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The Music, You and the Night
tonymiceli
Content type: Story
I was practicing You and the Night and the Music, tonight and thought I'd whip something up for the site. So here's a sort of duet. I figured out the vibe part and started messing around and adding some other parts and it turned into a…
15 years 3 months ago - 0 comments
Name That Tune
tonymiceli
Content type: Audio Player
Here's a solo I did with my improv class. I'll post it with bass, but I thought first for fun, that I'd put it up with no accompaniment and see if you guys can guess what tune it is that the solo is over. Then we can work on the tune.
15 years 3 months ago - 7 comments
Blue Monk. Critique please.
Jdoubleday
Content type: Video Embed
This is just me practicing Blue Monk. Any tips or suggestions are appreciated! Anything that can help me to be better! I promise I will upload some 4 mallet stuff soon. Thanks, -Joe Doubleday
15 years 3 months ago - 22 comments
video and audio compression
vibraman
Content type: Blog entry
i´m a little upset.i got relative good recording mics and euipment and the sound of my video´s in the uncompressed original format is always good.but if i compress it to make it fit to youtube the sound always gets bad.anyone of you has…
15 years 3 months ago - 1 comments
Pedal To the Metal - All Parts by Tony Miceli
tonymiceli
Content type: Audio Player
Here's a dampening etude. Put the pedal down and leave it down for the whole etude. Dampen every note until the very end where it's indicated to let the notes ring. There's also a quite different accompaniment part if you want to use it.…
15 years 1 month ago - 15 comments
Comping for Self?
Jdoubleday
Content type: Forum topic
Ok, I see all these videos of you guys comping for yourself. How do you do it? I'm sure it's not a simple answer. I recently had a gig filling in for my jazz piano teacher on vibes. it was a trio setting and i could not for the life of me…
15 years 3 months ago - 11 comments
Musser comes through!
jamesshipp
Content type: Story
Hi Folks- Been awhile since I dropped in... looks like lots of exciting stuff is happening around here! Just wanted to post to let everyone know that I somehow lost my entire M46 crossbar and pedal assembly between the 55 Bar and my house…
15 years 3 months ago - 4 comments
Remember by Shelley Carrol Group
DanaSud
Content type: Audio Player
I was sight reading this song. The melody rhythm Shelley plays on the sax isn't what is written on the page. It took me stepping on him a couple times before I got the change. I like this song. It was running through my head for a…
13 years 4 months ago - 2 comments
Approaching the Changes of Giant Steps
tmackay
Content type: Blog entry
well here is the start.... this is an idea on how i get around Gaint steps... I have only done the first Cycle of the progression, however, this idea should be continued to the other cycle that starts not the Bmaj7 but rather on Gmaj7.…
15 years 3 months ago - 11 comments
Bach Chorale "Ach Gott Und Herr" pdf
jdapercussion
Content type: Story
Attached is the Bach chorale "Ach Gott Und Herr" redone/arranged for 4 mallet solo vibes. The original key is Cmaj. These are great for learning theory (voice leading, etc), 4 mallet chording and sight reading. Enjoy.
15 years 3 months ago - 2 comments
Mallet Wrapping PLEASE
Jdoubleday
Content type: Forum topic
Can someone please post a video or some easy to follow instructions on how to wrap mallets for those of us that are a bit slow. I want to wrap my own mallets and find a good sound and I think a video on how to do it would be great. Also,…
15 years 3 months ago - 11 comments
Mozart to Coltrane's Giant Steps Part 4
tonymiceli
Content type: Video Upload
PART 4 Academic but still might be interesting to anyone studying Giant Steps. Doc Chittum is a very loved faculty member at Uarts. He does a lecture each year where he ties Giant Steps all the way back to Mozart. The lecture is pretty…
15 years 2 months ago - 25 comments
My Funny Valentine by Shelley Carrol group
DanaSud
Content type: Audio Player
On Friday I got a last minute call to go play at the Scat Jazz Lounge in Ft. Worth with Shelley Carrol. Here is "My Funny Valentine" as requested by the audience. Ardina Lockhart - vocal Shelley Carrol - sax Shawn Pickler - drums Chris…
15 years 3 months ago - 3 comments
Mozart to Coltrane's Giant Steps Part 1
tonymiceli
Content type: Video Upload
Academic but still might be interesting to anyone studying Giant Steps. Doc Chittum is a very loved faculty member at Uarts. He does a lecture each year where he ties Giant Steps all the way back to Mozart. The lecture is pretty amazing.…
13 years 8 months ago - 6 comments
Bird With Strings - Just Friends by Charlie Parker -V
tonymiceli
Content type: Audio Player
My favorite lick I think. Bird With Strings. Bird plays on the intro right before the head. I've always loved this line. I think I've mentioned it recently but here's the actual lick. That album is really great.
5 months ago - 2 comments
Ed Saindon videos from DeKalb, IL gig
ed saindon
Content type: Video Embed
Hello everyone, I just added several more videos to YouTube. The clips are from a gig (outside of Chicago) which took place on April 20th, 2009. The band features: Rodrigo Villanueva - drums, Doug Stone - soprano and tenor sax, John Tate…
15 years 3 months ago - 14 comments
Ed's CD Depth of Emotion
tonymiceli
Content type: Images
15 years 3 months ago - 0 comments
Early Deagan Vibraharp - Photo 3
DrBobM55
Content type: Images
15 years 3 months ago - 0 comments
Early Deagan Vibraharp - Photo 2
DrBobM55
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15 years 3 months ago - 0 comments
Early Deagan Vibraharp - Photo 1
tonymiceli
Content type: Images
Vibraharp
15 years 3 months ago - 0 comments
Early Deagan Vibraharp - Manual
DrBobM55
Content type: Images
Attached are some more pages from the manual.
15 years 3 months ago - 0 comments
Giant Steps CD List
tjaco
Content type: Story
Here's a pdf with a list of Giant Steps CDs.
15 years 2 months ago - 6 comments
New Vibe Man (kid) in Town!
Jdoubleday
Content type: Forum topic
Hello everyone. I live in Oklahoma City and am sad to say that there are NO vibraphone players, or teachers that I know of. I gig around in OKC with a small quartet of Vibes, Drums, Bass, and Trumpet. My dream has been to study with…
15 years 3 months ago - 12 comments
Stella Duet v 2
Jon Letsky
Content type: Audio Player
Hey Tony, This is my posting of the second version of the Stella Duet. I have a bunch of different recordings of both of them and think this is the best of the 2nd one. I tried to keep everything in the solo simple like we were talking…
15 years 3 months ago - 1 comments
Solo Vibe Playing
tonymiceli
Content type: Video Embed
So here's another video of my mentor, Steve Giordano. Again listen to him play. I think you can imagine playing most of this on the vibes. For me, this is where the solo playing comes from. We can learn a lot from the guitar. Just imagine…
12 years 1 month ago - 6 comments
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