This morning French vibist Benoit Moerlen made me discover this jazz album that Serge Gainsbourg composed in 1958. And oh surprise, there is vibes on a few tracks!! That one is my favorite: "Jazz In the Ravine". On vibes, one of are…
Just came across this article on practicing jazz by violinist Christian Howes: http://christianhowes.com/2009/10/29/perfect-practice/
Part of what he talks about is practicing what you struggle with rather than what you sound good playing…
hello all my vibe family, since 2008 ive been a member of this site and have blogged a history of chronic health issues related to my hands. This Saturday im very pleased to announce on of the first gigs ive done since ive been diagnosed…
There are lots of great solo performances by pianists and guitarists. This video takes a look at a few techniques that these instruments employ and tries to adapt them to the vibes. Hey, why reinvent the wheel?
OK, for subscribers to the site. Here is your midterm exam. And if you do it, you get a gift. You get my new CD, absolutely free. It features all tunes from the 60's and 70's and features Paul Jost on vocals.
Here are the rules, READ THEM…
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Here you have the picture about the promise Tony made me to promise him last Ireland 2012 workshop. If all you look Silvia's flowers, she had Tony Miceli mallets, David Friedman mallets, Gary Burton mallets, mallets by Morgan…
I played a great and fun gig in South Korea at the Daegu Jazz Festival. I made some great friends over there, so are on Vibesworkshop! Jinwoo and Sang Won. Great guys and great players! Sang Won studies with me at University of the Arts.
I have a malletkat but I'm not sure what the best software is to use it with. I remember seeing demos with Mainstage, and that seems cool, but I have a pc. Any suggestions?
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Guys! This is the month of the good vibes shared pictures! After Joe Locke in Ireland, here is a shot of Christos Rafalides during his tour in Greece... when he had for instrument Dimitri's vibes! I love the idea and the picture! Now…
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I Don't know if it's a must have CD, but I just bought 'Crippled Symmetry'at June in Buffalo.
I really can enjoy listening to this. It has a certain kind of tension in it.
more info :
http://frozenreeds.com/?p=21
following comes…
Hi vibesworkshoppers...
I rarely do this, but thought I'd check in to let any of you in the Northeast know about a few gigs I have coming up. Hope all is well.
-Tyler
Friday, October 5
Tyler Blanton "Botanic" band reunion @ Firehouse 12…
Happy October. To get you in the mood for Halloween, I enclosed my arrangement of Vince Guaraldi's "Great Pumpkin Waltz". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Pumpkin
I think it is a good beginner 4-mallet tune to play, with descending…
Definitely worthy of the chops festival. This is a very hard etude I wrote and worked on. I couldn't play it now, but here's the video where I once upon a time played it.
Not only did Drew answer my question, but he gave me a new way to think about it. I printed his response to carry around with me for a few days so I can to go over it and absorb it enough to see if I have any more questions. This is an…
