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studying tunes as a group.
tonymiceli
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We're in our second lesson with 'Take the A Train' in our tune group. I'm psyched and hoping that people stay interested in this. I think it would be pretty cool to have someday 10 or 20 of us working on a tune all together. That kind of…
15 years 11 months ago - 0 comments
Used Musser M55s for 4500 dollars!!
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
I was hanging online with barryk and I found used mussers for 4500 and 4800 dollars over at www.malletshop.com. I couldn't believe that so I inquired why are they were so high priced. I thought I'd pass along the malletshop's answer: I…
15 years 11 months ago - 10 comments
A Day of Good Vibes - Check it Out
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
I'm thinking about how to do a day online in August where maybe different vibe players do concerts all day online. I think we would need about 6 or 7 people, start at noon on a Sunday and go until 6 (Philly time). That should get most of…
15 years 11 months ago - 1 comments
Using 3rds
Szaniszlo
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13 years 2 months ago - 9 comments
Am D7 GMaj7 Bm7b5
BarryK
Content type: Blog entry
I am working on "Somewhere In the Night" by Milton Raskin and Billy May. I first heard it on Cal Tjader's "Soul Sauce" album. See "Check This Out" link. I can't find the sheet music so I am trying to figure out the changes. I stopped…
15 years 11 months ago - 9 comments
Practicing
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
When I practice it takes me a good hour before I can really start to get somewhere. It seems like for me that that first hour doesn't really even count although i have to do it to get past everything else. Get past what? The day, the crap…
15 years 11 months ago - 6 comments
Just The Way You Are by Tarik Dosdogru
vibraman
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this is my arragement of billy joel´s just the way you are in 7/8 (most of the time) with my duo partner jan on guitar.still (like everything i post) far away from perfect.i hope this will change some holy day...
13 years 6 months ago - 3 comments
New week, new challenges
nico
Content type: Blog entry
We're starting the new week with a load of work ahead, unfortunatelly hardly any work this week is scheduled for production of the vibrahones themselves. We're gonna spend a lot of time on finishing our pre-production glockenspiel which we…
15 years 11 months ago - 5 comments
Marco Bianchi: Anyone Know This Italian vibe Player?
tonymiceli
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This cat can play! Who is he?
13 years 5 months ago - 5 comments
A Train Study by Tony Miceli Lesson 1
tonymiceli
Content type: Audio Player
There's been some talk about starting a tune club on the site. I decided to post a lesson on a tune. The lesson has an assignment. I figured if 5 guys to the assignment and post it, then I'll do the next part of the lesson. So check it out…
14 years 1 month ago - 13 comments
Traditional 4 Mallet Grip Example by Andrei Pushkarev
BarryK
Content type: Blog entry
Here are a couple videos from vibraphonist, Andrei Pushkarev. He uses the traditional 4-mallet grip , where the inner mallets are on top, versus the Burton grip where the outside mallets are on top. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=…
13 years 5 months ago - 2 comments
Chord Voicing Tips
tonymiceli
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Just some quick tips I was thinking about with chord voicings. You know the goal is to be quick with all the voicings. So you have to practice moving around the instrument and getting familiar with the voicings. That takes a lot of work…
15 years 11 months ago - 1 comments
Limerick City jazz workshop
chiquiz
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Thanks to Peter Dee Academy of Music and John Daley, on my left, with his arm on the vibes, for his support. The incredible turnout for this workshop is his feat.
15 years 11 months ago - 0 comments
Vibes and Organ
BarryK
Content type: Blog entry
I was practicing, and as it often happens, I played a few notes that sounded familiar, but I didn't know what it is. Then I recalled it was from the Cal Tjader Soul Sauce album. The song was "Somewhere in the Night". http://www.…
15 years 11 months ago - 2 comments
Who is Vibeman27?
tonymiceli
Content type: Story
Give it up, California boy!
15 years 11 months ago - 4 comments
Taking a Walk with David Friedman
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
I try to take walks every day, partly to listen to music and mostly because I'm out of shape and overweight! I think I posted once before about this and I think posted about a Friedman CD. Hmmm, I came home today and wanted to post about…
15 years 11 months ago - 2 comments
Vibes workshop attendees listen to Tony
chiquiz
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15 years 11 months ago - 0 comments
Vibes workshop at vanderPlas Baileo studio 28 29 June 2009
chiquiz
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These were from the recent vibes workshops in Sessenheim, the Netherlands during which Nico vanderPlas discussed making these beautiful instruments.
15 years 11 months ago - 0 comments
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TONY !!!!!!!!!
Marie-Noëlle
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There would be so much to say about Tony Miceli… Hmm... sure he’s not (yet) a super star. Not a top model. He readily and openly describes himself as a little overweight and sometimes even a bit tactless. He only has his little basement…
13 years 2 months ago - 42 comments
Statistics - Almost 1 Year
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
So August 1st we are one year old here at www.vibesworkshop.com. I've been looking around the site thinking about how far it's gone and all the friends here that I've made. The friend part is incredible to me. I just can't believe how many…
15 years 11 months ago - 1 comments
In Case You Didn't Know
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
In case you din't no, my spelling and gramar are prety bad. Most of the tim it's bcause, I'm tiping vury late at nite and I'm sew tred. I dn't prof reed enuf. I apologise. I get pretty eksited wen I do a lsson or atude. I no it's a problm…
15 years 11 months ago - 4 comments
Stride Etude
tonymiceli
Content type: Story
I posted this etude. (See Check this out). I put a link to it above so if you reply to this page it will keep it in the classroom. Check out the etude. We talked about this in the workshop. In other words if you come back to this page and…
15 years 9 months ago - 3 comments
Etude Based on Chords to Black Orpheus by Tony Miceli
tonymiceli
Content type: Audio Player
A good friend of mine is studying the tune Black Orpheus. He asked me to to come up with a little etude to help him work on the tune. So here it is. Again I left the chords out. You should put them in and then study the changes and what's…
15 years 11 months ago - 0 comments
560 Lessons As Of Today
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
I just got all excited because I counted 560 Lesson on this site. It's a rough count, but even at 500, that's amazing. I really think there's 3 or 4 years of study here now!
15 years 11 months ago - 0 comments
Upgrading an M55
nico
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The frame ofcourse is height adjustable.
15 years 11 months ago - 0 comments
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