Erik Locken is a vibe player who hangs out on the site. He's a pretty good player and also plays flute and sax and spent his life as a mathematician. Talk about good time management!
AND!!!! He's a great photographer! He does amazing…
Hello community,
I bought new Yamaha YV 3710 vibes, but I dont know if all of this vibes have as loud motor as my, or not. I played Adams vibraphone before and it has a lot quiter motor then Yamaha vibes.. Please, can you help me what I…
So, first things first… I learned something very important yesterday. I need to hit the woodshed playing chromatic scales. I suck. ☺
OK… beyond that, here are the files and a few notes from the recording workshop yesterday. For those…
Enjoyed learning this étude – still need to go back to the woodshed and shape dynamics/and groove to name a few :-). I believe my book has a misprint. For example, b section (six measure in) I play C sharp ... But I believe it should be…
Hey Everybody,
Next Sunday, August 2, is the next Good Vibes, coming up quickly. It opens with a track from Stefon's Ninety Miles, (he was so ahead of his time, considering the detente with Cuba). Then something from Thomas's new CD,…
“J'OURVET”
TOM BERICH and THOMAS MACKAY
Vibraphonist Thomas Mackay has teamed with steel pan player Tom Berich to produce “Jourvet,” a tasty collection of grooving tunes, no doubt inspired by the native vibes of their local surroundings:…
So, tomorrow AM I will be talking about recording the vibes at the workshop in Delaware. Here are some links to some good tech specs for some of the mics we will be using in the workshop. There are also some good links to sites about…
July 30th, 2015
The open house starts at 2pm East Coast New York Time, UTC -4
The vibe hang starts at 4:30pm East Coast New York Time, UTC -4
So this Thursday July 30th, 2015 is an open house and a great vibe hang at the University of…
Ok... so the saga continues. For the last week or so, I have been using my modified damper bar that I rebuilt for my M48 on my newly aquired 1949 vintage M75 just because I prefer the way it plays and sounds to the standard Musser damper…
Hi everyone, I hope everyone is having a great summer.
I just wanted to let you know that my duo CD with guitarist Brad Shepik has been released and is available in digital and/or Compact Disc formats over at our website http://www.…