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Lesson of the Week: Be funny! :)
c.stallard22
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This week's vibe Zoom coffeehouse "lesson of the week" was inspired by the jokesters of yesterday's vibe talk and by Mike Balter. Yesterday's vibe talk: https://www.facebook.com/vibesworkshopOnFB/videos/328241894857803 Original Mike…
4 years 3 months ago - 0 comments
Lines on "Stella By Starlight"
ed saindon
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Playing lines over “Stella By Starlight” with the inside mallets. Using an open spread and “digging in” with an up and down motion via the use of the fulcrum as with a two mallet player or drummer. For more information on the fulcrum grip…
4 years 3 months ago - 2 comments
Friedman Etude #20
Oliver_M37
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This one took like a million takes. I've been recording it every weekend for the past month and I think I finally have one that sounds okay! Here is #20 of Friedman's book.
4 years 3 months ago - 0 comments
Is your practice space also horrific...?
tjaco
Content type: Story
I live in Amsterdam and living in Amsterdam means that you can't really practice at home. At least not where I practice and especially not if you also play drums and live with your girlfriend who doesn't have a dayjob like me(musician). So…
4 years 3 months ago - 5 comments
Chien Chien Lu - Blossom in a Stormy Night 雨夜花（改編）
tonymiceli
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Look out for Chien Chien! I think she is coming up fast in the jazz world and the vibe world. Here is a track with her and her band. It's a killer band; Vibraphone: Chien Chien Lu Piano: Shedrick Mitchell Bass: Richie Goods Drums:…
4 years 3 months ago - 1 comments
Thoughts on Solo Playing and "What is This Thing Called Love"
Oliver_M37
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I've been playing through a bunch of standards improvising solo vibes arrangements everyday recently, and realized I might as well record it. Although lockdown sucked in a lot of ways, it has REALLY gotten my solo playing together. Before…
4 years 3 months ago - 0 comments
Susan Pascale - Performing Double Guatemala
tonymiceli
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Susan is a great vibe player from Seattle. I've checked out her music for years now.
4 years 3 months ago - 0 comments
Sasha Berliner - Live on Steve Weiss
tonymiceli
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If you can't see the video, here is the link:https://www.facebook.com/steveweissmusic/videos/991326534646375/ Posted by Steve Weiss Music on Tuesday, July 21, 2020
4 years 3 months ago - 0 comments
Learning from the Balafon (Lesson 14: 12:8 bell, totoji and kagan patterns)
Jerry Leake
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Download the attached PDF for notation and general background.
4 years 3 months ago - 0 comments
Friedman Etude #22
Oliver_M37
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Almost done with the whole book (which I have recorded and put up on this site and YouTube). Here is #22, one of the three jazz etudes.
4 years 4 months ago - 0 comments
Friedman Etude #15
Oliver_M37
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I'm almost done recording the whole book, so here's one of the peskier ones I've been putting off recording.
4 years 4 months ago - 0 comments
Mallets for Malletkat
kschleunes
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I’ve always just kind of done two mallet stuff on the malletkat. I’m trying four mallets but collisions are occurring. Can anyone recommend a smaller headed mallet that they use on the malletkat please.
4 years 4 months ago - 0 comments
Whisper Magic
Christos
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'Whisper Magic' is a solo vibraphone piece that was composed a few years back and premiered at a duo concert with pianist Sergio Salvatore at New York's Carnegie Hall. Now I got the opportunity to work on a video for it and hope you enjoy…
4 years 4 months ago - 0 comments
Bluesette 105
Rogerhdg
Content type: Blog entry
Comping for myself with the left hand is tough. I was trying to set a 120 bpm pace and couldn't get past 105 without running past brain speed and accumulating glitches.
4 years 4 months ago - 0 comments
Deagan Vibraphone
Kym Ambrose
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Hi all, I want to get some more information about this vibraphone. A local drummer and vibes player has passed away here and his son wants to sell this vibraphone. Does anybody know the rough age of it and have any idea about its value?…
4 years 4 months ago - 5 comments
Mallet Dampening Etude for David Friedman
Drumbum
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This is a mallet dampening etude I wrote for the 2nd online vibes boot camp. This is the first time I ever used mallet dampening, so I tried to use it in as many ways as I could. Hope you all enjoy! -Liam Hurley
4 years 4 months ago - 2 comments
Geoff Palmer - Thanks Again John Keene
tonymiceli
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John Keene I always say is our local historian. He mentioned a vibe player I never heard about before. So if John Mentions him, I always check him out. He is great!
4 years 4 months ago - 1 comments
John Coltrane Transcription - Take the Coltrane
mwalbridge
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Hi Vibes Workshop! It's been a while since I've posted so I thought I would share this John Coltrane solo I have been working on with you all. I attached a pdf if anyone is interested in checking it out - I think there are so many…
4 years 4 months ago - 4 comments
Happy Birthday Barryk
tonymiceli
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Let's all wish Barryk a happy birthday. Besides being the first subscriber on the site Barryk is one of the nicest guys you could every meet! And he's a hard worker and loves practicing and playing the vibes!
4 years 4 months ago - 15 comments
All The Modes in the Major Scale
tonymiceli
Content type: Book page
Here's a great warm up exercise and a great exercise for your hands and your mind. You play all the modes of a Major Scale all in a row, that is continuously. Here's a mide file of what it sounds like: You should get the idea. The scales…
4 years 4 months ago - 1 comments
Not Vibe Related But......
tonymiceli
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This reminds me how cool this song is. Lots of high school kids play it. Just like all the wedding bands back in the day playing a crappy version of Girl From Ipanema. You hate and then you hear the original and go, wow it's so beautiful…
4 years 4 months ago - 5 comments
Never Never Land from Peter Pan
ed saindon
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"Never Never Land" from Peter Pan - Fun exploring on this great song with music by Jule Styne and lyrics from Betty Comden and Adolph Green. Such a hip song with wonderful chord changes and a memorable melody and lyrics.
4 years 4 months ago - 0 comments
How Deep Is The Ocean
ed saindon
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"How Deep Is The Ocean" - One of my favorite standards by the great composer Irving Berlin.
4 years 4 months ago - 0 comments
Playing outside with an M55
Timbowden
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HI Guys, Recently got hold of a beautiful M55G and have a few gigs coming up, outside on grass. As the musser has a wooden frame at the top are there any issues with it getting hot (in the sun) or damp from the grass affecting it? My old…
4 years 4 months ago - 7 comments
Bluesette Solo Performance
rogersvibes
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This is another entry in my ongoing effort to write, arrange, and play solo vibraphone. The Pop Up Classes focused on single tunes have been a great opportunity to develop my approach. I recorded this a week ago after the first class on "…
4 years 4 months ago - 2 comments
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