Here is a duet of Stella by Starlight. I did this one with Tony a few years ago.
I think my part is not that great, but you get an idea of what you can do with these duets.
I also added Tony's part for you to play along. Remember if you…
I talk and think about this all the time. You'll hear me bring it up over and over and over again. I never totally liked the analogy of comparing the vibes to a piano. When every I'm playing solo it hits me like a brick in the head.
Now…
Hello Everybody,
Here are some thoughts I'm struggling with as a drummer who has been playing loads of standards on drums and now trying to get to know all of these on vibes.
I guess there are a lot of guys out here that played drums first…
I didn't know this tne untill I heard Tony play it. It's a beautiful tune, so I'll be studying this tune the coming week. I'll post audio at the end of this week.
Here I will post a list of tunes that I really know by heart. Like Tony says, if you really know a tune you've got to be able to play it through 12 keys. So that's my goal here.
I'll only post tunes that I put to the test of playing…
I kept looking at the Joy Spring solo and thinking ok, I'll work this up again and post it so you guys can hear what it sounds like. But there's something about pulling out stuff that's old and spending the time to learn it again. I want…
Hello everybody,
I've been thinking of doing some videos of etudes from the Dave Samuels book: Contemporary Vibraphone Technique. It's a great book for developing independence between four mallets.
I talked to Tony about the book, but he…
Just started working on Etude 5. A few mistakes. Need to work on dynamics and get more comfortable with my left hand chords with two mallets.
How do you like my newly polished bars? Found a tip on TheVibe.net to use Mothers Mag &…
Hey Tony,
I tested something out. I recorded this directly to my laptop using Pinnacle studio. It's still the camera mic. Somehow I couldn't figure out how to get an external audiosource. But the sound is a little better because you don't…
This vibe hang we're doing on August 27th.... I talked with Mario over at Mallet Kat. We're old friends and we think alike in many ways. He wants more people to know about his electronic instruments. Not just for the money, Mario BELIEVES…
Two things are on my mind. One is an etude of a tune that I wrote called 'Vince Guaraldi'. It's a waltz and I decided to make a study around it. So i'm writing a simple version of the tune and then we'll talk about it. Then I'll write a…
On the last day of the workshop here in Ireland, we took Donna Lee and Analyzed it over 2 hours. Everybody was really into it and we barely scratched the surface so I'm thinking of doing a weekly lesson when I get back and we can all just…
The workshop in Ireland is great. I have some footage i'll upload probably when I get back. I do have audio from the workshop that I'll post when I get back. I'll have to edit some of the mp3s to make them more concise.
Alright, here's 10 more lessons on stride playing and chordal playing. I am fried but I wanted to crank these out. My buddy Barryk is my unofficial proof reader, so hopefully these will be acceptable to him!
Ok, last night was a hard night. I have never had these bandwidth problems, but usually everything I do that is live is on Sunday nights. Maybe I should stick with them for now. I'm going to have to look into the bandwidth problems with…
Myself and Mario from Mallet Kat will be online playing and talking with everyone. Mario will play pieces on the Mallet Kat from his studio on MA, and I'll be in PA doing my thing. On future episodes you guys can come on and play also!
I…
Why don't each of you guys think of a question, and i'll make a vid podcast talking about each question. just attach it onto the comments here. Let's do just one question each, if this works out I'll do it each week.
So I had fun experimenting with a new camera angle. I hung a cam from above and played Blue Bossa. Hopefully you guys find it of use. Maybe it will give you some ideas. Let me know what you think.
The more I teach and the older I get I…
Here's a 4 part lesson on solo playing. I just turned the cameras on and just went with the flow. They do show some of the techniques I use to playing chordally. I don't even know if you call them techniques, I don't know what you'd call…
