Nacada is a lesser known tune written by Pat Metheny many years ago. I don’t think it has been recorded very much. It has a very short form, a mere 8 bars long. Yet it provides lots to work with when arranged as a solo piece or played with…
Hey Guys,
As I've been away most of the time lately I thought I'd give an update on what I'm busy with, and that's the reason that I'm not online much.
So I had two really great gigs last couple of weeks. One was with a trio(vb-bs-git). A…
Man, there are so many of us here now. I keep think of ways for us all to work and grow together.
So here's my pitch: The Summer of 2010 will be 'The Summer of Vibes'. Let's play for each other this summer. Let's play little concerts for…
Hi All,
Poking around here as I've been working on the Vibesworkshop on Roku app, I discovered an interesting statistic -- as of this morning (2010-May-17), there have been 658 videos posted here. By access level there are:
18 Anonymous…
This is my attempt at the tune Spain there are a few mistakes here and there I have played it better but here it is anyway, all comments welcome, I am working on a solo as well.
Cheers John
Here's a chord etude based on a blues. I tried to use the 'comping sideways idea'. That is moving up and down the scale that would go with the chord.
As with all etudes (IMHO) make them sound good and change whatever you want. But in the…
I want to acknowledge the life of a teacher and friend who passed away suddenly at the age of 61 last week Saturday May 8, 2010.
I started takeing drum lessons from Terry when I was 7 yrs. old. I continued with him until I was 15 yrs old…
Hello guys, Vic Firth is presenting an excerpt from the University of New Hampshire concert with Dave Liebman - Soprano, Matt Wilson - Drums, David Clark - Bass and me on vibes in a Video Podcast. Here's the link in case anyone would like…
Guys,
As you know Tony is out for the week end... But it doesn't mean it's holidays!
So what are you doing here reading this stupid message: go and check all the lessons, posts, vids, audios, get back to your mallets and go practice!!
The…
I like the sound of hard mallets from the audience. And they totally cut through don't they? That seems like a pretty loud drummer and those vibes are coming right through!
Hello everyone, still uploading videoclips from a recent quartet gig that featured Rick DiMuzio on sax, Mark Walker on drums, Bruno Raberg on bass and me on vibes. Here's one that we just uploaded. Ed
Hello Everyone, here's Part Two of the Four Note Groupings article which will be appearing in the upcoming June issue of the Percussive Arts Society magazine Percussive Notes. This article addresses the use of four note groupings on Dom 7…
Don't use the pedal if you don't want to. This is just an exercise in some alternate 4 mallet sticking. Not single lines, but 2 note voicings.
I was messing around with these ideas this morning. I banged this puppy out before heading out…
Hey Everyone,
I just stumbled upon this Mike Mainieri Discography. It has some pretty good stuff on there. I actually found it looking for info on his cd: Other side of the Blues.
And I found out that he also played as a sideman on a…
Hi! Marie asked me to post some new suff of mine. This is a recording of a composition of mine called "Abendgespräch". It's a duo with tenor sax. I just played for the second time with this guy. And he is really great! So enjoy...
When I heard Joe's tune Sword of Whispers I fell in love with it. I had heard it on cd, but I must have been doing something else while listening to it. I stopped and watched his video and just fell in love with the tune.
So I started…
Well I finished my little series on the melodic minor scale. I think I'm going to do one on the harmonic minor also. Although I need to study that one first a little more.
Behn is coming over Wednesday to shoot more lessons and I have some…
Hey everybody,
Ed played a great gig with his quartet at the Sahara Club on April 6th. This video is of Jitterbug Waltz by Fats Waller. You can follow the link to youtube and see part 2 of this tune as well as a few of the other tunes…
Hi Guys,
Big hello from Australia!
This is a recording of me and my friend at uni playing in a chamber music concert. We only played this one tune, walked in straight from work with no warm up, no sound check so there are a few fuzzy bits…
So my car stereo blew a few months ago. I bought another one a few months ago thinking it replace it myself. I tried but no sound. So I got my son an his Drexel buddies over figuring 30 grand a year, they can get it working. Nothing.
So…
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