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Practice Tape 1 by tony miceli
tonymiceli
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------------------------------------ I found this unpublished on the site. I must have put it up and then took it down because I didn't like something on it. It's one of my practice tapes, so it's not meant to be perfect. I couldn't find…
12 years 11 months ago - 3 comments
Resham Firiri
Randy_Sutin
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My rendition of a Nepali folk tune that was taught to me by my friend Manose. The quartet is Justin Sekelewski (bass), Dan Hanrahan (guitar) and Gabe Globus-Hoenich (drums).
13 years 3 months ago - 1 comments
Pt. 9 - Stella
tonymiceli
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It's better to play 1 tune for 24 hours than it is to play 24 tunes for 1 hour.
13 years 3 months ago - 4 comments
Vibe Diary - August 22, 2011 - No Gig
tonymiceli
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No gig today (I'm glad in a way). After doing a bunch of BS I got on the instrument. I'm learning the Parker Tune Quasimodo. I love the head and it's a challenge to really get the phrasing! I have 3 recordings, Paul Motian, Parker and…
13 years 3 months ago - 2 comments
European Vibe Makers
tonymiceli
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Yo, european cats, There has been some talk about getting vibes in Europe lately. We talk a lot about American manufacturers. For European cats it's expensive to get those instruments over. But there are some great instruments over there…
13 years 3 months ago - 4 comments
Stella By Starlight - by Ed Saindon & Joe Locke
tonymiceli
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Here's Ed Saindon and Joe Locke doing a great rendition of Stella!
12 years 10 months ago - 11 comments
Cop This Laura Lick by Tony Miceli
tonymiceli
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I left a couple things out, so fill in below. Tell me more about this lick. What about the notes of the lick? What are they over each chord? What are they based on the key we're going to.
13 years 3 months ago - 10 comments
Working Together!
tonymiceli
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This is the power of us all working together. I'm checking out all these videos on the blues. I'm listening to the blues in the car and the blues is coming out all over the place for me! You guys are influencing me big time. This is the…
13 years 3 months ago - 0 comments
Barry's Tune No. 1 - 110819 by BarryK
BarryK
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Here is a tune I started composing. I don't know if I heard it somewhere before, or if it is original. With the descending bass line, it could be a million tunes! Please let me know if it sounds like something familiar, and I'll work on…
13 years 3 months ago - 0 comments
Pt. 1 - Stella By Starlight
tonymiceli
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In this lesson I talk about practicing chord tone solos over stella.
13 years 3 months ago - 0 comments
Pt. 2 - Stella
tonymiceli
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In this lesson we work on quarter note solos over Stella. Quarter note solos are sort of bass lines in a way.
13 years 3 months ago - 0 comments
Chords - Work in Progress
Rogerhdg
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It has been a frustrating ten days of working on chords to use as a left hand accompaniment to a melody line in the right hand. Six weeks till the sing-a-long at the Rehab Hospital. Working with a FAKE book "Ragtime and Early Jazz", I…
13 years 3 months ago - 1 comments
Vibe Diary August 19th
tonymiceli
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Says panting and out of breath: Drummers dad dies last night. Got him on a bus to NY at 2:40. He's got to get to Cleveland. What about the gig today?? We need someone. Well got Arturo Stable, so that's COOL!! No time to practice anything…
13 years 3 months ago - 0 comments
TOTM - Blues - Intro by Tony Miceli
tonymiceli
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Just some quick observations about the the blues. You guys have anything to add about da blues!
13 years 2 months ago - 5 comments
Life's Blessing Study Series: seven choruses of improvisation
ed saindon
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Here are seven choruses of improvisation on the progression of Life's Blessing. Again, as I mentioned in the other video playing the melody, the left hand is functioning as accompaniment as well as helping out the right hand to execute…
13 years 3 months ago - 2 comments
Pt. 10 - Stella
tonymiceli
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13 years 3 months ago - 6 comments
USING THE LEFT HAND IN SOMEDAY MY PRINCE WILL COME by JIM THE VIBES
dimitris
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I AM PRACTISING USING THE LEFT HAND. THIS LESSON IS BASED ON A PREVIOUS TOTM SOMEDAY MY PRINCE WILL COME. I THINK VIBRAPHONISTS WHEN WE PLAY MELODICALLY WE ARE MORE HORN PLAYERS. I WOULD LIKE TO STUDY HOW THE PIANO PLAYERS COMP WITH THEIR…
13 years 3 months ago - 0 comments
Vibe Diary August 17th
tonymiceli
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I've been getting up and playing a Parker tune or 2 to get my center. Joe Magnarelli does this and I've been trying to adopt it. Rhythmically Parker is pretty heavy IMHO. Then I'm rehearsing for a string of gigs this week with the same…
13 years 3 months ago - 0 comments
Latin Guys?
ntvito
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I'm listening to Stefon Harris' new album that he did with some guys down in Cuba. It's a cool album, called Ninety Miles. But, I think I need a lot more history behind latin music to appreciate it. Can anybody suggest some guys who…
13 years 3 months ago - 1 comments
2 Mallets
tonymiceli
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I need to confess! I bought a pair of those Sefon Harris Mallets. Big balls, short staff (lol). You know what.... I pick up just 2 mallets every now and then and just play and it is SO MUCH FUN. I get why there are 2 mallet players (and 3…
13 years 3 months ago - 5 comments
Rhythm Changes 1 by Tony Miceli - Etude
tonymiceli
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Here's a rhythm changes solo I played. The best way to learn all this is to transcribe the legends, Dextor, Clifford, Parker, Sonny etc. I thought putting out some solos might be a good way to break into all that. You should consider…
10 years 10 months ago - 7 comments
Agnus dei - marimba and choir - Matthias Schmitt composer
toddc
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This is a performance of a composition from a great friend of mine from Germany Matthias Schmitt. While not vibes, it is a mallet piece with choir which in our idiom (jazz) seldom to hear. I hope you enjoy it. -Todd
13 years 3 months ago - 2 comments
seeking info on musser serial numbers
tedwolff
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I'm trying to find what year my Musser m75 was manufactured. Does anyone know who to contact? The serial number for the instrument is 0476. Thanks! Ted.
13 years 3 months ago - 0 comments
19 WAYS TO COMPING AUTUMN LEAVES by JIM THE VIBES
dimitris
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HELLO EVERYBODY. I HAVE BEEN WORKING THE AUTUMN LEAVES FOR ABOUT ONE AND A HALF MONTH. AT I THOUGHT I KNOW THIS TUNE, SO WHAT IS THE POINT OF PRACTICE AGAIN. I WAS WRONG. I LEARNED A LOT FROM THIS TUNE. ONE OF THE THINGS I LEARNED WAS WAS…
13 years 3 months ago - 6 comments
THELONIOUS MONK ADVICES by JIM THE VIBES
dimitris
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THIS IS SOME THELONIOUS MONK ADVICES. I FOUND THIS INTERESTING TO PUT IT ON THE SIGHT. I HOPE YOU FIND IT HELPFULL.
13 years 3 months ago - 3 comments
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