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tonymiceli
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I had an amazing and busy summer. I can inform all of you including Gary Burton and Dave Friedman who talked about the demise of the vibraphone that it is still out there and strong. Sure not like a guitar, but it's there and WE are all…
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Hi everyone, Here's some tips for working on fast tempos. Note that I'm only using the A section of the standard "Lover" in the examples. Enjoy! Behn
1 year 5 months ago - 14 comments
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I've started accompanying myself on guitar while playing the vibe. This is a lot of fun, and solves two problems for me: 1) I'm not a very good guitarist, particularly when it comes to soloing. Plus you pretty much have to alternate…
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Ok let's move to another TOTM. How about: All the Things You Are and Prince Albert Do you know about these tunes? Prince Albert is a contrafact of All the Things You Are. That is same chords but new melody. Prince Albert is a great bebop…
11 years 1 month ago - 2 comments
For a Lesson :-)
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I'm using this in a lesson. Here's the lesson http://www.vibesworkshop.com/node/13070
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Hey guys, I've been working hard this week to sort through and post all the videos from last week. So without further adieu, here's 28 videos (about 3 hrs. total) from the 2014 Summer Vibraphone Workshop at the University of Delaware. This…
11 years 1 month ago - 19 comments
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Odd meter playing
Drew Johnson
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It's something I personally have not worked on enough, and struggle with. I was wondering what some of the pros' approaches are to playing in 5 and 7? Also maybe a list of good recordings in those and other odd meters. Obviously Take 5…
11 years 1 month ago - 6 comments
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I'm playing a Blues!
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Hauke was is essen and i was lucky that he asked me to jam at my house. he´s a great guy and such a great great player already. we had fun and i switched on the cam for 2 tunes. tony, we both agreed that this was just possible because you…
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Hey Y'all! I had the great chance to meet Warren Wolf today during my lunch break! Warren had a few gigs in Paris this week and he was kind enough to come near my working place so we could meet! It was a very nice moment! And... as for the…
11 years 1 month ago - 3 comments
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Hello Everyone, I am wondering how other players on here feel about Mike Mainieri, last night I listened to his early recordings with the Buddy Rich Sextet. Buddy Rich has such a varied reputation, but I have to say that in my opinion,…
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Hello everyone, I'm going back to school this year for jazz studies and wondering how indispensable others find tablets to be. I think it's a great option for replacing the giant real book, but I don't know much more than that. Maybe sight…
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For the fourth year in a row, I spent a week in Newark for the summer vibes workshop at the University of Delaware. You’d think I’d be sick of it by now, but with different teachers and participants each time there is always something new…
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Big thanks to the teachers AND sponsors of the 2014 Summer Vibes Workshop at UD! We all had a great time!
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Another clip from Berklee Percussion Week concert with Billy, Mark and Steve. One of my favorite Jobim compositions.
9 years 10 months ago - 4 comments
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So I thought I'd post on ways people fix up their instrument, especially the older ones. For instance ringing. I have in the past taken a piece of felt and tied it over the felt pad to stop the ringing. Even a few pieces to raise just that…
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