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TOTM - Minority - What Can You Do?
tonymiceli
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7 years 5 months ago - 1 comments
Doxy by Sonny Rollins
ed saindon
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Doxy" composed by the great Sonny Rollins. Had a request from a special friend and great vibist to post this song. I love everything Tim played on this clip. I learned this song many years ago from the great Herb Pomeroy. Herb was a…
7 years 5 months ago - 2 comments
Let's Discuss This Again: Hard vs. Soft Mallets
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
Our discussion of cord for vibes started to branch off in soft vs. hard mallets. So I thought I'd open a discussion on that :-). I don't want to say too much about it but I'll start off with this. It's sad to go hear a vibe player and…
7 years 5 months ago - 19 comments
Anyone Know About John "Poli" Palmer?
tonymiceli
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This is from wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Palmer_(musician) John Michael "Poli" Palmer (born 26 May 1943 in Worcester) is an English rock musician who was a key member in the progressive rock band Family. Though he was not…
7 years 5 months ago - 1 comments
Lines, phrasing, melody, articulation, expression, feel: Victor Feldman
Piper
Content type: Blog entry
I LOVED Victor Feldman! He was a pretty busy studio player back in the day but ventured out and recorded some GREAT vibe recordings. I went to his house for lessons a few times and it was a huge treat but like the other masters I studied…
7 years 5 months ago - 0 comments
Makeshift cases
rogersvibes
Content type: Forum topic
Have any of you experimented with makeshift cases for any of your instruments? I have been trying to find a solution to moving my M75 to a new city. The Beiner Bags are expensive ($1000+) and take a little while to make/ship. I had the…
7 years 5 months ago - 2 comments
I'm Your Pal (Steve Swallow) - Vibes/Piano Duo
ed saindon
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I had a gig in April at a local jazz club and the promoter of the club asked for me if I could get a pianist for a vibes/duo concert. He also wanted to know if we could do some Gary and Chick songs which was great. We did Desert Air,…
7 years 5 months ago - 2 comments
Vibraphonics: The PiperCussion Damper Pad or "Gel Pad"
Piper
Content type: Blog entry
Vibraphonics: The PiperCussion Damper Pad aka, the gel pad In mid to late 1980’s I was trying to learn to play solo vibraphone. It was so difficult and so frustrating! For one, I felt that my instrument (Musser M55 Pro Vibe) wasn’t working…
7 years 5 months ago - 0 comments
More Vibraphonics Trivia: Mallet handle/ Pencil Grips
Piper
Content type: Blog entry
Back in the mid-1980's I started using pencil grips on my mallets. I was obsessed with finding and eliminating every little thing that contributed to extraneous noise on the vibraphone. As I became a little more known for my "Vibraphonics…
7 years 5 months ago - 2 comments
Making M-Braces
tonymiceli
Content type: Forum topic
We have John Piper's plans and video for M-Braces. Could anyone make me a set? I'll pay for your time. I'm just not very handy!!!
7 years 5 months ago - 4 comments
TOTM - Rhythm Changes Etude April, 2012 by Tony Miceli
tonymiceli
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Check out this etude. Study the chords and write in the names with the alterations. Then play the etude. It will get you moving around and weaving through the changes. Work up the speed a little bit, and transposing in one other key will…
7 years 5 months ago - 3 comments
TOTM - Minority - Playing Phrases Over all the 2 5s.
tonymiceli
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7 years 6 months ago - 4 comments
This is What I Say to Those Who Say.....
tonymiceli
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.... Don't Transcribe, don't play licks. IMHO Licks are vocabulary and phrases and words and sentences. I never understood this. Learn the vocabulary and then use what you want. Just my opinion! Thanks Tristan! Thanks Matthew!
7 years 6 months ago - 0 comments
I know It's Not a Vibraphone, But.....
tonymiceli
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For some weird reason I always felt a Cimbalom was in a strange way similar to a vibraphone. The sticks, the strings like bars. It's in a sort of bed. So it's a little off topic, but check this guy out. He's pretty happening!
7 years 6 months ago - 2 comments
Sight Reading
Piper
Content type: Blog entry
Many people probably already know about the "18 Exercises for Flute but I'm currently trying to get my reading to a very proficient level and I ran across the 18 Exercises for Flute by B.T. Berbiguier. What a gold mine! Here's the sight…
7 years 6 months ago - 10 comments
Wave by Antonio Carlos Jobim - vibes/piano duo
ed saindon
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One of my favorite Jobim tunes. Actually, I love them all. Ha!Ha! Tim is special to play with. Probably the most in demand pianist in Boston playing with guys like Jerry Bergonzi and every vocalist in Boston. He was also the pianist for…
7 years 6 months ago - 0 comments
Can anyone dig up stuff on Teddy Charles?
tonymiceli
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Let's add what you find to the Archive! :-)
7 years 6 months ago - 1 comments
The Motor
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
I'm thinking of all this stuff because the site has become very active. Which is GREAT! I don't like the musser motor. I don't like disc's inside the bar. But that's not the point I guess. I've been playing with the Omega wings and using…
7 years 6 months ago - 16 comments
TOTM - Minority - My Chords - Your Rhythms
tonymiceli
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Minority was written by Gigi Gryce Here's one chorus of Minority. Your job is to memorize the changes and then you comp and add the rhythms. Check out bar 5. Notice I don't have the third (Ab) in the chord. Do you think it matters?…
7 years 5 months ago - 0 comments
Resonator Experiments
BarryK
Content type: Blog entry
Recent posts got me interested in experimenting with resonators.https://www.vibesworkshop.com/video-embed/omega-vibraphone-vibrato-syst…https://www.vibesworkshop.com/blog-entry/motor/tonymiceli/051717 This blog is my repository of my…
7 years 6 months ago - 8 comments
The Musser Parts PDF
tonymiceli
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Take it if you need parts!
7 years 6 months ago - 0 comments
Listen to This
tonymiceli
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Check this out. Especially the beginning of the bass solo. Do you hear the tune? Kurt is just playing a line through the beginning. then he comps 5ths and sparsely but we here the tune. I often listen to guitar players and imagine what…
7 years 6 months ago - 0 comments
The Omega Vibraphone - Vibrato (Oops it's actually Tremelo) System
tonymiceli
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The dampening system on the Omega vibraphone is unique and really great. Check it out!
7 years 6 months ago - 23 comments
From theory to practice
drumno5
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Fair two mallet technique/skills, decent understanding of basic theory/harmony/scales, etc. How then to "jump in," to apply that skill/knowledge to getting a line going on the instrument, to get up and running in real time? Thanks in…
7 years 6 months ago - 3 comments
Omega Vibe - bar colors
rfrench5
Content type: Forum topic
I'm about ready to pull the trigger on buying an Omega Vibe. I've seen alot of different videos, recommendations and comments, and of course I've had the chance to play on it at a few PASICs over the past few years. The fact…
7 years 6 months ago - 6 comments
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