Hi everyone at vibesworkshop.com! I'd like to announce the publishing of my new Trio 'Verwirrspiel' ('Confusion') for marimba,vibraphone and percussion (cajon+cymbals).
It's a piece, i've been working on quite a while. The sound of marimba…
I'm interested if anyone knows about the history of dampening -- who did it, who didn't, who was the first to do it, etc. After watching lots of videos of great vibraphonists, I can see Milt Jackson did it quite a bit, especially on…
Legato lines on the beautiful MTech marimba, by Malletech. I love this instrument. It has it’s own sound and, although it’s always a challenge to play legato, lyrical lines on any marimba, I love doing it on the MTech.
This album, Wanderlust by Mike Mainieri, has it all. Jazz funk, R&B type beat, laid-back styles, and some ballad like songs. Each song is something unique about it. Each song showcases a different instrument or style. I love when the…
After listening to Gary Burton's album Alone At Last, here are some of my thoughts.
Before I share my thoughts on the album itself, I care about the cover art. Album covers are often overlooked but have always interested me, especially…
Hi Vibes lovers,
in this video I explain some advanced slur techniques for bending notes and add grace notes to embellish your bluesy lines.
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Hi vibes lovers,
today I'll show how to use upper structure triads plus an extra note for creating beautiful advanced lines:
The rule is:
on a basic maj or min triad add 9-b9-#9 or 4-#4-b6
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Hello all,
I've been playing around more with stride recently and thought I'd share a recording of the standard "After You've Gone." I'm also trying something new, and decided to (loosely) transcribe this recording and put it…
