Blog

Hey vibesworkshop!

So...I haven't been getting very far with my transcription of Afro Blue because I don't have a vibraphone to play for ten days and haven't had anything to update my blog with. It's frustrating not having my instrument...I feel incomplete. I am grateful to have access to a piano at work though and have been staying late to play (and then freezing in the dark waiting for the late bus home each night!), but man I miss my vibes. Just ten days, and I'm going crazy!!!

My student Sangwon is doing a paper comparing Milt to Gary and he's starting off with the history of the vibraphone.

I know there's stuff up here about the history. Anyone know where some is? Anyone know of any other links?

@Sangwon - start with this link: http://www.vibesworkshop.com/search/node/history%20of%20the%20vibraphone

Just to let you guys know.

We're setting up the workshop for winter. I think it will be in Dusseldorf in a music school. Here's what I know.

We'll have a few instruments.
We'll have practice rooms.
We'll have an evening percussion ensemble.

It should be the end of February.

I'll know more this week. But it's looking good! We needed a place where we could practice, etc.

Ok, that's enough with the chops, huh? I'm away for one week. Behn said he'd shoot me if I didn't end the chops TOTM.

So let's get back to a tune. ok? Just In Time me and Behn were thinking of.

I think Behn has one more chops exercise, so we'll start rapping things up. In as week we'll start JUST IN TIME.

My semester is coming to a close and I'll get some lessons up. I have more from Christos.

How about some more mini concerts? I love them!

Maybe a vibe hang in December?

Check this out.

--------------------------
Seven Rungs of Resistance
There are 7 basic rungs of resistance up the ladder of artistic success

1. Ignorance - Not your fault. Generally the result of a polluted environment. No one
knows, so you don't know.
Example: You think funk is jazz.

2. Miseducation - Your teachers are well meaning, but just don't know. It's no one's
fault. Example: someone tells you, you have to study classical music to become a jazz
musician. Bad advice.

3. Personal difficulties - You just have some major personal problems to overcome.

I"m doing a recording in Dusseldorf with David Friedman. We decided to make it a sort of live concert. But we'll only invite 20 people I think. Any VW members interested? Gonne be around Dusseldorf? Now sure if they are charging to tickets, I think they might be.

Let me know if you want to come? The audience will be in the recording studio with us. Matthais says there is room.

The recording is Monday, November 26, probably starting around 7 PM.

What's up vibesworkshop? As many of you know, I am up in Philly studying with the man himself, Tony Miceli. Tony and I spend a good deal of our lesson time in conversation about the instrument, music, and life. He asked me to start a blog and discuss things that I am working on and some concepts I use while arranging and playing. So this is entry numero uno. And I wanted to talk about arranging.

I have been looking for a while, unsuccessully, so I thought I should widen my search to include all of you here.

Alright...working hard on the solo, but in the meantime, here is a recording from rehearsing with my friend Beth last weekend. This was our first rehearsal aside from the day we sightread, and I'd say we're making progress. We're getting used to listening to each other and learning how we play together.
Not a bad start, eh? :)