I know this was posted on the Virtual Vibraphone Day of Percussion, but I thought it might not have been available to all Vibeworkshoppers. I wanted to demonstrate playing "Scrapple" solo, comping the melody and playing a solo,…
I did some work on Donna Lee last summer, so I'm going to challenge myself this week to play the head in all 12 keys.
I'll start today with Ab and D. Someday it would be cool to work each key up to tempo, but I'll be content with medium…
Beautiful composition by Ralph Towner as played on the superb recording Matchbook featuring Gary Burton and Ralph Towner. I really enjoy listening to and playing duo since it can be so intimate, subtle and interactive. Gary and Ralph's…
Here are my assignments for 7WOB-1 (Seven Weeks of Bebop Week One)
There are 3 courses here you choose which path you are on
In order to get a certificate,
You have to finish all the assignments in a timely fashion. Weekly or bi-weekly…
We will do 7 weeks of bebop tunes with assignments. If anyone completes all the assignments they will get a vibes workshop certificate of completion.
July 11 Fried Bananas
July 18 Donna Lee
July 25 Scrapple
August 1 Crazeology
August 8…
I've recorded a couple of albums recently at the same studio - both my own record which is coming out later in the year, and another band I'm in which we're recording right now.
We tried a number of microphone combinations, but without…
Hello fellow vibist!
Well I recorded this video as it was a live performance so..i told myself no stopping and try to
get a decent performance! I have a concert this July and I want to do a great job-hence this video as playing / posting…
I hadn't played this song in quite a long time but I was working on it last week with Lucas, a wonderful vibist from Brazil studying with Gustavo and I at Berklee. We were discussing various solo vibraphone techniques and ways of…
