Vibraphone

Here is the full etude. The etude (as written) is monophonic with just lines written out. I added 4 mallet stuff to work on getting it into my vocabulary. It's always funny how long it takes for this stuff to really sink in. I think that's what is interesting about what we do compared to what classical musicians do, having been on both sides of the fence. If I were to learn this as just a classical piece, I would be done with it. I learned it and played it with minimal errors. But as a jazz musician, I am just scratching the surface of getting 4 mallet stuff into my improvising.

After David's lesson Dim had a try and he sounded great.

John

This is a great lesson by David based on structures of the b5 of the dominant chord. It creates that "out" sound played over an F Blues. Thoroughly enjoyable lesson. Enjoy

John

Hey guys,

I was working on something today, and decided to make it into a little video for VW... my first lesson here.
Hope u enjoy.

Steve

Tarik is one of our oldest members on the site. And MAN has he come a long way as a player. He's one of our success stories! He could even be our poster child!

So let's wich Tarik a very happy birthday!

An unofficial question here: I'll be in Romania for a vibes festival March 12th. That night will be me and David Friedman, I'm opening up for him, and we'll play a tune together! That's GREAT!

Then I'm around all day tuesday. And I thought: The festival will be amazing! So why not see if anyone wants to come to the festival and then on the day after my performance do a FREE workshop at the University nearby.

Anyone interested? Any European cats nearby want to come? Friedman might be around Tuesday, maybe I can get him to stop by as well. We'll see.

Hey Guys,

I don't know if you are familiar with the Ralph Peterson Fo'tet. The group has released multiple albums over the last 23 years with very few personnel changes. It featured Don Byron on clarinet and Bryan Carrot on vibes. Ralph has recently reformed his group.

Here's a version of Fats Waller's Jitterbug Waltz. We're playing it in Db versus Eb. Joe and I played this at our recital at Berklee this past summer. It's a fun tune to play on. There are some fantastic pianist versions of the tune from Art Tatum and Chick Corea.