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Off topic: Hey Tony, how will hurricane Irene effect you?
vibraphoneman
Content type: Blog entry
I hope you stay safe and dry. Thinking about our NYC members and those who live up and down the Atlantic coast. You're all in my thoughts and prayers. Tony Fontana
15 years 1 month ago - 6 comments
TOTM - Blues - Duet by Tony Miceli
tonymiceli
Content type: Audio Player
Simple duet to play with me. I thought about using a click track or a sampled beat, but I think this works ok.
15 years 1 month ago - 3 comments
Vibe Diary - August 25, 2011
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
It's funny to see this talk about learning tunes. I have 3 tunes to learn. 2 I have never played and one I've forgotten. Jubilation (new) Que-Tee (new) Conception (forgot) I spent the last 2 hours on Jubilation. I learned the melody first…
15 years 1 month ago - 2 comments
Transcribing via Evolution of Jazz
Piper
Content type: Blog entry
Several years ago 1980's, I did a lot of transcribing. I found a great way was to start in the beginning of the Jazz Era and work your way up. We had a great library in Pasadena, CA and I checked out a bunch of early jazz from around…
15 years 1 month ago - 4 comments
Vibe Diary - August 23, 2011
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
I did a recording session yesterday and something awful happened. We were playing the tune Move by Denzel Best. I couldn't play one part of the tune. I had to practice it for 20 minutes. I realized that I got into a bad habit or something…
15 years 1 month ago - 4 comments
Behn Gillece's new CD, "Duotone"
behng
Content type: Blog entry
Hi all, I'm happy to announce that I just received early copies of my third CD from Posi-tone entitled "Duotone". It's a co-led group with tenor saxophonist Ken Fowser, and it features a great rhythm section with Donald Vega on piano,…
15 years 1 month ago - 4 comments
Practicing I Remember you (too many notes...!)
Marcel Pascual
Content type: Video Embed
with aebersold in the background.
15 years 1 month ago - 1 comments
Misterioso
mikek
Content type: Video Embed
I love this tune! Let's see how bad I can F@#k it up.
15 years 1 month ago - 1 comments
Transcribing Changes
tjaco
Content type: Blog entry
Hey Guys, I thought I'd start a little discussion/lesson on how to transcribe changes to tunes. As a drummer(or a drumming vibist..haha) I have been(and still am) always struggling with learning and transcribing changes and I thought I'd…
15 years 1 month ago - 7 comments
Marie Vibraphone is 1 Year Old Today
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
One year ago today Marie got her vibraphone. As you guys might know, Marie has been in love with the vibes for a long time. She finally bought her own set and is practicing on them! She's my right hand girl on the site as most of you know…
15 years 1 month ago - 7 comments
Anyone in NYC that works on vibe motors?
Tylerblanton
Content type: Forum topic
Hello, Anybody out there know of somebody in the New York area that could fix a vibe motor. I got a 60's century vibe and the motor burned out. Its got one of those cool overdrive buttons that sits on the top of the panel and makes the…
15 years 1 month ago - 0 comments
Marimba for sale if anybody's into that...
russell
Content type: Forum topic
If anyone is interested in checking out the marimba, I have a very nice old Musser M-30 for sale. Four octaves, graduated rosewood bars. Just (i.e. last month) tuned by Bill Youhass at Fall Creek. This is a very nice sounding instrument…
15 years 1 month ago - 0 comments
Arturo Serra new CD release
arturo serra
Content type: Event
hi all people if anybody are interested thsi is my new cd release called "arturo serra standards session II cd" in newsteprecords label if any are interested in buy it go to or listen some sample: www.newstepsrecords.com you have diferents…
15 years 1 month ago - 2 comments
Lionel Hampton by Gary Burton (for members)
Gary Burton
Content type: Story
Lionel Hampton – Father of the Vibes I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been told, “You’re almost as good as Lionel Hampton.” And when someone looks at me with a puzzled face and says, “What’s a vibraphone?” I just answer, “What Lionel…
14 years 9 months ago - 10 comments
Just Friends
vprovost
Content type: Video Embed
Video from show at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage earlier this summer.
15 years 1 month ago - 6 comments
Jenco vibes for sale
russell
Content type: Forum topic
Found a very nice M55 about a half hour from home, so I am selling my Jencos. The particulars: 3 octave, non-graduated bars, one speed motor with the three pulleys for three speeds of vibrato. The felt is ok to adequate, all of the bars…
15 years 1 month ago - 1 comments
TOTD (tune of the day) if i were a bell - practice
vibraman
Content type: Audio Player
holidays are over and i got so inspired by david and tonys video of "if i were a bell". i never played it before and practiced it the whole day. instead of doing a solo vibes version i wanted to make a trio version. unfortunatley all my…
15 years 1 month ago - 2 comments
Practice Tape 1 by tony miceli
tonymiceli
Content type: Audio Player
------------------------------------ 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…
14 years 10 months ago - 3 comments
Resham Firiri
Randy_Sutin
Content type: Video Embed
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).
15 years 1 month ago - 1 comments
Pt. 9 - Stella
tonymiceli
Content type: Video Upload
It's better to play 1 tune for 24 hours than it is to play 24 tunes for 1 hour.
15 years 1 month ago - 4 comments
Vibe Diary - August 22, 2011 - No Gig
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
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…
15 years 1 month ago - 2 comments
European Vibe Makers
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
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…
15 years 1 month 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!
14 years 8 months ago - 11 comments
Cop This Laura Lick by Tony Miceli
tonymiceli
Content type: Audio Player
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.
15 years 1 month ago - 10 comments
Working Together!
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
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…
15 years 1 month ago - 0 comments
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