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The Wonderful and Sexy Metronome by Tony Miceli
tonymiceli
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13 years 7 months ago - 11 comments
Good Vibes radio question
gloria krolak
Content type: Forum topic
Hey everybody, I am going to play Red Norvo's "How's Your Mother-In-Law" in my March show (March 6 and 9). Does anyone have any anecdotes about this tune, how it was named, for instance? Feb is all set to go on Feb 6 and 9. We'll "visit…
13 years 7 months ago - 0 comments
Mic Set Up On Vibes (Photos Please)
tonymiceli
Content type: Story
Since there was talk about vibe mics, I thought I'd post something official and see if we could get some talk and photos. I use and sell the AMT Vibe Mics and I love them. 3 mics, 2 above and 1 below. It's a great set up and the sound is…
13 years 7 months ago - 18 comments
The Motor!!
Steve Shapiro
Content type: Blog entry
Okay, after Tony's joke on the practice tape post, I decided this subject probably needed its own thread. So here is my story about the motor: When I was a student, I started playing and decided that to sound modern on the vibes, one…
13 years 7 months ago - 9 comments
Georgia by Randy Sutin
Randy_Sutin
Content type: Video Embed
w/ Ernie Edwards and the Webb Brothers at Pianos in Bloomfield, NJ last week the promoter's wife had a Flip cam at the gig... I thought I would share this with you all. Peace randy
12 years 10 months ago - 5 comments
Kat-pad training
tonymiceli
Content type: Forum topic
I have a malletKAT 2 octave Express 6.1, and a 1 octave expander, purchased at different times. The expander is louder, and the top octave of the Express is even softer than it's !st octave. How do I get them in balance? I have followed…
13 years 7 months ago - 6 comments
Common Tone Exercise Part 2
behng
Content type: Audio Player
The common tone lesson sequel (the lesson that will drive Tony Miceli to the point of insanity, haha) Behn
13 years 7 months ago - 4 comments
From Ernie to Eroll by Randy Suttin
Randy_Sutin
Content type: Video Embed
Here's another piece from that same gig. This is one of Ernie's original tunes dedicated to Errol Garner.
12 years 10 months ago - 2 comments
Darn That Dream by David Friedman
vibraman
Content type: Video Embed
as a preperation for the workshop i was looking for darn that dream on youtube, look what i found :) i like it very much! the slowness, the voicings the little, quick dampening things. looking forward to study this at the workshop. tarik
12 years 10 months ago - 4 comments
Practice Tapes: April in Paris
Steve Shapiro
Content type: Audio Player
Here's another one guys... A better recording, too. I was working on a thing with this tune to do the first time thru kind of rubato, with the motor off. Then I kick on the vibrato, and go into a weird meter (mostly 5/4 ish) feel.. the…
13 years 7 months ago - 7 comments
La Marine - duo vibes/accordion by Luc Lainé
Marie-Noëlle
Content type: Blog entry
Hey all, I'm posting this tune for our new member Luc Lainé. Luc is among Patrice Guillon's friends. He lives near Bordeaux. Here is a tune from a home made album he did in 2005 with accordion player Pascal Lamigne. The title "La Marine"…
13 years 7 months ago - 4 comments
Practice Tapes: Chega de Saudade
JasonD
Content type: Audio Player
Been working on this for a while, so in the spirit of practice tapes I utilized my recently acquired Repeater to record a take (or ten...). Yes, I took it too fast, there are wrong notes and harmony f-ups, I skip an eighth in the solo (…
13 years 7 months ago - 6 comments
Joe's Vibe Rebuild #9 in a series, The test drive by Da Man himself
IndianaGlen
Content type: Images
He's smiling :) I didn't take any pictures of the process of building the rails. Mostly because I have a proprietary way of making them so they work, in my opinion, better than the original.
13 years 7 months ago - 1 comments
Practice Tapes: no tune at all, just an ear warmer I do
Randy_Sutin
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When I approach my instrument, I often do this. I used to do it with a tanpura machine (creates a drone that is used in Northern Indian classical music), but now I use the gong. It's not really a composition. I just start from a note…
13 years 7 months ago - 2 comments
Practice Tapes: it's you or no one by tony miceli
tonymiceli
Content type: Audio Player
I was humbled by Steve Shapiro's practice tape of April In Paris. (great job steve) So I'm going to up his April in Paris with 3 versions of It's You Or No One. Let's see this wonderboy top that one. Nobody practices harder than me!…
13 years 7 months ago - 0 comments
TOTM - Bluesette - Lines Part 2 by Tony Miceli
tonymiceli
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A few simple etudes are attached below. I talk about them in the audio.
13 years 7 months ago - 9 comments
Perspectives by Tony Miceli
tonymiceli
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13 years 7 months ago - 2 comments
Practice Tapes: Days of Wine and Roses by BarryK 110122
BarryK
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To help me learn Days of Wine and Roses, I have been practicing on piano, as well as vibes. This weekend I was hoping to create a piano backing track and did some recording. Kept getting interrupted, as you will hear. LOL. I am not…
13 years 7 months ago - 6 comments
Giant Steps by David Friedman
tonymiceli
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Check out the lines!
12 years 10 months ago - 10 comments
Practice Tapes: Autumn Leaves by Tony Miceli - Post Your Practice Tape Week
tonymiceli
Content type: Audio Player
I'll kick it off. I'm hoping all you guys record when you practice. So this week is Practice Tapes Week (tapes, ha ha). So take the pledge and post something from your personal practice tapes this week.
13 years 7 months ago - 7 comments
Chris Anderson on Crowd Accelerated Innovatioin
tpvibes
Content type: Blog entry
Fair warning -- this is a major geek-out. I'll forgive anyone who doesn't want to slog through it, and I don't expect many comments. But, I'll go ahead. As often comes up in comments to posts here, this is a freakin' fantastic site.…
13 years 7 months ago - 1 comments
New Year's Resolution!
Wyld_Thing
Content type: Blog entry
Hi everybody, So I know it's a bit late, but the new TOTM (Days of Wine and Roses) has really inspired me to build up a wider repertoire of tunes, so I've come up with a new year's resolution. From today, I'm going to try and learn a new…
13 years 7 months ago - 2 comments
Separating Chords and Melody by Tony Miceli
tonymiceli
Content type: Audio Player
A little bit of a Spacey lesson here. But might be of interest for some!
13 years 7 months ago - 5 comments
Frame for a M55
mzellers
Content type: Forum topic
Does anybody have any leads on a used frame for an Musser M55? I have a set of bars and resonators. Just need the frame. Let me know if you have any options. Michael Zellers
13 years 7 months ago - 1 comments
Pimp My Tune - Giant Steps by Tony Miceli
tonymiceli
Content type: Audio Player
I analyze Giant Steps. Go slow and play everything. Then work on the tune in 12 keys. This is for advanced players. I move fast.
13 years 4 months ago - 5 comments
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