Vibraphone

THE WOMEN ARE COMING, THE WOMEN ARE COMING!!

OK guys, they are still coming at ya. This time this lady is soloing while reading down the chart. Notice how she concentrates on the chart and only occasionally looks down at the bars. Watch out, I tell ya they are coming!

There is also no information on this video. Looks like maybe a college concert. She has her cheering section.

BruceW
:-)

All you guys who are getting too comfortable with your vibraphone jazz progress, better watch out. Here is another female getting awfully close to the top (is young and has time on her side). There is no information on this video (strange) so I also do not know who she is or exactly where she is from except that she is Oriental. She looks kind of short but that is not stopping her. They are apparently playing a Bud Powell tune and two standards that have been edited into short excerpts.

But at any rate, bravo.
BruceW
:-)

Man I do a lot of vibe talking because of this site. It's pretty incredible and sort of a dream come true. We live pretty isolated lives don't we?

One topic that has come up recently is acheiving your goals. I go straight to the word energy when I hear the word goals.

To achieve a goal is going to take energy and for most of us a LOT of energy (I've said it before, haven't I?). But if you put the right energy in I think most of our goals are achievable. Now that being said we all have to be reasonable.

This is so grooving it's killing me!

We’ve had news from Tom Marcello of the upcoming CD Joe Locke will release on Jan. 26th. But I don’t think any info was posted here about his brand new website, of course designed by the talented Nadja Von Massow: http://www.joelocke.com/

New fine outlook, updated info on tour, discography, a special page for all the videos now available, new pictures and many audio samples.

I am learning Skylark and decided to have a duet with Tony while he was at my house. Bass and drums are Band-in-a-Box RealTracks.

Barry

Tony wanted me to come over his house to hang, and record the Arabesque that I am working on. Since I don't play vibes with graduated bars as well as non-graduated bars, Tony offered to come my house!

I had a lot of fun. I got to try out a bunch of different mallets and play a tune with Tony on piano with Band-in-a-Box RealTracks bass and drums.

Here are some etudes based on the tune Beautiful Love.

This etude is simple, but if it's new to you it will open up doors in your playing.

Rotate sticks 1 and 3 and then 2 and 4 with the double stops.

You're harmonizing your solo with one note. It's interesting, I think it's fun to listen to as a listener. You can use this in your comping, soloing, solo playing.

I've spent many an hour playing in this format. It is definitely based on what pianists do with lines and chords. We don't have 10 fingers so this is what we have to work with. It's a cool sound with bass and drums also.

Here's a good version of etude 26 from Friedman's Dampening and Pedaling.