If I had to pick one thing I like about vibesworkshop.com it would have to be the pure amount of STUFF they have on the website!
I've been actually having a lot of fun, playing with metronome and really thinking hard about rhythm and how certain rhythms should sound. Sometimes I'll play a phrase of a tune or something I just played over and over, just listening to it against the metronome on 2 and 4. It's really fascinating to me how certain rhythms lay against the 2 and the 4.
I'm thinking about doing the same things against other things such as a clave (just got a clave app for my iphone) and bossa rhythms etc.
Anyone else thinking along these lines?
Some tips on melodic voicing.
We're having a non internet vibe hang at my house this Saturday. If you're interested in coming let me know. We'll chip in for pizza and I have a bass player coming, so we'll jam and talk about vibes.
Don't laugh guys, this is an old clip. I was recently was going through some old VHS tapes and ran across this footage from 1984. With me on vibes is Greg (Iggy) Mooter on electric bass. We were playing some tunes and doing an interview back then for a local TV station. Actually, I think the facial hair and hair style is very funny. OK, you can laugh.
Here's some minor idea adjustments for our TOTM, If I Were A Bell.
Hello everyone, for anyone in Spain, I'll be there during May. Here are the dates where I'll be. Madrid (11-14), Valencia (15-16) and Barcelona (17-19). It's primarily a vacation for my wife and I, but if there is an interest in getting together for a lesson, contact me via email. Not sure of the specific details yet, but I'll be giving a clinic at the Berklee campus in Valencia on the 16th. Ed
Here's a clip of Jobim's Chega De Saudade. I don't think Lance played this before, so a few loose spots here and there. A little information about the guys in the band. Lance is very active here in town playing with a lot of players. David is on the faculty at Berklee. Jun was visiting from Tokyo. He and I went to Berklee around the same time. We had Joe Hunt down for the gig, but he wasn't feeling well and Jun gladly said he would fill in.
Hi All,
March will be here very soon, and so will another edition of Good Vibes, the vibraphone zone. The show airs on Sunday, March 4 at 8-10p eastern time. Don't forget the rebroadcast on Wednesday, March 7 at 4-6p eastern.
March 8 is International Women's Day. I'm celebrating that little-known holiday with all tunes named for women. So you'll hear Maria, Naima, Sweet Lorraine, Ruby, Emily and many more, all by our favorite vibes players.
Here's the details:
streaming online at www.jazzon2.org
Good Vibes airs on the first Sunday of the month, 8-10 pm eastern time
I made this for a student and thought I'd share it. We did it on the fly.
Practice page one in all the keys. Also page two.
Use the closed and open positions and then go through all the open and closed voicings. Remember the rules are the same as you move to the SAME notes to other voicings. If a note moved in one voicing it WILL move to the same place in all the other voicings.
Page three just analyze.
Remember: you don't need the roots. It's not Emin7 It's Cmaj. UNLESS you see an F# then it will sound more like Emin 9 than Cmaj7.