This (see attached pics) is where I spend a few hours everyday. It's a room-within-a-room, in my basement. Soundproof for the people next door, and for my family upstairs. I start soon after breakfast, always with the vibes, still trying…
Some time ago, Tony started a "gig story" series. This one here is by Paul Emil Breitenfeld, AKA Paul Desmond. It's to be found, among other things in relation to Desmond, on http://www.puredesmond.ca/. It's a most humorous gig story…
Ofcourse we've done a few other things as well, such as adding a pickup system, powdercoating the tubes into black, and add a new black scratch resistant coating on the keybed.
I started working on the Cherokee Etude. Here are the first 32 bars. I cheated a little bit, splicing in a couple sections and removing pauses. Eventually I will get it smoothed out.
My sticking is different from Tony's suggested…
I was watching a video of a concert by Bobby Hutcherson and Joey de Francesco and in the middle of the concert there was this interview made to Bobby Hutcherson, I was blown away by his words. I just wanted to share this with you because I…
I just read that Joe Cuba died yesterday on Sunday, February 15th. I only knew of Joe from his hit "Bang Bang" and that was the result of Cal Tjader covering it on Cal's Primo album (David Sanborn also covered it among others). The…
All of this great drop 2 stuff from Dana has gotten me thinking about voicings I find myself using a lot, and I thought I'd post some that I think emphasize the strengths of the instrument while negotiating its limited range. I use these…
I am posting the music to just the A section of a diatonic song in C. This is a 6/8 dance song from the state of Chiapas in Mexico. See if you can harmonize it in closed voicings and drop 2.
Once you have the hang of it, try it in all…
This clip sounds like a Balaphone to me. Is it? Or is it a Marimba?
I got this clip from an LP I found recently and I am converting to MP3. See if you can guess or know the following:
- Song Title
- Band
- Percussionist
Barry
Hey guys Last night I went to dizzys club in new york and saw joe locke perform and it was really amazing! Joe has such a beautiful sound and approach to the vibes and the music. If you are in the area you should go see the show! He is…
I was logged in the site this morning and I was just amazed of how much information is up now. There are so many things to work on that is just overwhelming.
I have been having these thoughts since a long time ago but I didn’t think on…
Wow, people are getting involved. That's so cool. I love it. Keep going!
I'm making a solo vibes piece out of Joe's Sword of Whispers. I think I'll video it Tomorrow and post it. Then I'll write it out and make it available for anyone who…
My mentor and buddy Steve Giordano sent me this. I was watching it and I wanted to show this to you guys.
I learned more about the vibraphone from Steve than from anyone else including any vibe player. This is truly how I want to play the…
