For me, one of the things to practice is memorizing a tune. Though this is not all of what should be memorized, memorizing the melody, the chord changes and form of the song, I think are the largest parts of the memorizing process.
For me…
Hi Guys and girls,
Please watch "Take the A Train-a chordal approach" before "Take the A Train". They appear in the wrong order. "A Chordal approach" is the "A" part and "Take the A Train" is the bridge. Both Videos are about playing the…
solo vibes:
when playing rubato the vibes sound full,
but when I start to create steady time the full presence isn't there, when you think "wow I wonder where the bassist is"
any thoughts on how to play solo vibes and make the song feel…
For the holidays, I've been playing through arrangements of tunes from Josh Gottry's collection, "A Christmas Vibe." None of the arrangements are too difficult, just fun to play through for the season. Here's me playing one of my favorite…
Happy birthday to Marie!! Marie is an amazing woman who has done so much for vibes workshop.com!
The site would not be what it is without Marie!!!!
Happy birthday Marie!
I've been talking to someone I met on facebook about her father Jerry Shard. He played trombone and vibes. One cool thing he did was record a tribute record to Adrian Rollini. So he must have known quite a big about Adrian. It would have…
hey,
i wish you all happy x-mas.just a recording for fun...but it´s not easy trying to be george michael.
p.s.
the drums and vibes a real the rest was done by the malletkat
trust me there´s vibes in it :)
WARNING: if you are not a TRUE vibes geek, this will be boring. :) If you are, please join my journey.
So, about 6 months ago, I owned two sets of vibes. One a Musser M55 from 1977 and the other an M48 from around 1987. I bought the M48…
Hi folks,
One more lesson dealing with a basic concept- using upper structure triads to build lines. Here I suggest the use of tri- tone subs with an otherwise same approach.
-Tyler
I am selling 2 sets (8 mallets) of the gary burton signature mallets by vic firth. They are lightly used. I purchased them a few years ago but I've since switched to the Balter Micelli mallet.
The price is $40 for both sets, plus shipping…