Taken from a concert Laura Klein and I did a couple of years ago in Calif.
An updated recording with faster tempo.
Hello everyone!
It's been awhile since I've posted anything on the site, but I'm finding time to be a vibraphonist at least a little while school consumes my life...
Last weekend I attended the first Vibes Bootcamp at Tony's house in Philadelphia. He wants to make it a recurring event, so I figured I'd give a little recap:
The boot camp was an intensive two days of studying vibes in an intimate yet relaxed setting; there were only five of us, plus Tony and Anthony Smith as our instructors. Randy Sutin also stopped by to hang and offer playing tips.
Day 5 is similar to Day 4 with open position chords. Take notice of the final chord in this lesson. It's a Cm6 chord with the 11th in the top. This is a great voicing for minor chords. Be sure to memorize this one and put it through some different keys.
So.... I'm so busy keeping the site up, that I don't get to members comments quick enough. there is a cue of them. problem is a bunch of them are spam. So I have to look.
But this member posted this video. I think the vibes sound beautiful and he's playing an original more popish kind of tune. But I thought it sounded beautiful! So here it is... .and i'll get to member's posts and comments.
I like the clarity of it all. he def dampens to the melody NOT the chords. can you hear this?
Vibraphone solo by David Kovins
An awesome ballad by a great composer!!!
This section will be about intros and endings.
So here's what we will do for 25 days starting Dec. 5th. We will post 8 bars a day for you to work on.
Take the 8 bars master them then move on to the next 8 bars. Each 8 bars will have a topic and a point to them. They will not all be related.
So get ready for 8BD
I see Yuhan hanging around on the site. She's a great vibe player from Taiwan.
Here's a cool piece (I think) she wrote.
I found out today that Marimba One now makes a set of vibes that they call One Vibraphone. Has anyone played one of these? How would you rate it on sound quality, portability, quality of construction, etc.
Thanks,
Ted