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Hey Vibrafans,

I'm working on a recording and I'm very excited about it!

From my book Jazz Lines...free verse in the key of jazz, musician Steve Yeager and I have selected 15 of the poems and he has set them to music. I'll be creating a CD to go along with Jazz Lines in the near future.  Don't have a date yet but will let you know.  

Steve is a vibraphonist from Minneapolis - check out his recordings -

Full Circle

April Sessions

Vibraharp

A tune I really like by Monk. Working on adding some chords over improv, its a trial and error thing so its a slow burner, anyway comments advice tips all welcome

Thanks in advance 

John 

Hey everybody, I'm Jeremy and I'm beginning my studies as a vibraphonist. Tony told me to listen to Alone at Last andjot down my thoughts about it so that's what I did. 

My personal favorite mode Hard Mode BECAUSE THE GRIND DOESN'T STOP

Hope you enjoy!

Somewhere around the beginning of the pandemic, I took on several personal projects.  One of them was to go back and read one of my favorite textbooks on composition with hopes that something new would pop out at me which I could incorporate into my compositions, my improvisation, etc.  The original was in German, so I have always been using an English language translation; I had credited that with the fact that there were long stretches of it that felt a little cryptic and maybe even wrong to me in the past.   I was wrong. They are perfectly clear.

Vibraphone Solo by David Kovins

I'm Extremely happy to announce that my new book is available!

I'm keeping an eye out for inexpensive marimbas for students, stumbled upon this:

https://reverb.com/item/17995784-handmade-pvc-pipe-marimba

I'm not sure what to make of it, but I really appreciate the color coding.

I'd love to see the workings of malletech's damper rail's straight up and down travel from above and below the instrument. If you have a malletech instrument, please post a video and/or clear photo of the damper rail's anchors and travel. This is a key feature for better, cleaner and more even damping via the pedal. I'd really appreciate it. If there's an instrument in the Dallas Area that I can come and see, that would be nice too. 

Thank you.