Vibraphone

It's interesting all the feedback I'm getting about my thoughts on trio playing.

toddc, jondaly, keene and friedman are all making great points. I've been thinking really hard about all this lately. I've been thinking about musically what you need to give someone for them to be satisfied musically. The listener that is. What will hold someone's attention and for how long.

This is making me think I should read 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Again'. Some answers should be in there, as I remember.

Mike Pinto had this up over at our store! Have you checked out our store??

Behn is coming down to shoot some video and do some lessons! I know some of you (me too) really dig Behn's playing. So this is good news! He'll be coming down this week, and hopefull I'll have stuff up next weekend.

I have a hard time when I'm playing trio. That is when I'm playing a concert and playing trio (vibes, bass and drums). It's easy if you're wallpaper music, or if it's a short set but two one hour sets can be intimidating for me.

I played tonight in front of about 500 people and played trio. Most of the time when I'm in these situations I add a horn or guitar. I feel as though a vibes trio can get boring, like it needs something else. Maybe it's just my stuff (well it is actually) but a vibes trio concert is a big deal to me and can be difficult.

This is a very very simple etude based on the changes to 'My Romance'. Here's why I think it's cool. It simply states the changes to the tune. What you should do is:

• Play the melody and chords first
• Once you really here the tune and the key in your head, play the etude

Now this is an easy etude. You should be able to memorize it quickly. You should memorize it and then play it in different keys. This will be a really good harmony lesson for you if you play it through all the keys.

Hey guys i'll be playing at cornelia st cafe with my quartet Friday Feb 26th at 9pm.
Maybe see some of you there!

www.mikepinto.net

Hey guys,

Here's a recent article on an improvisational topic called Four Note Groupings. Feel free to email me if you have any questions.

Ed

Hey guys,

My website has been updated by vibist Jon Letsky. We're still in the process of tweaking some things, but there's quite a few things up on there now. All of my YouTube videos can be viewed directly from the website under the video section. Some of my past PAS articles and compositions can be downloaded. Lastly, there's information on my mallet, recordings and books on there as well.

Ed

Hello fellow vibists,

I'll be giving a clinic at the Academy of Music in Munich on Thursday, March 11th sponsored by Vic Firth and hosted by Peter Sadlo and Arnold Riedhammer. I'll cover the Fulcrum Grip, dampening techniques, improv concepts and solo playing. For more information, just email me at my Berklee email: esaindon@berklee.edu

best,

Ed

So it looks like the spammers have arrived. A couple things:

I've deleted 2 accounts in the last week.

If you see a funny post, put it in the shout box for us to see.

I might ask a few of you guys to take down any comments that looks funny and email me the user name.

If worse comes to worse, we'll have to review comments each night and release them.

Meanwhile I'll talk to my partner. We're using captcha, but I guess that's not enough. Just keep an eye out if you can.