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Cleaning and polishing vibe bars
Michael DuBick
Content type: Blog entry
Hi Everyone, I'm new to this site, although I've been playing vibes and marimba for more than 50 years. That said, I have a question about maintaining the bars on my beloved Deagan vibes, which I bought last year. While doing a yearly…
12 years ago - 9 comments
TOTM - Alone Together - Focusing on Dampening Video by Behn Gillece
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12 years ago - 0 comments
African "hole in the ground" marimba. You have to see this!
tedwolff
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Bela Fleck traveled to Africa to make a film and perform with local musicians. This excerpt features a giant marimba. The resonating chamber is a hole dug in the ground. The enormous hand carved bars a placed over the hole. I've never seen…
10 years 1 month ago - 5 comments
Like Someone in Love. Chops practicing ;o ) Patrice
Patrice
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10 years 1 month ago - 4 comments
The 2014 Vibraphone Congress Announcement
tonymiceli
Content type: Event
Professional players, college percussion teachers, students: (if you are a pro and you're coming, let me know) There will be a jam session Saturday Night Free table display space for the first 10 professional players to confirm their…
11 years 11 months ago - 5 comments
Simply the best (recorded) solo I ever played on "Alone Together" (TOTM)
F_Poser
Content type: Audio Player
I am proud to present here one of the best solos I ever played on the actual TOTM "Alone Together". It was a live concert which has been - thank goodness - accidentally recorded by the sound engineer. In the meantime I listened to it again…
12 years ago - 9 comments
Motor woes
jamesshipp
Content type: Forum topic
Hi All- I'm having some new problems with my motor, wonder if anyone's ever encountered anything similar. I suspect that the trouble's originating with the specialized parts I had made to allow me to control vibrato speed with a volume-…
12 years ago - 5 comments
TOTM - Summertime - Can You Hear the Tune?
tonymiceli
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12 years ago - 4 comments
Help on buying a camera to record my live by Dimitrios Angelakis
dimitris
Content type: Forum topic
Hello I want to buy a camera that has a descent audio and video quality in order to record my gigs. I know that zoom Q3 HD and zoom Q2 HD are pretty good models. I also want to be able to connect the zoom with the mixer and also plug in an…
12 years ago - 5 comments
TOTM - Alone Together - The Bridge by Tony Miceli
tonymiceli
Content type: Audio Player
Also do you see that bridge is just a cycle of 4ths up to the F maj. A | D | G | G | G | C | F
12 years ago - 0 comments
Marie's Newsletter - December 2013
Marie-Noëlle
Content type: Blog entry
| This month, we have no less than seven players proposing lessons, on our current TOTM 'Alone together', and on other subjects! Now don’t miss the announcement of the first vibe congres: we’re trying to come together and give a better…
12 years ago - 0 comments
TOTM - Alone Together - Independence Exercise No. 3 by Behn Gillece
behng
Content type: Audio Player
Here is the final independence exercise. This one deals with a little mallet independence of breaking up and arpeggiating chords. This one is great for learning how the break up voicings and use guide tone leading lines in between melody…
12 years ago - 0 comments
The Summer Knows - A pretty piece for solo vibes (+pdf) by Ted Wolff
tedwolff
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This tune, titled "The Summer Knows" was written by Michele LeGrande and featured in the movie "Summer of '42" way back in the 1970s. It's a lovely ballad with a beautiful melody and a great lyric. A pdf of the arrangement is attached.
12 years ago - 8 comments
Watching Fall by Rusty Burge
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10 years 1 month ago - 7 comments
Brand New Musser Piper For Sale
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
If you're interested let me know. The price will be incredible. Only inquire if you're very serious about it. I want to get this in the hands of a player.
12 years ago - 0 comments
2014 Vibe Congress
tonymiceli
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If you are planning on coming to the 2014 Vibes Congress, please fill out the following form.
12 years 1 month ago - 0 comments
TOTM - Alone Together - Independence Etude No. 2 by Behn Gillece
behng
Content type: Audio Player
This etude deals with more block chords, along with dampening within this independence exercise. You should start to notice how all the techniques we've discussed are starting to come together.
12 years 1 month ago - 0 comments
Alone Together
Marie-Noëlle
Content type: Book page
12 years 1 month ago - 1 comments
Review of Gary Burton's Jazz Improvisation Course
c.stallard22
Content type: Blog entry
Gary Burton's Jazz Improvisation Course Over the past five weeks, I've been enrolled in Gary Burton's online jazz improvisation course at https://www.coursera.org/. Coursera is a website that offers free online courses in a variety of…
12 years 1 month ago - 0 comments
Christos' Lessons, Loro and Making the Tune Your own
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
I'm editing Christos' lesson getting them ready to go online. I hate editing video, btw. It's not fun for me, I'm not a video guy and am not dying to make money at shooting video and editing it and making it into a work of art! It's funny…
12 years 1 month ago - 8 comments
Sophisticated lady practise by dimitris angelakis
dimitris
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This is my practise in the tune sophisticated lady. Simple but my goal was to to play the melody and the chords.
12 years 1 month ago - 2 comments
Bud Powell Voicing by Giovanni Perin
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10 years 1 month ago - 1 comments
More Pentatonics by Giovani Perin
tonymiceli
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Did I post this already?
10 years 1 month ago - 1 comments
Why We Choose - by Drew Johnson
Drew Johnson
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Today was the 50th anniversary of the death of JFK. I wrote this piece as a tribute to a great man and a great president.
10 years 1 month ago - 2 comments
TOTM - Alone Together - Independence Etude No. 1 by Behn Gillece
behng
Content type: Audio Player
Here's a simple etude on independence. It works out half note bass notes and guide tones against the melody. It has a few tricky spots, but overall, it's a good start for working out independence. This can be played with 2 mallets.
12 years 1 month ago - 0 comments
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