Joe and me playing Stella By Starlight (along with Geoffrey Keezer on piano). This photo was taken during Nancy Zeltsman's summer marimba festival in Boston. Joe and Geoffrey gave an outstanding clinic and I sat in at the end for a few tunes.
Lieb and me in the studio when we recorded Depth of Emotion.
Kenny Werner and me in the studio when we recorded Key Play.
I short tutorial on the 13th chord.
Dave Friedman Plays Body and Soul Duo with Peter Weniger.
(This is just vibes and Sax - Check out the approach! It's Beautiful. - Tony Miceli)
In a lot of my tunes lately, I have been using mallet 4 for the melody, which is not the normal stick for the Miceli grip, which I use. I have been doing a lot of 3 note chords/arpeggios with mallets 1,2,3. This is another example of me using mallet 4 for the melody (I think I am playing it a little too fast).
I referenced Tony's intro to his grip in the "Check This Out", above. He talks about how different grips lead towards different styles of playing.
Barry
Here's another lick to check out. This one has several variations and you should get a lot out of it! Practice this through all the keys!
I was just playing some blues tonight and recorded it and thought I'd post this just for fun.
Hope you like it!
TJ
Here is a little piece of music(see attachment) from a theater show I'm doing n Januari. This is a short introuction to the third part of the show. I thought this would be a good exercise for sticking.
A lot of guys are always asking: "What sticking should I use?" The thing with sticking is that you can always do it in a lot of ways.