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Using Guide Tones to Color Comping by Behn Gillece
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Rhythm Changes Drill No. 1 by Behn Gillece
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Build Your Own - This One Sounds Really Nice
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Spring Vibes In Germany
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We team up for our German workshop with Matthias from the Mallet Institute. It's a great workshop!
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"Sophisticated Lady" by Duke Ellington
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"Sophisticated Lady" by the great Duke Ellington. I've been working on this song this past week. Such a deep and beautiful composition. Some of my favorite versions are from Duke of course as well as from great pianists like Art Tatum,…
8 years ago - 0 comments
Scales for Chords
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Putting the Scales in the Chords This is an old lesson, but I think it's good. The audio is down at the bottom of the text. So think of the scales this way. The chord tones and the notes between the chord tones are the scales. For…
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Mr. Ho's Orchestrotica
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If you are into the Exotica genre, I think you will dig this group. Found them on Amazon Music where they have one of their albums available for free streaming. MUSICIANS: Brian O’Neill (Artistic Director) vibraphone, percussion, artistic…
8 years ago - 1 comments
Steve Nelson
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Nice surprise today having Steve Nelson come to the mallet class which Gustavo and I ran. The class was part of the Berklee Percussion Weekend. Steve played two beautiful solo pieces. Sweet and Lovely and Ellington's Sophisticated Lady.…
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Practice Comping Using Set Rhythms by Behn Gillece
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Practice Comping Using Set Rhythms Pt. 2 by Behn Gillece
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Composing: Aforisma #2 (G. Perin)
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Hi vibes lover in this lesson I'll talk about my idea of composing. I will explain how I wrote the Aforisma n#2 from my new book called AFORISMI - 11 etudes for solo vibraphone Here you can listen to it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?…
8 years ago - 2 comments
Good Vibes Radio update, June 2017
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Hi Everyone, Boy, did May ever get away from me. Two events kept me crazy busy, the first the graduation of my son Nick from Temple University's graduate program in music in mid-May. The second, hosting the Jost Project at our house as a…
8 years ago - 0 comments
Bar Cord for Omega Vibe?
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Any recommendations for bar cord for a Omega vibe? Had one snap on me the other night and had to use some musser cord which left several bars with a metallic buzz (also just tried some paracord with the same results! The reason for asking…
8 years ago - 29 comments
Forget about Malletech or Musser!!! Build your own vibraphone!!!
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Soulfull Bill - Vibe Solo by David Kovins
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Mic Wars, Episode III Shure SM57 vs. Rode NT1A
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OK.. this may be getting silly. You know the drill if you checked out the first two. MP3 file is AABA starting with one mic, then switching to the other with each section. It is my hope that you can hear which is which because, this time…
8 years ago - 0 comments
TOTM Viewing
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Hey, I've been going through a bunch of the older TOTM's...Does anyone know how to I view each entry/tune on list chronologically? Within a tune, entries are alphabetical. Is there a sorting option that I'm missing? Thanks, D
8 years ago - 7 comments
Masters of the Vibes Is Out! Get Your Copy and Here's a Discount Code for U.S. Buyers
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VWFREESHIP There's your code for free shipping for Anthony Smith's book "Masters of the Vibes". I'm not sure the details for Europe. I'm looking into it. CLICK HERE FOR THE BOOK
8 years ago - 0 comments
Philly 2017 Workshop has Moved :-)
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I've decided to move the Philly workshop to my home. I'm planning a great week from July 10-14 (I can even do something on the 9th If people come in early) It's really getting impossible to do independent workshops at Universities unless…
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Mic wars - Earthworks SR25 vs AKG 414B
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SO, I think this may be more of what Tony was looking for here... I chose the AKG 414B as a comparison because it is a mic I get put on me a lot in studios that don't really record vibes a lot. It's a great mic, but you can decide if you…
8 years ago - 5 comments
Mic Wars, Episode II Neumann KM184 vs Chameleon Labs TS-1
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So, in the first episode, I used two mics I considered substantially different. Tony and I discussed it a bit and we agree... as different as they are, there are a lot more similarities than differences and the differences are not in…
8 years ago - 0 comments
Patterns for Improvisation by Rusty Burge
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I haven’t had time to look and see how much this has already been covered before I joined the site. I’m hoping there is something useful here. Patterns are great tools for improvising and technique building. Of course in jazz they don’t…
8 years ago - 2 comments
Aforisma #2 (G. Perin)
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from my new book “AFORISMI – 11 etudes for solo vibraphone” published by Musikkforlagene here is the link for the download of the book http://www.giovanniperin.com/books/ The Greek word “aphorism” means a maxim, saying or statement, that…
8 years ago - 0 comments
A moment for the microphone geeks in the gang.
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Those of you who know me know I love microphones and the different colors they generate. Years ago, I was looking for a great vibes mic and a good friend of mine who is an audio engineer recommended the Earthworks SR69. They were still a…
8 years ago - 7 comments
TOTM - Minority - My Practice Version
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I work hard on our TOTM's. VW for me is a chance to teach and learn :-) Sorry about the pedal noise! Something was loose. And this of course was the best version! First take! The others I didn't like however they make NO noise!
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