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How much music does everyone here listen to?
Randy_Sutin
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When I was younger, I would spend hours with my sisters and my friends sitting around listening to records, sometimes the same record repeatedly for hours.   Sure, I would also spend a lot of time in a transcription mode, trying to…
2 weeks 2 days ago - 6 comments
Benny Goodman and Terry Gibbs 1950
DrBobM55
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I didn't know that Terry Gibbs played with Benny Goodman. He's playing a Deagan Imperial, which was known for a great warm tone. I had one in high school that I bought for $290. The guy I bought it from was convinced it had only 2 1/2…
1 month 4 weeks ago - 1 comments
Is anyone home at Malletech?
jahall721
Content type: Forum topic
I was interested in purchasing an OmegaVibe and had a couple questions that the dealers couldn't answer. I've called Malletech 12 times, tried all available extensions, left VM and email. No answers, no response. Makes me think…
2 days 15 hours ago - 0 comments
Play a Great Rhythm Changes in 3 Months - Week 12 by Behn Gillece
behng
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🎵 Play A Great Rhythm Changes In 3 Months – Week 12Over the past seven weeks, we've built a strong vocabulary for rhythm changes through guide tones, chord outlinings, scale motion, substitutions, and bebop language.This week, we introduce…
4 days 12 hours ago - 0 comments
Yet another mic to consider for recording the vibes well... the sE7
Randy_Sutin
Content type: Blog entry
If there is one thing I know for certain, it is that I don't know all the options out there.  I continue to learn.   Here's a good one...I just did a live recording session for Imani Records here in Philly.  When I was…
5 days 9 hours ago - 0 comments
malletkat midi sound source software
dustingetz
Content type: Forum topic
Hello, I am looking to upgrade my malletkat sound and am looking into laptop midi setups so that I can use proprietary samples instead of the gigkat sound modules endorsed by Alternate Mode.Q1: What samples do you use? (Some appear to…
2 months ago - 7 comments
15 Week Vibe Course - Lesson 2
superorganic
Content type: Blog entry
OK, so I'm getting a weekly lesson done every three weeks - what can I say, I'm old.  I move slowly.  :)Here's the Lesson 2 material:Friedman 1 and Friedman 2. Need to do more with dynamics on Friedman 1, but wanted to post what…
6 days 13 hours ago - 0 comments
Play a Great Rhythm Changes in 3 Months - Week 11 by Behn Gillece
behng
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🎵 Play A Great Rhythm Changes In 3 Months – Week 11Over the past six weeks, we've steadily expanded our rhythm changes vocabulary.We've explored:Guide-tone linesEmbellished 3rds and 7thsChromatic approachesDiminished and bebop scale…
1 week 4 days ago - 0 comments
Vibesworkshop is on Discord
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
I started a discord server for Vibes workshop. I think it's gonna be very cool. It's gonna have stages in it where we can play and have the coffee hang we can have impromptu talks we can have impromptu playing together, etc.. I'm building…
1 week 6 days ago - 1 comments
WARNING Phishing attempt?
