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Here is a video showing a close-up of Alexey Chizhik's 5 mallet technique. At the beginning of the video, you can see how the sticks are laid out.

"Alexey Chizhik (vibraphone) and Zhenjia Glukk (journalist). Show on TV VOT 2008 (summer). St-Petersburg Russia. Playing Over the rainbow by Harold Arlen."

Barry

This is an arrangement I did of Coração Vagabundo by Caetano Veloso. For those who don't know, Caetano Veloso is a very famous Brazilian songwriter. I've always liked this tune so I decided to attempt a solo version. This is also my first attempt using my new mic setup. Thanks for listening everyone!

Meet Mike Blake. He's a subscriber on the site, and great percussionist, drummer and vibe player who teaches out at University of North Dakota.

He's really well respected and loved in the vibe world. I know that from just mentioning his name to Ed and Joe.

Here he talks about himself and the vibraphone a little.

Hey all,

I saw that Caramoor Music Festival is doing a VIBE SUMMIT with Bobby and Stefon Harris this summer (SAT AUG 7th- www.caramoor.org). The following day will be Elio Villafranca with Pat Martino (Tony, you on this gig with the Philly crew?).

Hi All,

In the near future I'll probably be working on developing a commercial channel for Roku Players -- as a learning experience, I figured I could get started by developing a vibes channel.

So what's a Roku Player? It's a box that connects on one side to your TV, on the other to your home network, and allows you to play streaming videos from the Internet on your TV. It's main claim-to-fame is that it allows you to play Netflix instant movies on your TV. If you have a Netflix account and don't have a Roku or something similar (like Xbox), you should really get one.

Here's a great version of How Deep Is The Ocean played by Bill Evans!

Enjoy!

TJ

I thought this was pretty funny! The guy actually plays some good stuff here. Watch the cigarette go to his hand and back to his mouth... hilarious... at least that's what I thought...

Anyway, this is what you end up with if you go out and check lots of versions of a tune on youtube. I'll post some great Bill Evans next...

T

Tarik is a 'lifer' on the site. He's been around a while, and he's come REALLY really far in his playing. He's a cat I'm sure will be out there gigging and doing on vibes soon enough. i know he works as a drummer. and i think his group has done some gigs already. go man!!!

Check him out backing up Marie Noelle.

Kenny was one of the greatest piano players ever! Died of a drug overdoes. He is the most swinging cats ever!

It's a little strange to me that more people aren't talking about what they're working on, posting what they're practicing, putting there stuff on the line. This is something I'll never get. I try to assume that most of you guys aren't posting what you're up to because you're too busy, in a really productive environment. You get it? I guess if you're in college and you're playing stuff in groups, working with your friends, talking to lots of teachers, or doing sessions all week long and putting your stuff on the line all the time, then yeah, this wouldn't be first on your list.