Vibraphone

I'm sitting here practicing all these Parker tunes for an upcoming gig. I have dived back deep into Charlie Parker for the last month. It's amazing and practicing is so much fun.

I'm thinking about aim a lot. I'm trying to feel my arms and not only hear the hard passages but also feel where my arms are. Try playing Shaw 'Nuff on the vibes. This is very difficult. As difficult as playing Bach or some 20th century music. I really feel like Charlie Parker is the guy for all us vibe players to study on the vibes. Even if it's just for aim and phrasing.

Hey everyone. This is a video where I play If I were a bell at the 2013 vibesworkshop in Wuppertal.

Enjoy!

Dimitris

Hi all,
As vibist we all have to solve the problem of not staying alone, mainly because our instrument is ignored by others musicians. We have to make things happen, we have no choice.
Here is what I did :
3 years ago I noticed a place available to cultural associations for a very low rental fee. Then I asked the association I work for to put an option for the following year. Last year I opened a "musical meeting / improvisation" class for good level-amateur-musicians with the same problem as mine : people in search of oportunities of playing music.

This is from our sister site, www.trumpetworkshop.com. I should put up more stuff from there as I think it's good stuff! Joe is a great player and teacher!

He's great huh?

Hey everyone,

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This month, we’re working hard on Bye Bye Black Bird: tons of lessons as usual. Some of our "ex-subscribers" came back after a break: welcome back guys! Some more recent ones posted about their milestones and little victories! Two CDs released + Emil Richard’s Bio, not to talk about Tony’s "Jost Project" which succeeded thanks to some of you: lots of positive vibes all around!

Now remember to plan your summer with our workshops: http://www.vibesworkshop.com/2013summerworkshops