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I'm sorry but you don't have access to this page. This site has a lot of information for vibes players! There are many lessons, videos, mp3s, cd recommendations and more. The first step is to sign up and become a member. At that point you…
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Who is Joe Porter?
Marie-Noëlle
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Yes Tony you're right, good question: who is Joe Porter? Huh?
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Thanks so much for subscribing to the website. With your support we can really make a great site where we can all learn and grow as vibe players! Sorry, your browser doesn't support the embedding of multimedia. Any questions email us…
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tonymiceli
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You all know that Joe Locke is on board. I think we have a great faculty. Lots of lessons are going up. In fact so much stuff is going up, we're trying to reorganize everything! So you'll see changes!
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Subscribers Can Blog Now
tonymiceli
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A little experiment here. Subscribers can now blog. It might be a good way for us all to keep in touch. Why not start a blog and talk about what you're doing. Then some of the 'faculty' and respond. There are 4 faculty members here. You'…
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Private Lesson Instructions
tonymiceli
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Private lessons are easy. Your teacher and YOU can post lessons and leave comments. You'll see on the left in the side bar under the private lessons 'Create a Post to a Group'. That's where you can post a lesson or topic you want to work…
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How to adjust your time settings
tjaco
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How to adjust your time settings. If you notice when you post something or when you write something in the shout box(you can see the time a shout was entered by holding your mouse over it!) that the time it displays is incorrect, you have…
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Please Don't Give Away Material
tonymiceli
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As you look around the site, you'll realize how much time went into creating this site and how much energy goes into maintaining it. I think you'll agree that it's a lot of energy. This site can't be maintained without your help. What you…
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Line Building Blocks Exercise Pt. 1 by Behn Gillece -V
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Line Building Blocks Exercise
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Vibraphone Etude No.2
camberdnd
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Here's another etude that I wrote, in F major this time. This has a much larger focus on dampening, with a repeated phrase throughout that the etude is built around. The motive is moved through different keys and modes before returning and…
3 years 4 months ago - 1 comments
Making Diminished Chords Easy, Pt. 1 (How to solo over diminished chords resolving a half step up)
Oliver_M37
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Hey everyone, I was inspired by Joe Locke at the Vibe Master Week to do some thinking on diminished chords, and to figure out how to play over them in a way that doesn't just sound like random meandering on the chord tones or the…
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Pedal Point: Advanced Application (G. Perin) -V
giovanniperin
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Today we talk about further application of the pedal point using non-functional harmony based on trias superimposed to a bass note. We can build pedal point on the root or the fifth of the tonal area in which the tune is composed and on…
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How to use Pedal point (G. Perin) -V
giovanniperin
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Today we talk about an harmonic device that I stole from bass players! We can build pedal point on the root or the fifth of the tonal area in which the tune is composed. I'll use the harmony of On green dolphin street to show it. Make sure…
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How to use Pedal point (G. Perin)
giovanniperin
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Today we talk about an harmonic device that I stole from bass players! We can build pedal point on the root or the fifth of the tonal area in which the tune is composed. I'll use the harmony of On green dolphin street to show it. Make sure…
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Chi-Chi arrangement
Zeric138
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Wanted to share a short arrangement I did of Chi-Chi with my friend Alex on sax! The style change from bossa to swing in the head came funny enough from messing around singing the melody and body-drumming. It was a lot of fun to make and…
3 years 4 months ago - 7 comments
A Night in Tunisia Solo Vibes Arrangement
Oliver_M37
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Hey everyone, Here's a solo vibes version of A Night in Tunisia I recorded the other day. Tried to keep the epic 16th note solo break, the interlude, and the shout chorus in my arrangement. I slow down a tiny bit on the solo break, but oh…
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Comping Lab Lesson #5: Rhythmic Density in Ballads
Oliver_M37
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Hey everyone, Another lesson on comping on ballads! We're looking at rhythmic density and ways to create an overall sense of arc with your comping, or while you're playing solo. Let me know if you have any thoughts!
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Comping Lab Lesson #4: Making the Most of Range While Comping on Ballads
Oliver_M37
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Hey everyone, The next couple comping lessons will be focused on ballads. In this one, I share how I think of the range of the instrument -- like an orchestra, with a low range for bass movement, a middle range for melody and/or chords,…
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Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - Solo Vibes
Oliver_M37
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When Your Love Has Gone - Vibraphone Solo - Original Composition by David Kovins
davidkovinsvibe
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Friedman Etude 11
totiangeloni
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Hola a todos! Comparto acá mi humilde versión del estudio n°11 de "Dampening and Pedaling". Traté de utilizar varias técnicas de dampenig para desarrollar la interpretación del estudio y de paso practicar y profundizar un poco más en el…
3 years 5 months ago - 1 comments
Comping Lab Lesson #3: Sliding (Making Your Block Chords Swing pt. 3)
Oliver_M37
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Hey everyone, Here's the third and final part of my series on comping over a medium swing F blues, and how to give it that rhythmic drive a full rhythm section has. This is an interesting lesson, because I, myself, am still figuring it out…
3 years 5 months ago - 3 comments
Comping Lab Lesson #1: Dropping "Bombs" and Making Your Block Chords Swing
Oliver_M37
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Hey Everyone! New series on comping. In the first few of these lessons, I'm just going to be talking about rhythm while comping and techniques to get a good feel. Obviously, metronome work, recording yourself and listening back, playing…
3 years 5 months ago - 4 comments
Joel Ross Interview
tonymiceli
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3 years 5 months ago - 1 comments
Comping Lab Lesson #2: Octave Displacement and Rolls - Making your Comping Really Swing (pt. 2)
Oliver_M37
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Hey everyone, Another lesson on comping. This time I'm looking at octave displacement (a lot less crazy than it sounds in this context) and rolls -- two things vibes players could do more, I think!
3 years 5 months ago - 2 comments
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