Stu Debt
Content type: Blog entry
Hi everyone -I got an email from Tony, with an "invitation" link to Dropbox. The URL did not match Dropbox. I fear that I have been phished...the url was "glentor.vu", which seems to have mirrored the Dropbox site, and is a known phishing…
2 weeks 2 days ago - 3 comments
Lawsuit against Chuck Redd dismissed
Paul Kaminsky
Content type: Story
From the New York Times;A judge in Washington on Friday tossed a lawsuit filed by the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts against a jazz musician who canceled a performance at the venue’s annual Christmas Eve concert last year after…
2 months 2 weeks ago - 1 comments
To anyone selling an instrument
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
Most of us are smart and careful. I am, but the other day I slipped and clicked on something someone sent me. I never do that. It hijacked my email and sent the same to my whole email list which is about 3000 people. Becareful when…
1 week 6 days ago - 0 comments
Play a Great Rhythm Changes in 3 Months - Week 10 by Behn Gillece
behng
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🎵 Play A Great Rhythm Changes In 3 Months – Week 10Over the past five weeks, we've gradually expanded our rhythm changes vocabulary.We've explored:• Guide-tone lines• Embellished 3rds and 7ths• Chromatic approaches• Diminished and bebop…
2 weeks 3 days ago - 0 comments
Used Musser M55 ProVibe for Sale: $3,200
Larry Chernicoff
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1974 Musser ProVibe with silver bars for sale in good condition for $3,200. I listed it here last year before I moved to MA. It's just been sitting in my basement, so I lowered the price from $3,600 to $3,200. The ProVibe has been one…
3 months ago - 3 comments
15 week vibe course lesson 1
superorganic
Content type: Blog entry
Retired a while back and now have the time to get more serious about the vibes.  Thought the 15 week thing would be a good place to begin.  So here is my lesson 1 stuff.My four root notes are F, Ab, B, and D.  I think of the…
3 weeks 5 days ago - 2 comments
Blues for diahann - Milt Jackson solo
OW
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Here's my version of this cool solo by Milt Jackson on Bag's Opus.
1 month 2 weeks ago - 2 comments
Play a Great Rhythm Changes in 3 Months - Week 9 by Behn Gillece
behng
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🎵 Play A Great Rhythm Changes In 3 Months – Week 9Over the past four weeks, we've been steadily building a melodic vocabulary for rhythm changes.We've explored:• Guide tones (3rds and 7ths)• Embellished guide-tone lines• Chromatic and flat…
3 weeks 1 day ago - 0 comments
Ralph Towner Gary Burton - Slide Show
tonymiceli
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How did I miss this CD. I like it. I LOVE Matchbook. I never heard this one! I love good guitar and vibe duos. Anyone know of any more?
6 years 7 months ago - 4 comments
Play a Great Rhythm Changes in 3 Months - Week 8 by Behn Gillece
behng
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🎵 Play A Great Rhythm Changes In 3 Months – Week 8Over the past three weeks, we've gradually expanded our melodic vocabulary.We started with:• 3rds and 7ths• Embellished guide-tone lines• Chromatic and flat 9 dominant vocabularyThis week,…
1 month ago - 0 comments
Play a Great Rhythm Changes in 3 Months - Week 7 by Behn Gillece
behng
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🎵 Play A Great Rhythm Changes In 3 Months – Week 7Over the past two weeks, we've been developing melodic lines from the inside out.We started by connecting the 3rds and 7ths, then expanded those guide-tone lines with more melodic movement…
1 month 1 week ago - 0 comments
Xylo magic
zangbot485
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Teddy Brown, showman AND technician!
1 month 1 week ago - 0 comments
Play a Great Rhythm Changes in 3 Months - Week 6 by Behn Gillece
behng
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🎵 Play A Great Rhythm Changes In 3 Months – Week 6Last week, we introduced one of the most important concepts in jazz improvisation:👉 Connecting the harmony through the 3rds and 7ths.Those guide tones gave us a clear picture of the rhythm…
1 month 2 weeks ago - 0 comments
Simple blues solo
OW
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This is an exercise of blues solo. One chorus written using chord tones on the beats, and (mostly) blues scale and bebop dominant scale tones as passing notes.
1 month 3 weeks ago - 4 comments
Today's Lesson From My Note Taking App (Plaud)
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
I have been using an AI notetaker. When I practice I talk about things out loud. Then the app (Plaud) sums up everything and distills it down. Here's what it gave me today: I know some people are not into AI. But I love it. It writes…
1 month 2 weeks ago - 0 comments
Play a Great Rhythm Changes in 3 Months - Week 5 by Behn Gillece
behng
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🎵 Play A Great Rhythm Changes In 3 Months – Week 5Over the first four weeks of this series, we've focused entirely on harmony:• Learning the form• Internalizing common voicings• Exploring different textures• Developing comping rhythms and…
1 month 3 weeks ago - 0 comments
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