent this.

Here’s news of the anti-music movement in America:
Last night at a gig in Montgomery, Vermont, the liquor contol people show up. They decide that there are too many drunk people in the bar, and they tell the bartenders that they have to stop serving alchohol. The place empties. One patron, when confronted by the cops about his drunkenness, replied that he lived right across the street, and was walking. No matter; it is actually illegal to be drunk, period. A local said that there had been an increase in funding for such law enforcement activities under the aegis of “Homeland Security”.