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Darn That Dream by David Friedman
vibraman
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as a preperation for the workshop i was looking for darn that dream on youtube, look what i found :) i like it very much! the slowness, the voicings the little, quick dampening things. looking forward to study this at the workshop. tarik
13 years 5 months ago - 4 comments
Practice Tapes: April in Paris
Steve Shapiro
Content type: Audio Player
Here's another one guys... A better recording, too. I was working on a thing with this tune to do the first time thru kind of rubato, with the motor off. Then I kick on the vibrato, and go into a weird meter (mostly 5/4 ish) feel.. the…
14 years 2 months ago - 7 comments
La Marine - duo vibes/accordion by Luc Lainé
Marie-Noëlle
Content type: Blog entry
Hey all, I'm posting this tune for our new member Luc Lainé. Luc is among Patrice Guillon's friends. He lives near Bordeaux. Here is a tune from a home made album he did in 2005 with accordion player Pascal Lamigne. The title "La Marine"…
14 years 2 months ago - 4 comments
Practice Tapes: Chega de Saudade
JasonD
Content type: Audio Player
Been working on this for a while, so in the spirit of practice tapes I utilized my recently acquired Repeater to record a take (or ten...). Yes, I took it too fast, there are wrong notes and harmony f-ups, I skip an eighth in the solo (…
14 years 2 months ago - 6 comments
Joe's Vibe Rebuild #9 in a series, The test drive by Da Man himself
IndianaGlen
Content type: Images
He's smiling :) I didn't take any pictures of the process of building the rails. Mostly because I have a proprietary way of making them so they work, in my opinion, better than the original.
14 years 2 months ago - 1 comments
Practice Tapes: no tune at all, just an ear warmer I do
Randy_Sutin
Content type: Audio Player
When I approach my instrument, I often do this. I used to do it with a tanpura machine (creates a drone that is used in Northern Indian classical music), but now I use the gong. It's not really a composition. I just start from a note…
14 years 2 months ago - 2 comments
Practice Tapes: it's you or no one by tony miceli
tonymiceli
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I was humbled by Steve Shapiro's practice tape of April In Paris. (great job steve) So I'm going to up his April in Paris with 3 versions of It's You Or No One. Let's see this wonderboy top that one. Nobody practices harder than me!…
14 years 2 months ago - 0 comments
TOTM - Bluesette - Lines Part 2 by Tony Miceli
tonymiceli
Content type: Audio Player
A few simple etudes are attached below. I talk about them in the audio.
14 years 2 months ago - 9 comments
Perspectives by Tony Miceli
tonymiceli
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14 years 2 months ago - 2 comments
Practice Tapes: Days of Wine and Roses by BarryK 110122
BarryK
Content type: Audio Player
To help me learn Days of Wine and Roses, I have been practicing on piano, as well as vibes. This weekend I was hoping to create a piano backing track and did some recording. Kept getting interrupted, as you will hear. LOL. I am not…
14 years 2 months ago - 6 comments
Giant Steps by David Friedman
tonymiceli
Content type: Video Embed
Check out the lines!
13 years 5 months ago - 10 comments
Practice Tapes: Autumn Leaves by Tony Miceli - Post Your Practice Tape Week
tonymiceli
Content type: Audio Player
I'll kick it off. I'm hoping all you guys record when you practice. So this week is Practice Tapes Week (tapes, ha ha). So take the pledge and post something from your personal practice tapes this week.
14 years 2 months ago - 7 comments
Chris Anderson on Crowd Accelerated Innovatioin
tpvibes
Content type: Blog entry
Fair warning -- this is a major geek-out. I'll forgive anyone who doesn't want to slog through it, and I don't expect many comments. But, I'll go ahead. As often comes up in comments to posts here, this is a freakin' fantastic site.…
14 years 2 months ago - 1 comments
New Year's Resolution!
Wyld_Thing
Content type: Blog entry
Hi everybody, So I know it's a bit late, but the new TOTM (Days of Wine and Roses) has really inspired me to build up a wider repertoire of tunes, so I've come up with a new year's resolution. From today, I'm going to try and learn a new…
14 years 3 months ago - 2 comments
Separating Chords and Melody by Tony Miceli
tonymiceli
Content type: Audio Player
A little bit of a Spacey lesson here. But might be of interest for some!
14 years 3 months ago - 5 comments
Frame for a M55
mzellers
Content type: Forum topic
Does anybody have any leads on a used frame for an Musser M55? I have a set of bars and resonators. Just need the frame. Let me know if you have any options. Michael Zellers
14 years 3 months ago - 1 comments
Pimp My Tune - Giant Steps by Tony Miceli
tonymiceli
Content type: Audio Player
I analyze Giant Steps. Go slow and play everything. Then work on the tune in 12 keys. This is for advanced players. I move fast.
13 years 11 months ago - 5 comments
Happy Birthday Gary Burton and John Daly!
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
John! You're birthday is the same as Gary Burton I think. Two great people! One GREAT vibe player and one up and coming great vibe player! You guys are both great friends of mine and great supporters of the site. You both have many…
14 years 3 months ago - 10 comments
Bass Lines On the Vibes by Tony Miceli
tonymiceli
Content type: Audio Player
14 years 3 months ago - 7 comments
C Dorian solo playing by Ethan Fisher
ethanfisher
Content type: Video Embed
i watched tony's video on left handed technique and started playing in C dorian like the video with those ideas
13 years 5 months ago - 14 comments
Workshop/explanation
David Friedman
Content type: Event
Hi to everybody coming to the workshop at Niko's in Sassenheim. I'm afraid my "suggestion" to prepare Coltrane's "Giant Steps" sounded a bit too harsh. I shouldn't have said "prepare" these two tunes, but rather check them out. I know "…
14 years 3 months ago - 0 comments
Workshop Sassenheim
David Friedman
Content type: Event
I would like to ask the participants to prepare the following two tunes, which I want to concentrate on in depth. In terms of voicings, please prepare "Darn That Dream" in G major. For lines and linear improvisation, please prepare "Giant…
14 years 3 months ago - 2 comments
Playing with your eyes?
Piper
Content type: Forum topic
Todd C. brought up a very interesting point in another post that read and I think it might make good conversation on its own. His point was that it's easier, faster and therefore closer to instant gratification to learn music and…
14 years 3 months ago - 20 comments
Keltic Tales by Jean-Baptiste Boclé (Malletkat madness!)
Marie-Noëlle
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Jean-Baptiste (mallets/organ) and Gildas (bass) Boclé are two french great brothers! Here is a vid from their last album "Keltic Tales", a clever encounter between celtic and modern music. J.-Baptiste plays the organ, but on this sample…
13 years 4 months ago - 10 comments
TOTM - Bluesette - Chords - Comping by Tony Miceli
tonymiceli
Content type: Audio Player
A little concept exercise.
14 years 3 months ago - 5 comments
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