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Custom Mallets from Mike Balter
piro
Content type: Blog entry
Just wanted to let everyone know that in my quest for a set of mallets that matches an old set I like from the 80's, Mike Balter is the man. I sent him a single mallet and Mike is making me a custom reproduction (for normal retail costs)…
10 years 11 months ago - 0 comments
Upcoming vibes shows in the NYC area...
anthonysmith
Content type: Blog entry
Fellow vibe-heads, no shortage of "good vibes" in NYC these days! Mark Sherman, Steve Shapiro and Joe Locke have upcoming shows, check it out: http://www.nycjazzvibes.com/event-schedule.php While you're at it, please take a look around the…
10 years 11 months ago - 0 comments
Terry Gibbs Speaks! Excerpt from an entertaining, recent interview
anthonysmith
Content type: Blog entry
I've been putting together a book featuring conversations with great, living jazz vibes players, and here is an excerpt from my chat with Terry Gibbs... I'm excited about this project, and hope to get the book out later this year Terry…
10 years 11 months ago - 5 comments
jazzvibesquotes:
anthonysmith
Content type: Blog entry
Tom Beckham, on why he chose the vibraphone as his main instrument: "I like the way the vibraphone feels... it has a soft sound but is still percussive. Also, playing the vibes incorporates your whole body. It’s a physical experience. I…
10 years 11 months ago - 0 comments
Diminished Pickup Exercise Pt. 3 - Applying The Diminished Pickup Exercise To Tunes by Behn Gillece
behng
Content type: Audio Player
11 years ago - 0 comments
Diminished Pickup Exercise Pt. 1 by Behn Gillece
behng
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11 years ago - 0 comments
Musser M48/M55-frame needed in Istanbul next weekend! 25.04/26.04
Karl Ivar
Content type: Forum topic
Hi! I desperately need the frame of a Musser M48/M55 in Istanbul next weekend- 25.04/26.04. I´ll be performing there with the great indierockband The Notwist (http://bit.ly/1aDJf6G), and I can offer a decent rent and guestlist-tickets in…
11 years ago - 1 comments
Shedding Jobim's Triste
ed saindon
Content type: Video Embed
Shedding today in a practice room at Berklee on Jobim's Triste before a lesson.
10 years 4 months ago - 2 comments
hawaiian Vibes
tmackay
Content type: Blog entry
Aloha, everyone.. i have been absent from the site for a several months with my recent move to Honolulu, Hawaii. Finally getting settled in, Gigs are happening and Teaching is coming busy as ever. Lots of great students and musicians…
11 years ago - 5 comments
The New Old by Rusty Burge
rbvibe
Content type: Video Embed
A short clip from the vibes cam...recording my tune The New Old with pianist Steve Allee. Rusty
10 years 4 months ago - 3 comments
electric vibe: Signal Path
alonzo
Content type: Forum topic
This is the effects rack used for "Chapbook Series, Volume II" by NVE "New Vibe Ensemble;" http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/NewVibeEnsemble Signal path: Musser M-48 vibraphone w/K&K pickups & pre-amp going to: 1) wah wah pedal, 2) fuzz…
11 years ago - 0 comments
Connect Chords Using Common tones
giovanniperin
Content type: Video Embed
Hi guys here's my new lesson that will help you understand better how to connect chords using commen tones: basic knowledge of root position and inversion of chords is required. I wrote this exercize thinking about Bach corales and his way…
10 years 4 months ago - 3 comments
Deep Hearts - Dave Liebman, Matt Wilson, David Clark, Ed Saindon
ed saindon
Content type: Video Embed
Concert in 2009 at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, NH that featured Dave Liebman on sax/flute, Matt Wilson on drums, David Clark on bass and myself on vibes, marimba and piano. This clip is a composition that I wrote titled "…
10 years 4 months ago - 6 comments
Friedman Etude No. 9 by stefan vdb
Stefan vdb
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11 years ago - 2 comments
Bud Powell by Tarik Dosdogru
vibraman
Content type: Audio Player
This one is really heavy on solo vibes i think but i like the song and here´s my first attempt that is at least listenable. the problem for me is there are so many chords to comp during the solo and it´s difficult to keep both happening (…
11 years ago - 7 comments
Electric Trio in NYC tomorrow
Tylerblanton
Content type: Images
Hi All, My electric trio is playing a free show at Rockwood music Hall in NYC tomorrow at 7pm if any of you are nearby. This is the trio project I've been working with the last year or so where I play malletkat. Band is myself, bassist…
11 years ago - 1 comments
A Chorus of Whisper Not From The Road
tonymiceli
Content type: Story
My philosophy is kind of simple. You get better by making things sound good. By playing things well. If you're learning a melody and really trying to play it well, you're getting better. If you're transcribing a solo and making it sound as…
11 years ago - 0 comments
Email to Tony about VW
rogersvibes
Content type: Blog entry
Hi Everyone, Here is an email I sent to Tony recently about the seeming lack of student activity going on at the site. He suggested I post it here for discussion. So I paste it below unedited: "Hi Tony, I don't know if you've noticed this…
11 years ago - 7 comments
Exercise for Half Diminished Chords by Behn Gillece
behng
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11 years ago - 0 comments
etude 5
matthewjadin
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11 years ago - 1 comments
etude 4
matthewjadin
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11 years ago - 1 comments
All the Things You Are
Rogerhdg
Content type: Blog entry
Metronome at 138. Still lots of mistakes. Time to move on anyway.
11 years ago - 1 comments
All the Things You Are
Rogerhdg
Content type: Blog entry
Metronome at 138. Still lots of mistakes. Time to move on anyway.
11 years ago - 0 comments
Friedman Mallet Dampening Etude 9
marcrivet
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10 years 4 months ago - 1 comments
All the things you are
dimitris
Content type: Book page
11 years ago - 0 comments
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