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Lines and Melodies: Is There A Difference Between The Two -V
Piper
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I believe there is a very interesting fundamental difference between improvising "lines" and improvising "melodies". What do you think? Is there a discussion here?
2 years 3 months ago - 18 comments
RAM percussion studio says thanks!
Joe Locke
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On my last visit to the Royal Academy of Music in London, some of the students had prepared things for me which they'd acquired or learned from Vibes Workshop (2 of the students did a duo arrangement of "Sword of Whispers, including Dana…
15 years 4 months ago - 7 comments
Gary Burton at the Detroit Jazz Fest - WhaHOOOO!
vibraphoneman
Content type: Blog entry
Man am I excited! First Joe Locke then Terry Gibbs, NOW GARY! Detroit doesn't get many big name vibists coming to town so every chance I get to see one of the greats I don't pass it up. I had the opportunity to meet Joe when he played with…
15 years 4 months ago - 4 comments
M-48
tonymiceli
Content type: Forum topic
What's with the m-48. I hung with vibist Tom Beckham last night and I couldn't believe he had the same experience as me. When I play my m-48 I have to move it around my floor to get it into a spot where the dampening will work. He does the…
15 years 4 months ago - 17 comments
College?
ntvito
Content type: Forum topic
I'm a junior in high school and I want to focus on playing jazz vibes in college. But iv heard there are a good amount of vibes players who studied something else in college... percussion, or piano, etc along with vibes. If I could do…
15 years 4 months ago - 31 comments
Moonlight in Vermont by Nick Mancini
Marie-Noëlle
Content type: Audio Player
- Nick Mancini: vibes - Matt Clohesy: bass - Take Toryama:drums If you guys don't know yet Nick Mancini, you'd better change this now! My opinion is simple: very few vibists speak soooo clear to me. Word! That's quite amazing! Though he's…
15 years 4 months ago - 13 comments
Texas Hoedown (last attempt) by Tarik Dosdogru
vibraman
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hi, this was the best "one take" of that song i could do before my holidays.still some wrong notes but i would call that my final version.thank god i´m no calssical musician where i have to play always EXACTLY what´s written. it´s tricky…
14 years 10 months ago - 3 comments
Who is Babu?
Marie-Noëlle
Content type: Blog entry
Wouldn't it be cool to get back to our old tradition: the "Who is" posts? If you want to know what a "Who is" is and read some of them, they are all here: http://www.vibesworkshop.com/book/who-book/tonymiceli/031309 So my question today is…
15 years 4 months ago - 14 comments
Friedman Talks About Dampening
tonymiceli
Content type: Video Upload
Here's a great clip from the 2010 workshop in Delaware. I thought it would be interesting to some of you guys.
15 years 4 months ago - 2 comments
Joe Locke, Geoffrey Keezer, Tim Garland - Storms/Nocturnes - VIA - Available now!
Marie-Noëlle
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| Today is the official release date of Joe Locke's latest album in trio with long time partners and friends pianist Geoffrey Keezer and saxophonist Tim Garland. I've had the chance to listen to it and man this is beautiful! No bass or…
15 years 4 months ago - 6 comments
Music Improvisation
Piper
Content type: Blog entry
I think we might go overboard sometimes by suggesting that there is only one legitimate improvisational language in music and it comes from Bebop/blues/jazz. We tend to require some historical quote from the "jazz language" or it is…
15 years 4 months ago - 15 comments
Fried Bananas (my final take)
Philippe
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I recorded Fried Ban. this morning, did about about ten takes until I got one that sounded OK to me, and when I finished, I realized that all the time my two mics had been above the drum set, where I put them yesterday. So the vibes sound…
15 years 4 months ago - 4 comments
Texas Hoedown (1st attempt) by Tarik Dosdogru
vibraman
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hey everybody, few weeks ago i heard this tune wonderful (and much much better than me) played on youtube. i was blown away by the composition of david and the performance of course too. to me it´s one of the best solo vibes pieces i ever…
14 years 10 months ago - 5 comments
Gary! by Ed Mann
edmann
Content type: Forum topic
Gary Burton was one person of 3 - the other 2 being Dave Samuels and Milt Jackson, who inspired me to start playing vibes at age 17. I listened to all of Gary's records way back then and learned the tunes by ear...recently (thanks to VW) I…
14 years 8 months ago - 3 comments
Van der Plas Workshop 2011 - Moritz Wachter - Germany
Marie-Noëlle
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Photo by Jeroen de Rijk
15 years 4 months ago - 3 comments
Bar post insulators
Neil S
Content type: Forum topic
Hello, I've read on another vibraphone forum that silicone is the best material for bar post insulators. One posting suggested the following specs for the tubing. Has anyone on this forum used tubing of this specification for a Musser M75…
15 years 4 months ago - 0 comments
Friedman Etude No. 21 by Joe Veltri
Joe Veltri
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Suggestions are welcome! Joe
14 years 10 months ago - 2 comments
Friedman Etude No. 20 by Joe Veltri
Joe Veltri
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I tried to add some dynamics to make it a little more interesting. That being said, it's not note perfect (but it's pretty close!). Criticism is welcome as always! Joe
14 years 10 months ago - 6 comments
Metronome: 1 and 3 or 2 and 4
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
Which one are you and why? I'm a 2 and 4 guy, but today I was messing around with 1 and 3 and digging it and seeing the possibilities.
15 years 4 months ago - 12 comments
Deagan Aurora 1100 for sale... Location Paris..4200 Euros OBO
mnomusic
Content type: Forum topic
Hi, I think I'm going to sell my beautiful vibes. I'm moving back to North America and and trying to reduce the amount of stuff I need to ship. Was tuned and relaqured a few years back by Gilberto. It has a couple weird things (motor…
15 years 4 months ago - 3 comments
TOTM - Fried Bananas - Lines 2 by Tony Miceli
tonymiceli
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14 years 10 months ago - 1 comments
In The Beginning by Karl Berger & William Goldstein
Marie-Noëlle
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From FB, I came across a piece of music with a vibist I didn't know: Karl Berger. This piece was... well a bit too much for me... Still curious, I went to Youtube and found this totally different piece with same vibist... Beautiful all the…
14 years 9 months ago - 6 comments
Adagio from Violin Sonata 1 by Ted Wolff
tedwolff
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Some weeks ago Tony posted the first movement from Bach's violin sonata 1. It reminded me (again!) of how wonderful those pieces sound on vibes as well as violin. The clip I'm posting here was done quite a number of years ago. Because it…
15 years 4 months ago - 3 comments
A Few Things for Beginners to Practice
tonymiceli
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15 years 4 months ago - 1 comments
White Knuckles
tonymiceli
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Hey everyone, please welcome Casey Cangelosi. We're hoping Casey is going to be our marimba specialist on the site! Here's his first test video. It's not perfect but I thought I'd post it anyway!
15 years 4 months ago - 3 comments
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