Hi!
I've inherited an old vibraphone (at least 20 years).
It made by Premier, but thats pretty much all I know.
It's not in playable condition, but i'm thinking of getting it work again.
Heres some pictures, tell me what u know. http://…
We are updating the site. Well we've (Stephen) been updating it for 2 years. The software upgrade from 6 to 7 is so dramatically different we've had to rewrite code (well Stephen does) and sort of work from the ground up. It's soooo much…
Why Members and Subscribers?
Members have access to all sections of the site except for lesson videos.Subscribers have access to the entire site, including all lessons.
We do this to offset the costs of paying our lesson teachers,…
Stu Balcomb, who wrote this tune, was a Berklee vibes student in the 1970s. He went on to become a very successful L.A. composer, doing film scores and arranging.
Ay! Arriba! is a delightful little tune that he wrote in his Berklee days.…
Erik Locken is a vibe player who hangs out on the site. He's a pretty good player and also plays flute and sax and spent his life as a mathematician. Talk about good time management!
AND!!!! He's a great photographer! He does amazing…
Hello community,
I bought new Yamaha YV 3710 vibes, but I dont know if all of this vibes have as loud motor as my, or not. I played Adams vibraphone before and it has a lot quiter motor then Yamaha vibes.. Please, can you help me what I…
So, first things first… I learned something very important yesterday. I need to hit the woodshed playing chromatic scales. I suck. ☺
OK… beyond that, here are the files and a few notes from the recording workshop yesterday. For those…
Enjoyed learning this étude – still need to go back to the woodshed and shape dynamics/and groove to name a few :-). I believe my book has a misprint. For example, b section (six measure in) I play C sharp ... But I believe it should be…
Hey Everybody,
Next Sunday, August 2, is the next Good Vibes, coming up quickly. It opens with a track from Stefon's Ninety Miles, (he was so ahead of his time, considering the detente with Cuba). Then something from Thomas's new CD,…
“J'OURVET”
TOM BERICH and THOMAS MACKAY
Vibraphonist Thomas Mackay has teamed with steel pan player Tom Berich to produce “Jourvet,” a tasty collection of grooving tunes, no doubt inspired by the native vibes of their local surroundings:…
So, tomorrow AM I will be talking about recording the vibes at the workshop in Delaware. Here are some links to some good tech specs for some of the mics we will be using in the workshop. There are also some good links to sites about…
July 30th, 2015
The open house starts at 2pm East Coast New York Time, UTC -4
The vibe hang starts at 4:30pm East Coast New York Time, UTC -4
So this Thursday July 30th, 2015 is an open house and a great vibe hang at the University of…