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Hi Everyone,

hi,

i love to play in this band (teenage dream) although i only play drums there. but be sure i´m prepared to play every song we do on the mallets too...just in case :)

we almost never play live cause it´s difficult to find places for such a big band. but yesterday we did and it was great fun! the song is one of my favorite zappa compositions

the line up is:

Hoger Auer - Lead Vocals
Michael Kobal - Mallets,Back Vocals,Percussion
Daniel Neustadt - Bass
Tarik Dosdogru - Drums,Back Vocals
Jörg Eschrig - Guitar,Back Vocals
Martin Lelgemann - Keyboards
Ferdinand Rexforth - Sax

Hey Guys,

I'm playing at Zinc Bar on August 30th with the Ralph Peterson Fo'tet. We play 3 sets. 1 at 8:00pm, 10:00pm, !2:00am. I hope I can see some fellow vibe players there! I'm also playing at Rue 57 on the 31st with the same group at 8pm.

Look forward to seeing you!

Joe Doubleday
http://soundcloud.com/josephdoubleday

Thanks to Arturo!

Corey is a member here, though he has a slightly different approach on vibes and on music than most of us. I think he's a great vibes player and person, with a true passion for the instrument like all of us.

He recently decided to sell his old Premier and made a little video of the last moment spent with his "old friend". Oh man I got totally caught and truly moved by those 2 little mn. He allowed me to share them with you.

We are all different... but we all have to say goodbye one day... Hope you receive Corey's message too... Enjoy.

Greetings everyone,
I've recently been enjoying working on exercises in "Velocity Warm-Ups: 92 Improvisional Patterns for Jazz Vibraphone and Marimba" by Charles Dowd. Some great ideas for practicing scales, arpeggios, modes... ects.

I find that my muscles tend to tighten and cramp up while doing some of the above extended exercises. Any suggestions for how to stay loose and relaxed?

Thanks.

jazzdad6705

hi,
this taken from one of my last gigs during this summer (believe it or not that´s the summer in germany!) unfortunatley the vibe is a bit low during comping.

hope you like it.

tarik

Here's a very cool and recent performance of Ben Thomas. Ben is a member here. He lives in Seatle and sometimes pays us a little visit. Enjoy! :o)

man sometime you just lament about selling any instrument ... years ago i bought my first vibraphone which was in 1987. a new musser m 48 .. serial number was 153.. wow .. when i was on tour with 3 leg torso out of portland in 2004 the bar were stolen. we contacted musser at the time and they could no replace or allow me order a set of bars for that instrument. so we sold the frame and shortly after i moved from portland and took time off from the industry ..

This clip is from a gig last January playing Ted's composition Ida Spoons which is based on Stella. The cameraman missed the head and part of Ted's solo which is a shame. Ted is composer/saxophonist with Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra directed by Wynton Marsalis....and plays his rear off! What a pleasure this night was.
Rusty