Of course what's happening now with the virus is terrible, however I am having so much fun at home working and practicing. Feels weird to say, as I know many people are suffering. I think my rough times are coming but they are not here yet. Meanwhile I prepare 3 tunes each week to play on Saturday on our Vibesworkshop FB page. And I love.

I made a run through of my mini concert for today.

Hey everyone,

Long story short, I will now be writing about cultures of virtual music learning communities for my ethnomusicology PhD (ethnomusicology = the study of music and culture). I have always considered VW a goldmine in many ways, and my professors agree that this space could be part of my research. They are even okay if my ENTIRE dissertation centers around vibesworkshop.com and its influence on the greater vibes community, although more likely I will focus on comparing a few digital spaces centered around music learning. Details TBD.

A short interactive program you can use to rearrange voices in a chord so they follow Tony's Open/Closed Voicings exercise.

David wrote this piece back in 2017 and we recorded this in the late october of 2018. Since then it was resting on my harddrive waiting to be edit. Now its finally done.
This piece is so much fun to play! 14 min that go by so quickly, because we enter so many different musical worlds that are constantly interesting, humorous and exciting.

The score is available at malletmuserecords.

composed by
DAVID FRIEDMAN

performed by
AYAMI OKAMURA
MARIA SCHNEIDER
TAIKO SAITO
JULIUS HEISE
HAUKE RENKEN

a gradual approach

Tony has been asking me to do something with vibes and gongs. So, I have been working on it, but to be perfectly honest, most of it just isn't ready for prime time yet. Playing solo, as many of us are finding out in quarantine, is very tough. 35+ years of quartet playing with pianists and guitarists didn't really prepare me for this moment.

So, I'm not ready to do a whole hour of this stuff live yet, but here is a few minutes of what I am up to. I'm learning every day, especially now that I am getting to hear so many accomplished solo players do their thing.

HERE IS OUR FIRST TUNE MEET UP.
MAY 5TH 12 NOON EST - 16:00 UTC

THE TUNE IS GREEN DOLPHIN STREET

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Tony Miceli is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: TUNE MEET UP - GREEN DOLPHIN STREET
Time: May 5, 2020 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86558284573?pwd=Q1k3WUJaUFBpaTdvR3dZU2phUThFQ…

Video footage of Cal is pretty rare, and I found this the other day on YouTube. This is the longer clip with three tunes on it - Cubana Chant, Poinciana, and Doxy.

The instrument is a Deagan 1000, and it's nice to see Hefner keepin' it real by moving the vibraphone into place.

Check out the etude. Does it help you?