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An updated recording with faster tempo.

Hello everyone!
It's been awhile since I've posted anything on the site, but I'm finding time to be a vibraphonist at least a little while school consumes my life...

Last weekend I attended the first Vibes Bootcamp at Tony's house in Philadelphia. He wants to make it a recurring event, so I figured I'd give a little recap:

The boot camp was an intensive two days of studying vibes in an intimate yet relaxed setting; there were only five of us, plus Tony and Anthony Smith as our instructors. Randy Sutin also stopped by to hang and offer playing tips.

Day 5 is similar to Day 4 with open position chords. Take notice of the final chord in this lesson. It's a Cm6 chord with the 11th in the top. This is a great voicing for minor chords. Be sure to memorize this one and put it through some different keys.

So.... I'm so busy keeping the site up, that I don't get to members comments quick enough. there is a cue of them. problem is a bunch of them are spam. So I have to look.

But this member posted this video. I think the vibes sound beautiful and he's playing an original more popish kind of tune. But I thought it sounded beautiful! So here it is... .and i'll get to member's posts and comments.

I like the clarity of it all. he def dampens to the melody NOT the chords. can you hear this?

Vibraphone solo by David Kovins

An awesome ballad by a great composer!!!

So here's what we will do for 25 days starting Dec. 5th. We will post 8 bars a day for you to work on.

Take the 8 bars master them then move on to the next 8 bars. Each 8 bars will have a topic and a point to them. They will not all be related.

So get ready for 8BD

I see Yuhan hanging around on the site. She's a great vibe player from Taiwan.

Here's a cool piece (I think) she wrote.

I found out today that Marimba One now makes a set of vibes that they call One Vibraphone. Has anyone played one of these? How would you rate it on sound quality, portability, quality of construction, etc.

Thanks,
Ted

I've recorded this version of Peace after I've watched Tony's lesson ;-)
and because I was a bit uppset by what is going on in America this time.
good tune to share sadness.
Peace. Illya