Barry was talking about preparing for a gig he might or might not do.
It hit me while I was practicing. Every one should spend time 'preparing' for a gig. Even if you don't have one, or feel like you're not good enough. Whatever!!!
When I…
I like to tinker with my instruments to get different effects. I used to put tacks on the hammers of my piano to get a honkey tonk sound (not good for your piano, though). John Piper joked about Tony putting spider egg sacs over his…
Here's a video of me playing the last movement of the 'Jazz Suite' by Richard Michael. It's mostly written out, but there are a few improvised sections I'm sure you can spot. It's pretty challenging technically and rhythmically, but a lot…
1.What are vibraphone bars made of? Type of aluminum?
2.How does Musser make the bars?
3.How do you tune the bars?
4.What is the best alloy for bars?
5.What would be wrong with using 2" wide bars on all bars?
tia,
Todd
Tony you're in trouble!
I finally found the stick drop master of all times...
Don't worry this beautiful performance only lasts 50 secondes... But watch that terrific SD!! I was totally hooked! ;o)
- M
I was lucky enough to get along to Ronnie Scott's on Saturday night, to see an absolutely fantastic gig. I rushed over to catch the late show, (all the early tickets were sold out, unsurprisingly) and a packed out club was treated to some…
Sometimes I feel like the scare crow in the Wizard of Oz. Not because I feel I'm missing a brain but because i wish I was a sponge. I want the capability to immediately soak up all the information available for playing vibes. And I want it…
Austria Drei was the first group I produced. Werner Pirchner(malletts) and Harry Pepl(git) were just great creative guys and I loved playing with them so we made the Austria Drei LP. I think we did the recording in the winter of 1973.…
I'll just pass this letter along for the real vibe geeks!
This guy called Nico got information and then went to a machine shop to get the work done on his yamaha…
Well all this talk about trios is leading me to post something from a gig I had last thursday. It is a trio setting although there is no bass player. I have a hard time finding bass players that I like to play with so I've resorted to just…
I've been messing around with this lick from Joel Frahm. I dug it because of the bebop and the 4ths and wanted to study it.
The side benefit from studying something like this is you can work on sticking ideas with vocabulary. I want to…
Also from, "Ternaire", this crazy piece was written by the great french clarinettist, saxophonist and composer, Michel Portal. Check out the bass line by Jean-François Jenny Clark.
This is a post by Tarik:
Another cut from my gig. It's pretty funny because we were subbing for a 13 piece latin band, which explains my little latin stint at the end of the tune. I did tell the audience that they should expect us to try…
I just wanted to give a quick shout-out to recommend the DVD of Gary and Makoto Ozone's Live at Montreux DVD from the 2002 performance. I was just websurfing last week at Amazon and discovered this, and I didn't even know that it was…
Hey I'm just getting started on Facebook and thought I'd mention it here... (I need friends and fans). Check it out. You can hear many of my recordings by clicking on the "My Band" tab. (Thanks Michael Pinto).
Hello fellow vibists,
I'll be giving a clinic at the Academy of Music in Munich on Thursday, March 11th sponsored by Vic Firth and hosted by Peter Sadlo and Arnold Riedhammer. I'll cover the Fulcrum Grip, dampening techniques, improv…
