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Strange country by Simon Kanzler
Simon Kanzler
Content type: Audio Player
I just enjoyed the lesson of Mike Pinto. I'm a fan of his CD "Prologue"... I totally dig the sound of vibes with sax and voice. So now I have a band in this formation. This is a composition of mine called "strange country". It's just a…
12 years 10 months ago - 5 comments
Connecting the Dots by Tony Miceli -V
tonymiceli
Content type: Audio Player
Practicing connecting the dots between chords of a tune.
5 months ago - 4 comments
Another view of my percussion set-up for BBB
pap4456
Content type: Images
Yet another pic, minus yours truly.
14 years 5 months ago - 5 comments
Seresta, by Howard Levy
David Friedman
Content type: Post To a Group
This is the tune I was playing with Tony in Holland in the "This is why Marie is so hip" video. It's got a beautiful melody and beautiful, simple changes, which nevertheless pose a challenge. I like to play this tune as a solo piece as…
14 years 5 months ago - 4 comments
4th Day of internship (3/25)
jimmiew
Content type: Blog entry
Today was my last day in Philly, I finally got to sleep a little bit which was nice. I checked out of the hotel and went down to the University of the Arts where I was going to sit in on one of Tony's classes an hour later. I had planned…
14 years 5 months ago - 1 comments
Listen When You Play
tonymiceli
Content type: Video Upload
Here's another lesson, that was in the reject pile. But maybe it will be of use to someone. Sort of a reminder lesson.
14 years 5 months ago - 3 comments
Pretty Cool - Clifford Solo on Recorder
tonymiceli
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14 years 5 months ago - 7 comments
Bye Bye Blackbird
jimmiew
Content type: Book page
Behn Gillece shows you how he plays Bye Bye Blackbird
14 years 5 months ago - 0 comments
Upper Structure with Triads By Mike Pinto
jimmiew
Content type: Book page
Cool lesson by Mike Pinto using upper structure triads on the tune My One and Only Love
14 years 5 months ago - 0 comments
Dancer In by Chris Varga
chrisvarga
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Hello, my name is Chris Varga and I'm new to the site. I was based in Chicago, but have lived in Seoul, Korea for quite some time now. At Tony's urging, I humbly post a track from my recent album... The record features Kenji Omae on sax,…
13 years 4 months ago - 7 comments
Rudresh Mahanthappa
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
I was listening to the tune Baladhi. When the guitar takes a solo Rudresh accompanies him. It was really cool. I learn alot from things like that. Because I think sometimes, ok that's my left hand and i can see how simply i can accompany…
14 years 5 months ago - 4 comments
Michael Pinto on Triads and "My One and Only Love" part 3 (improv)
mikepinto
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here is part 3 where I discuss improvising using the upper structure triads on the dominant chords for "My One and Only Love"... For example... In the A section you have a B-7b5 to E7 to A-.... for the E7 I use a G triad as the upper…
14 years 5 months ago - 9 comments
Who is toddc?
tonymiceli
Content type: Story
Tell us Toddc? Record producer? Drummer? Vibe player?
14 years 5 months ago - 12 comments
Friedman Etude No. 1 by Tjaco Oostdijk
tonymiceli
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This is the first etude of the Friedman book. Make sure you dampen the previous note exactly when you play the next note. Pedal should be kept down during the whole etude. Try to get a nice legato sounding melody.
12 years 11 months ago - 5 comments
I Love Jimi!
tonymiceli
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This should help your vibe playing!
14 years 5 months ago - 9 comments
University of Delaware
tonymiceli
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Aug 1st - 6th Worskhop at University of Delaware with David Friedman and Tony Miceli
14 years 5 months ago - 3 comments
2nd day (3-23-10)
jimmiew
Content type: Blog entry
Today started out a little rough, only got about 3 hours of sleep and had to run off to music theory, mail my application for that whole composition thing and then I ran down to the local drum store to pick up some mallets (Balter 23Rs,…
14 years 5 months ago - 2 comments
Michael Pinto on Triads and "My One and Only Love" part 2 (chords)
mikepinto
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In Part 2 I talk about the specifics on how to use the triads with the dominant 7 chords to create harmonic movement. For example. The G7 on the 2nd measure would have an E triad as the upper structure. So voicing it out would look like…
14 years 5 months ago - 2 comments
Expectations When Conducting Rehearsals
Piper
Content type: Blog entry
I'd love to hear what other people do when they rehearse their bands. I'd especially like to hear about rehearsals with Frank Zappa (if anyone at VW has any experience with that). I heard he rehearsed a lot. I'd also like to hear about…
14 years 5 months ago - 8 comments
Technical Thing in Divertimento by Haydn
james_whiting
Content type: Story
Hi Guys. I'm playing this Haydn Divertimento for a technical exam at uni. I want to see what people think about how to do this trill, as 3 mallets are already taken up with the chord played at the same time....All help is appreciated!!!!!…
14 years 5 months ago - 4 comments
Tony... stay out of this one - the rest of us want to talk (about you)
Piper
Content type: Blog entry
EVERYTHING this man (tony) does is top notch. Every time he plays the vibes, great music happens. So, why the hell isn't Tony written about in ALL the magazines, booked with top paying gigs and so busy performing that he'd have to hire out…
14 years 5 months ago - 14 comments
Who is This Vibe Player?
tonymiceli
Content type: Video Embed
I know this guy but can't think of his name.
14 years 5 months ago - 12 comments
Anything But That Method -V
toddc
Content type: Blog entry
Man in general tries to break complex concepts into smaller bite size pieces. Because of time the results and impact of the proposed breakdown is often not apparent. I think how we have broken down the chromatic scale causes the learning…
4 months ago - 13 comments
My Romance - Harmony Lesson by Tony Miceli
tonymiceli
Content type: Audio Player
Here's a long lesson discussing the harmony to the tune "My Romance". Remember small chunks. I think if you do this lesson as I say, you will learn a ton. It will take a long time for some, but this tune is a masterpiece to study for jazz…
14 years 5 months ago - 5 comments
20 forms make a 1000 songs
norbert
Content type: Blog entry
"only after you’ve learned 1,000 tunes do you realize that there are really only about 20 song forms and every tune is a combination of segments of these 20 forms"... I read somewhere on Hal Galper's website. That statement goes with me…
14 years 5 months ago - 2 comments
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