I've been slow to warm up to marimba over the decades, but recently I've really come to love the instrument. Most of my resistance was due to me since I didn't own one, plus I didn't see myself ever playing one as a practical gigging instrument. Since I don't gig on vibes anymore, I've really opened my head in terms of marimba and I have to give credit to Evelyn Glennie for that.
It's the most famous "pop" song every written so I had to do it.
This is a project I've been working on for a long time. I'm offering it up as new practice material while isolated due to Coronavirus Lockdown. It's about 1/3 complete but it's a LOT of practice work.
I came up with the idea about 35 years ago, then put it out in a very rough form with intentions of someday making it more user friendly. In the past few years, I add to it it when I feel like messing with it. It's great practice material and is very challenging. I thought I'd add it to the mix here at VW for folks looking for something different to work on while held up at home.
Marimba Solo by David Kovins - Vintage Video 1990
Happy Belated Birthday , David Friedman
So, Tiki bars have become a thing, and the folks who dig this sort of thing really dig vibraphone xylophone. An acquaintance had a gig for me, so I put together this little duo...
Final Concert at the South Pole -
WHAT IS MUSIC? Music is different for different people. I’ve learned that it is not the privilege of the audience to experience an artist’s music but rather it is truly a privilege for the artist who gets to present their musical expressions to a receptive audience.
Back at Berklee today for registration. Happy to get back to the college after a nice break during my sabbatical. Got in early since traffic into town was a breeze and had a little time to shed on a Marimba One. This is an “on the fly” run through of Antonio Carlos Jobim’s classic “Chega de Saudade”.
I first heard of Manu Dibango when AM radio was playing his hit "Soul Makossa" around 1974, and I knew of him as an Afrobeat singer and sax player. I had no idea he played mallets until I saw a video concert around 1999 on the BET on Jazz channel. I discovered this on YouTube yesterday of this great Afrobeat arrangement of a song we all know (I won't let the cat out of the bag), and notice how the arrangement is built around the marimba.
Hey my vibes community! I wanted to re-share this project that I'm working on that I think would be of special interest of mallet players
You can go do www.igg.me/at/cali2cali OR www.danvibes.com to donate, learn more, and/ or share!
What we're doing:
Building a home recording studio in Cali, Colombia to make professional recording more accessible to communities that deserve to be heard.
