Putting 4 mallets to a well written melody is a great way to work on 4 mallets! Also putting melodies to other lines, your solos, other melodies is also great.

The concept is how do you put accompaniment to your playing right?

So let's study this for a bit and see what happens, how this helps you.

I'll have a vibe hang at my house on Dec. 8th 1pm-3pm.

You're welcome to come if you're in Philly. Just let me know you're coming.

Otherwise I'll stream it online over on my Facebook page.

This Saturday we’ll have a vibesworkshop vibe hang at my house. If you are a Philly vibe player or you are in the area, feel free to come by. Email me for my address.

It will also (technology permitting) be streaming online as well.

See you there!

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/58bf64e6c534a5e3ac61401d/t/5bef5…

Article about how vibes are forgotten in Australia.

If you don't know, A mini concert is when you play 2 or 3 songs without stopping. Record audio or video and then post it. It let's you get the feeling of playing on stage. It has really helped my playing.

So mini concerts Dec. 15th. Who's in????
Don't Post until Dec. 14th in the evening if you can.

If you post video, post it on Youtube or I think Vimeo will work also. Copy the link, go to (on the left) Post > Video > Embedded video and you can figure out the rest. If you need help contact me.

Who's in to contribute to a Mini Concert Dec. 15th???

There Are Two Ways to Win a Pair Of My New Mallets

Here's the First Way

Go to the booth at Malletech and check out my two mallets. Decide on which Yarn you like the best and vote by voting here.
click here to vote.

Any of you guys remember Angelo? He played vibes until he was I think 94 or 96. There are some posts on here about him. Pretty amazing.

Here's a 92 year old vibe player! These are inspiring to me because I will have to play and gig till I kick! So! I like to see 92 year old vibe players out there working!

https://www.cleveland.com/friday/index.ssf/2018/08/his_love_of_afro-cub…

Check this out everyone.

https://jamesclear.com/lay-a-brick

Allyson sent this to me. He's the guy doing all the posting these days. He's on fire and wants to be a great vibe players.

I thought this short read really sums up the process.

Over the last 33 years, I have worked a day job in addition to being a professional performer. During that time, the rest of my life has sometimes limited the time I spend with my instrument (a situation I have now resolved in retirement).

Out of necessity, I have learned how to practice more efficiently.

If I had known this when I was young, I would have advanced much more quickly and likely would be a far better player.

In the spirit of sharing what I know, especially with the younger performers on the site, here are my thoughts on practicing efficiently:

It was brought to my attention that Behn was talking about this at the workshop in Philly last week. I thought I should address it with this series of posts. That said, I openly admit that I need to elevate my game on this one. What I generally have been doing for the last 47 years isn't working on this level. :)

What you do on stage between tunes?