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Folks the spiritual leader of this site is now on Wikipedia. Many of you know him better than I do so please feel free to either suggest edits or just make them.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Miceli
11 years 7 months ago - 9 comments
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Playing playing playing..... Today I did a smart thing (if I say so myself). For the 1th time I used the Metronome that gives a different kind of tick on beat 1, so now I know if I'm still correct in the measure, and not only tempo. That…
11 years 6 months ago - 5 comments
M75
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I will soon be purchasing a 6-year old, barely used, mint condition Musser M75, from a local student. Yes I know it's probably not the best for gigging with, and traveling with, but it was pretty inexpensive, and the seller is really only…
11 years 7 months ago - 2 comments
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It's not perfect, but I wanted to post this etude. It's been a while this I posted from the book. I appreciate any feedback you have!!
11 years 7 months ago - 2 comments
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11 years 7 months ago - 1 comments
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Imagine playing a standard like this. You know what I mean? The concept of this piece I think lends itself to solo playing. The two voices. Something we can do on the vibes just as easily as can be done on the guitar.
11 years 7 months ago - 3 comments
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Play alongs with BIAB can get you spoiled. Here's a playalong with just vibes accompaniment. Without the bass and drums you have to pay more attention to the time. There is an 8 bar intro, then 4 choruses of the tune plus a special ending…
11 years 7 months ago - 0 comments
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Hello Community, Here are two videos of a gig i played last friday, It was in Wilhelmshaven, Germany with my Trio, the "Tonal Nord Trio". The tunes are Tennesse Waltz and David Friedmans Midnight Star in a Trio Arrangement. Hope you like…
11 years 7 months ago - 1 comments
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Hi Everybody, I'm doing a very special vibraphone workshop as part of a marimba duo workshop in a beautiful castle in Poland from the 22nd till the 29th of April. We still have some spaces available. It'll be intense and intimate.…
11 years 7 months ago - 0 comments
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Hi guys, I just discovered this fantastic documentary on Blue Note records history. Enjoy !
11 years 7 months ago - 1 comments
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Hey Guys, These are the records of my Entrance Exams in Hamburg. I had to send in some Records and decided to post them here to. Tell me what you think. Im happy about some feedback To friends of mine played Bass and Drums. We just played…
11 years 7 months ago - 4 comments
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hey gang .. i just got the official notice that i have been added to the artist roster of Hammondbeat records based out of Portland, Oregon. The label up til now has been primarily B3 players, they are opening a new series, of which ive…
11 years 7 months ago - 3 comments
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I wanna share this recording. I'm playing all percussion instruments, including the vibes, for this latin tune
11 years 8 months ago - 13 comments
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Here is a quick version of Satin Doll tune only with a little vocal (sorry Marie) and an ending, hope the last chord sounds ok. just wanted to get this up will work on intro and solo John
11 years 8 months ago - 3 comments
Recordame
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I've been neglecting the pan lately so I thought I would run through some tunes. It is pretty much in need of a tuning- do you notice it? I don't want to play it out anywhere until I get it tuned and I'm really broke. Tuning these is…
11 years 8 months ago - 1 comments
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A very simple lesson (In theory). Learn the melody. Play it with the rests. Remember the rests count as much as the notes.
11 years 8 months ago - 29 comments
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Well, this is my first post. After the vibes workshop in Wuppertal i decided to be more active on this page. So here is my record of Davids Tune Texas Hoedown. Hope you like this version. I think i'm still to fast but I'm working on it…
11 years 8 months ago - 11 comments
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11 years 8 months ago - 5 comments
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Finally got around to doing this cool tune, my apologies fro being very late but other stuff kept getting in my way. I chose a Latin feel for this hope you like it. Wasn't too sure on how to end it but it was never discussed so wouldn't…
11 years 8 months ago - 2 comments
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Hi Vibers, I'm happy to inform you that my new album '15' is released with a big show and party on the 24th of February. If you are interested in it you could check out my music on www.vinnievibes.bandcamp.com (soon to be found on iTunes…
11 years 8 months ago - 2 comments
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11 years 8 months ago - 1 comments
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 Announcing our 2013 summer workshop in Limerick, Ireland. This is a very affordable workshop at the Peter Dee Academy in Limerick. There are practice rooms, pianos and vibraphones. This is a very intense 5 day workshop. Hope some of you…
11 years 8 months ago - 0 comments
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Bars, resonators and their tuning. Base of the vibes' sound ofcourse are the bars, and in a huge amount the (tuning of) the resonators. I'll try to explain in the next article how to tune the bars, how to tune the resonators, and how to…
6 years 10 months ago - 7 comments
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What do you guys suggest as a decent replacement for the rubber tubing spacers on the M55? Anything "off the shelf" at the hardware, auto-supply store? Anyone use silicone tube? What about size? This work is overdue, many of these are…
11 years 8 months ago - 5 comments
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I have just acquired a very old set of vibes and they are made by Jenco, the range is C4 to F6. The motor still works but I will need to get some new cables. I also plan on installing a new power cable because the one that is currently…
11 years 8 months ago - 1 comments
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