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Pt. 5 - Stella
tonymiceli
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Creating lines over Stella.
13 years 9 months ago - 1 comments
Transcribing MJQ Any Thoughts
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
So I'm transcribing some MJQ. I remember (I think) Gary Burton talked about them not being good readers. Ok. I'm taking down the tune 'Don't Stop This Train'. It's a sort of fugue. Well I've found 2 mistakes and I think they cut out a John…
14 years 11 months ago - 10 comments
Who Is MagicEscalator?
tonymiceli
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I've been emailing with magicescalator and talking with him. We were talking about how he came to the instrument and more. So I thought we'd do a Who Is so you guys could meet him. magicescalator, just add a new comment here and tell about…
14 years 11 months ago - 5 comments
Chi Chi (head + Parker solo) by Dana Sudborough
DanaSud
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I gave a lesson earlier today to my student Chris (who just joined the website!) on reading out of the Omni book. One of the things I was trying to get him to do was to keep going no matter what happens. Tony's post on Chi Chi got me…
13 years 7 months ago - 14 comments
Someday My Prince Will Come by Timothy Van Cleave
tavancleave
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I've been working on this tune for a couple days. Last night I had a chance to play it on a gig. I decided to go ahead to record and then post it to see what kind of feedback y'all might send my direction. I hope you all dig it!
13 years 7 months ago - 3 comments
Work Out Ways Into Solos by Tony Miceli
tonymiceli
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Here's a very very quick lesson. Just winding up the night here. Was practicing for a while working out some stuff. The point of this lesson: Don't think twice about figuring out ways to start a solo, or some things you might try and play…
14 years 1 month ago - 1 comments
Riq Solo based on Scott Robinson's Shaken not Stirred by Joe Porter
JoePorter
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This is a live recording from my junior recital at the University of Lethbridge. The technique that i've based my playing from is from several youtube masters playing riq. I would use a video slow downer to study there technique and then…
13 years 6 months ago - 1 comments
Tony Miceli 46R mallet test
BarryK
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Here's a quick test of the Tony Miceli 46R mallets. I just them 5 minutes ago and thought I should post. I love these mallets. Brings out the highs, but not overbearing. Feel is great. Works with my light touch. Barry
14 years 11 months ago - 9 comments
Eve Ayllon - Heavy Peruvian groove!
DanaSud
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Killer band. I want to gig with 4 percussionists!
14 years 11 months ago - 1 comments
Sugar Plum by Bill Evans
tonymiceli
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Dana and I have been talking about chordal playing. Listen to this. See if you can listen to it and see that conceptually the way Bill Evans is playing would totally lend itself to the vibes. Man he's got 10 fingers but he's not using all…
14 years 11 months ago - 3 comments
Modes of Limited Transposition
tonymiceli
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Joe Locke showed me a cool scale that Olivier Messiaen used to write with. I found out later that it's a MOLT (Modes of Limited Transposition), which is pretty interesting. A major scale transposes into 7 variations and a diminished scale…
14 years 11 months ago - 6 comments
Cop This Groove - June 2010 - #2 by Tony Miceli
tonymiceli
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Get funky with your bad self. Ok Voyeurs, I posted part of my practice mp3. I'll turn the recorder on and just mess around with an idea and then listen back. So mistakes and imperfections, here's what I do, maybe it will get some of you…
14 years 1 month ago - 9 comments
Cop This Grove
jimmiew
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See if you can cop this
14 years 11 months ago - 0 comments
Jazz Robots
tonymiceli
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The Colbert Report Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c ThreatDown - Military Food Police, Jazz Robots & Pretty Girls<a> www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor Fox News
14 years 11 months ago - 2 comments
Vuvuzela-Konzert
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14 years 11 months ago - 2 comments
Ooops Dana was Right
tonymiceli
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I took down my Chi Chi study, because it's flawed!!!! I just learned the head yesterday and threw the changes underneath that seemed to fit in my mind. but i should have listened to the whole thing, especially if i was going to do a…
14 years 11 months ago - 10 comments
Chordal Playing - pt. 2 - Lines and Counter Lines
tonymiceli
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14 years 5 months ago - 3 comments
Michael Pinto on Triads and "My One and Only Love" part 1 (introduction)
mikepinto
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Hey guys, here is a lesson on playing upper structure triads on "My One and Only love". Using these triads will show how easy it is to think about upper structures of harmony. I also demonstrates a way of thinking about chords and triads…
14 years 11 months ago - 3 comments
Open House at the Delaware Workshop, August 5th 2010
tonymiceli
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Hey we're going to have an open house August 5th at the workshop at the University of Delaware. It will start at 2 and go untiil about 8 or 9. You can listen to a David Friedman workshop and then we'll have a little performance later in…
14 years 11 months ago - 1 comments
Thanks To Mike Balter!
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Thank you to Mike Balter for generously supporting the vibesworkshop.com workshop at the University of Delaware! www.mikebalter.com
14 years 11 months ago - 1 comments
Thanks To Steve Weiss!
tonymiceli
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I want to thank Steve Weiss Percussion for generously supporting the vibesworkshop.com workshop at the University of Delaware. Thank you Steve!!1 www.steveweissmusic.com
14 years 11 months ago - 1 comments
June 24 VW Blog!
tonymiceli
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Dana titled his blog with a date and I dig that. That means we can just title the blogs with the dates and talk about whatever! So great idea Dana. Man I just made a John Adams radio station. You guys know him? I think he took the…
14 years 11 months ago - 2 comments
Soul Eyes by Ted Wolff
tedwolff
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Recently I purchased a Yamaha Pocketrak stereo audio recorder, and I am quite impressed with the sound quality. It makes CD quality recordings using standard 16 bit, 44.1 sampling rate. It also makes mp3s at what ever bitrate you want - 32…
13 years 6 months ago - 6 comments
So I Had a Great Gig Last Night....
tonymiceli
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So yeah, a really really great gig last night. It's a large part to do with this site and our discussions and seeing what everybody is up to. You know I was listening to Joe Porter's latin compositions and that got me in the mood for our…
14 years 11 months ago - 6 comments
Accordion Insanity - Tchaïkovsky Concerto for Violin - Ouch!
Marie-Noëlle
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Guys, As we were talking about (and hearing) some accordion, I came across this... wow!! Enjoy, - M
14 years 11 months ago - 4 comments
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