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Hey guys, this is just a scratch recording I made today. I recently got some very basic recording equipment and Logic, and I have discovered:

1. I know nothing about recording.
2. I know nothing about recording the vibraphone.

BUT, that hasn't stopped me from doing some experimenting, and here's the first product! This is a John Mayer tune, sort of R&B/Blues rather than Jazz, but I decided to spice it up with a few extra chords.

I just had an interesting 2 gigs weekend, in term of amplification.
I recently buyed second hand AMT mics from Tyler Blanton and I use them with Sennheiser e604 mics as described in this 3 years old post https://www.vibesworkshop.com/blog-entry/some-work-my-m55/babu/050316

Listen and learn!

Spend some time listening to Gloria Krolak's vibe radio show. You will find great players you never new about!

I have been studying a lot of Chick Transcriptions lately and found some techniques that are imitable on Vibraphone.

This is a great exercise for all levels, but very good for beginning level players!

I was practicing lines over one of my favorite tunes, "Pent Up House", by Sonny Rollins. My inspiration for this exercise was the melodic and rhythmic strength of Sonny's lines. He always plays the song and you can hear it in every chorus.
The second challenge for me was to make the harmonic movement audible with every line and phrase.
Not an easy task. And then, of course, there's the ultimate challenge when playing lines without accompaniment or a metronome; keeping the time!