Vibraphone

Kurt's thoughts on playing solo on the guitar definitely apply to the vibes. Especially some of the beginning comments.

Check out when he talks about how he works on voicings.

Imagine playing a standard like this. You know what I mean? The concept of this piece I think lends itself to solo playing. The two voices. Something we can do on the vibes just as easily as can be done on the guitar.

Hi Everybody,

I'm doing a very special vibraphone workshop as part of a marimba duo workshop in a beautiful castle in Poland from the 22nd till the 29th of April. We still have some spaces available. It'll be intense and intimate.
Everybody lives, eats and studies in the castle. I'm really looking forward to it. If you're interested, contact: marimbaduo@gmail.com

Hi guys, I just discovered this fantastic documentary on Blue Note records history. Enjoy !

hey gang .. i just got the official notice that i have been added to the artist roster of Hammondbeat records based out of Portland, Oregon. The label up til now has been primarily B3 players, they are opening a new series, of which ive been selected to be the first.

There are two release dates coming up .. The Mackay Project ( original material project), will be release in June and The Thomas Mackay Quintet ( standards cd ) will be released in september ..

very excited

As you are going along your established route in life playing vibes, marimba or whatever, be aware that you can obtain some serious injuries that you may or may not have heard of. Below is a picture of me just after I got out of the hospital this past Monday. The injury I have is a "Trigger Finger". These are very painful and most of the time it requires surgery for complete relief. I have now had five of these and all have occurred (excepting the very first one) in a very short period of time.

Hello guys, here's a short solo vibraphone clip that was just uploaded to my YouTube Solo Vibes channel. This very brief solo clip shows me working on playing lines along with some left hand comping on Coltrane's Giant Steps. There's also a new clip of Van Heusen's Like Someone In Love. I'll be uploading more solo vibe clips soon. To be notified when new clips are added, you can subscribe to my Solo Vibes channel. Best, Ed

WARNING: if you are not a TRUE vibes geek, this will be boring. :) If you are, please join my journey.

So, about 6 months ago, I owned two sets of vibes. One a Musser M55 from 1977 and the other an M48 from around 1987. I bought the M48 when I lost my car in a spat of poverty and had to find a way to get to gigs in smaller vehicles because my big car died and I couldn't afford a new one. Never really liked it that much because of how its damper got out of adjustment every time I moved it, but I appreciated how it got me through that time in my life.