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Hi All, I welcome some new (to me) vibes players in the March show; Gary Shapiro (sorry it took me so long, Gary), Martin Fabricius, Ray Alexander, and Dave Hagedorn. Also, a musician who calls himself Mr. Ho but is in reality Brain O'…
11 years 2 months ago - 0 comments
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This was recently posted to YouTube. I never heard of Chuck Redd before. He's played with some big names. Sounds great. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFP_jpjZnBshttp://www.chuckredd.com/recordings.htm Barry
11 years 2 months ago - 6 comments
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Hey all, I just wanted to pass on an iphone app I have been using lately. It is called Drumgenius and was put together by a Bassist as a practice tool. It is a big collection of different feels laid out in 2-8 bar phrases. The killing…
11 years 2 months ago - 1 comments
Swing/Bebop Tunes
Jacob Britton
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Does anyone know of any 50's-60's swing/bebop vibraphonists I can listen to or transcribe? We're playing a lot of Basie and Thad Jones in jazz band and I need to expand my vocabulary. Thanks!
11 years 2 months ago - 1 comments
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At least, it was new to me because I had totally forgotten about it. First and foremost, thank you to Noel Okimoto. He has recently joined the site and I began corresponding with him about an instrument he has. The subject turned to the…
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I own an old Musser Pro Vibe that has been customized and I would like to get an estimate as to it's value. The frame is roughly from around the early seventies, and has gold trim and gold resonators. The original cross bar and pedal are…
11 years 2 months ago - 3 comments
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Hey Houston dudes! I'm looking forward to coming to your school in a couple weeks. Here is a bunch of stuff for you to check out. Behns beginners 8 part series Check out Behn's 8 part beginner series. He did this with Tyler Blanter. Behn…
11 years 2 months ago - 4 comments
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I am learning an arrangement of Clair de Lune, arranged by Nick Baron.http://www.nickbaron.co.uk/page4.htm Check out our very own Tifoo playing it. :-)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wjyehcjTso Here is another nice rendition:http://www.…
11 years 2 months ago - 8 comments
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A great workshop today with Tony at the University of the Arts!!
9 years 4 months ago - 3 comments
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hey guys, after tony posted his digital journal i decided to start a journal, too. So i play mini gigs for myself, record it, listen back and take notes to what i was playing. I do it for a few days now, and it is really cool how you take…
11 years 2 months ago - 9 comments
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| Hey guys, I'm going to talk more about this in the coming days. But the new official instrument of Vibes Workshop is the Omega vibes from Malletech. I'm truly in love with this instrument. I've been meeting and talking with Leigh Stevens…
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| Lots of great things ahead!! First, if you missed Gloria’s vibe radio show last Sunday, there’s another broadcast as usual this Wednesday. Then have a look at our project of VDOP “Virtual Day Of Percussion” Feb. 15th, one whole day of…
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For sale : Electric vibraphone Lite eVibe Van der Plas. 3 oct, wide blue bars, silicon damper, light weighted frame, no tubes conception because pickups, jack mono out (like an electric guitar), clean sound, good shape (studio kept), minor…
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THIS PAGE WILL SERVE AS THE HOME PAGE FOR THE VDOP THE DAY OF THE EVENTAll the information for the day will be here. Links, info, timeline, etc. MAKE SURE YOU KNOW HOW TO REFRESH THIS PAGE. WE WILL ALSO USE THE CHAT BOX ON THE RIGHT (have…
11 years 2 months ago - 4 comments
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Do it! Transcribe this! Play it back when you have it down. Don't post the sheet music, play it! Why does it work? Can you hear the changes? Why? Check out the mixolydian scales on the bridge and watch them change. You lose a sharp…
11 years 2 months ago - 1 comments
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It kills me! The music is so great and simple and the audience goes nuts. I just love music like this that is acoustic and simple and makes people happy. That's life, huh? life can be that simple.
9 years 4 months ago - 3 comments
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listen to this guy play. listen to the first couple bars. you can tell he's a great young player, right? his phrasing i think is right on. has a little terry gibbs maybe in? i dug his playing.
9 years 4 months ago - 4 comments
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He's great huh?
11 years 2 months ago - 7 comments
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Tony, You inspired me to listen to some of the stuff tucked away on my iPod recorder... Kind of finding my way through this tune at first, but found a few moments I liked. Gotta keep working on it! Steve
11 years 2 months ago - 7 comments
Improv Techniques
Gary Burton
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There are a few teaching and practice techniques that I have questioned for years, and I wonder what other folks here at the site would have to say. I am primarily self-taught as a vibist and somewhat self-taught as an improviser.…
11 years 2 months ago - 60 comments
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Hello Vibe Community, Newbie here, first time posting- (This community is fantastic, so much great input and info!) I'm looking at buying a vibe, and there is a Musser M55 I'm looking at, but it's from the 70's and is not height…
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