These were from the recent vibes workshops in Sessenheim, the Netherlands during which Nico vanderPlas discussed making these beautiful instruments.

I'm thinking about how to do a day online in August where maybe different vibe players do concerts all day online. I think we would need about 6 or 7 people, start at noon on a Sunday and go until 6 (Philly time). That should get most of us in there. Each of us would play about 45 mintutes.

Any ideas or takers? It would be the first online Day of Vibraphone!

I try to take walks every day, partly to listen to music and mostly because I'm out of shape and overweight!

I think I posted once before about this and I think posted about a Friedman CD. Hmmm, I came home today and wanted to post about listening to Rios on my walk.

Great walking music first of all. Sonically the sounds of the instruments are beautiful together. This made the walk fun.

Check out this exercise I used to help me compare modes.

So August 1st we are one year old here at www.vibesworkshop.com. I've been looking around the site thinking about how far it's gone and all the friends here that I've made.

The friend part is incredible to me. I just can't believe how many buddies I have now. And friends from all over the world which is great.

There's been some talk about starting a tune club on the site. I decided to post a lesson on a tune. The lesson has an assignment. I figured if 5 guys to the assignment and post it, then I'll do the next part of the lesson. So check it out!

Give it up, California boy!

Has anyone seen this up on the site? I couldn't find it but found it over at larrysimprovpage.com

This is the first video I ever did. I got a lot of notice for the washer and dryer in the background. I had no clue as to what I was doing. I was trying to start QDV's! Quick and Dirty Videos!! Where nothing mattered but the content! That's so funny now to me.

I was practicing, and as it often happens, I played a few notes that sounded familiar, but I didn't know what it is. Then I recalled it was from the Cal Tjader Soul Sauce album. The song was "Somewhere in the Night".
http://www.vibesworkshop.com/amazon/cal-tjader-soul-sauce/tonymiceli/03…
I listened and played along with that version a few times and wanted to hear other versions. So, I did a search a found a couple vibes and organ versions.

In case you din't no, my spelling and gramar are prety bad. Most of the tim it's bcause, I'm tiping vury late at nite and I'm sew tred. I dn't prof reed enuf. I apologise. I get pretty eksited wen I do a lsson or atude.

I no it's a problm for some. fortunattally for me i hv friends on the sight that emale me all the time to say, yo you butter chick this out.

I wull trie to be more cairful.