Vibe players Earn $150.00 practicing and learning!
Be the first person to record this little etude I arranged for solo vibraphone and I'll paypal you 150 BUCKS!
The Etude is based on the traditional spiritual song "Great Is Thy…
“Da Blues” - warming up today on my favorite set of vibes at Berklee. An old, beat up but great sounding vibe that we bought used many years for $1,500.
“It Might As Well Be Spring” - a great song by Rodgers and Hammerstein written for the 1945 film State Fair. It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song that year. I was reminded of the song listening to the superb recording Last Dance…
"How My Heart Sings" composed by Earl Zindars and played by pianist Bill Evans on his 1964 recording titled the same name. Bill and Earl were good friends and Bill played quite a few songs composed by Earl. I first learned this song way…
Me playing Bag's Groove.
There are other songs on my youtube channel at
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt3BdE9H18n59kyeoLZevzg?view_as=subscr…
Enjoy!
Kurt Schleunes
Here's what you do with this.
write in the chord names with the alterations.
memorize the voicings.
play them, add rhythm.
start changing the inversions of some of the voicings.
make a solo based off of the chord tones of the voicings…
Check out Marie from San Fran. She has not been playing that long and she's already playing in a band. It's a big deal and will really improve your playing if you can get in an ensemble. FORGET about waiting until you're "good enough".…
Cole Porter’s “I Love You” - using a variety of improv techniques from my improv series The Complete Guide To Improvisation (available from Amazon, www:edsaindon.com and the Berklee College of Music bookstore in Boston). I used this song…
Hi All,
By now everyone should know about the Jazz Vibes Showcase and Workshops that will be held in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina on January 5 and 6. If not, all the details are at the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina website,…
Hi!
A friend of me, Ralf got a Percussion Ensemble with some very good, young talented players.
He asked me to arrange some modern popular songs for them and record and produce a video.
So here´s the first result. hope you like it
Tarik