Hi folks,
Here's a new video from a recent CD release gig in NYC. This piece started as a bit of a vibes etude that I expanded for a trio. This track is entitled "Never Sleeps" from my last album "Gotham."
-Tyler
Improvising with Upper Structure Triads on What Is This Thing Called Love. Upper Structure Triads is the first of five chapters in Volume Two of The Complete Guide To Improvisation. Volume Two is not available yet but Volume One is available through Amazon and www.edsaindon.com
In this clip, the first chorus is a written out solo that utilizes Upper Structure Triads (USTs). To view and download the first chorus along with a chart that lists the USTs and analysis of the UST techniques, go here to Google Docs:
Here's some great licks that you can use while paying the blues. Remember to download the pdf before watching the lesson in order to understand what I'm doing!! Have fun=)
Here's another version of Besame Mucho that I had recorded a few weeks ago.
Working on some four mallet techniques while playing the classic Besame Mucho...
Solo vibraphone rendition of Astor Piazzolla's beautiful composition Chiquilin De Bachin.
I wanted to say that David's new recording Weaving Through Motion is a fantastic recording. Masterful and creative playing with a gorgeous recording sound of the vibes and marimba. I downloaded it from Amazon. Highly recommended. Ed
Hello everyone. Last year at the World's Vibe Congress we discussed, among a multitude of other topics, how to create greater exposure for the vibraphone. One of the possibilities we discussed was creating new pieces and works which feature the vibraphone by skilled composers. Over the past 8 months my percussion trio, Portal Percussion, has been working with Colleen Clark, a musician & composer based in NYC, on creating a piece of music which embodies the spirit of the discussion last January.
What does the piece entail?
Exploring on solo vibraphone with a rubato version of Keith Jarrett's Coral. Focusing on motives, dampening and four mallet techniques.