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Hi All, Today, Monday, I am on a clear liquid diet. Tomorrow is the big day. I will be off the board probably for a day and a half and then I will be back. When I come back, that means I am alive and well (automatically). It has been…
13 years 8 months ago - 19 comments
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Here's a version of Lush Life from a while back. I was working on 2 things here. You'll here the octaves as soon as the main melody starts and you'll hear me going into the stride stuff after a while. I always try and play some tunes as if…
13 years 8 months ago - 22 comments
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Hi All, I'm happy to tell you all that I will be playing Dana's and Marie-Noelle's "Soulflakes" in my December show. Dana has also given me permission to play his "Christmas Time Is Here." I'll post more about the show in a few weeks.
13 years 8 months ago - 2 comments
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Although this is xylo lesson, if you're a begining vibe improviser definitely check this lesson out.
13 years 7 months ago - 2 comments
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Here's a very important exercise to help with chord voicings. Don't skimp on this one. Spend months on this!! Chienese translation for Chinese Students 開離密集和弦練習(open and closed voicing) 好處:幫助你暢通無阻的演奏各種不同轉位的和聲配置(voicing) 因為練習那些位置上,…
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Hi All, Here's the November 6 and 9 line-up: Behn opens the show with "Overcooked." Then David Friedman with "Rios." Gary Burton/Rebecca Parris and "Au Privave." Pat Metheny and "Blues for Pat" (no vibes) Cecelia Smith Arturo Serra debuts…
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24 hours!
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in my lesson we talked about approaching practicing for a little, and tony reminded me of a bill evans quote. "It's better to practice one tune for 24 hours than it is to practice 24 tunes in an hour." I'm guessing he didn't mean…
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Here's my review of the many things we discussed with the blues.
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Here N°6. The tempo is slow in relation at what is indicated on the book, but no way to play faster. Since the N° 7 is with the same melody, I hope speed will increase with time. Reducing to MP3 format make loose some of the nuances.
13 years 8 months ago - 2 comments
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I found yet another lesson on getting to the four chord. I'll post as a refresher!
13 years 7 months ago - 6 comments
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Ted Wolff posted a video titled 'Never Seen Vibe Playing Like this'.http://www.vibesworkshop.com/video/never-seen-vibes-playing/tedwolff/10… I thought I would counter his post with this one! I CAN say that watching Ted's video and this…
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Twenty or so folks, mostly ladies in wheelchairs, at the rest and rehab hospital last night for a sing-a-long with Jocey's soprano voice leading and me on MalletKat synthing vibes. We did a dozen songs in an hour. I played each melody…
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Dream about them, think about them. Imagine them. Let's get ready to study them for a couple months. Chords, harmony, voicings, colors, shadings. Let's strip them down and build them up. Let's really work hard on chords and harmony and see…
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Hello Nico, In addition to the van der Plas Gel Pad (wonderful product) what other suggestions (changes) would you make for improving the MUSSER M55 ?
13 years 8 months ago - 11 comments
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I've been recording a bunch of tunes the last couple months. And I've let them sit for all this time. Now I'm going back to them and it's a great experience to do this. I'm see myself play one tune over and over and work through problems…
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I mentioned about pausing the TOTM and do a huge chord and harmony study. 2011 Vibesworkshop Chord and Harmony Festival! I'm digging that more and more. Here's the thing. If we all work together we could create a HUGE compilation of all…
13 years 8 months ago - 2 comments
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By now I'm sure everyone has heard about the passing of Steve Jobs at the age of 56. A few thoughts: I don't have an iPad. I don't even have a MaxiPad. I'm a confirmed PC user, I don't have an iPod, an iPhone or an iChing. However, that…
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I buy a lot of music off of Amazon. You know they give every use storage space. I think it's 2 free gigs and then 20 for 20 bucks a year. Something like that. I just liked at my account and I have unlimited storage for music! So I'm now…
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Here is a cool little story: - NicoFar sent me a practice tape of him working on that tune, - As usual I didn't really know the tune, so I started to discover it, - We both chatted about the different versions, - After a few ones, he sent…
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Hi Everyone, October's Good Vibes will air on Sunday, October 2 (8-10pm eastern) and rebroadcast on Wednesday, October 5th (4-6pm eastern). This edition is dedicated to Terry Gibbs, who celebrates his birthday October 13th. I will open…
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