Hey Vibesworkshop,
Shameless Plug. After a few long months waiting for the mix I can happily announce the release of my jazz fusion projects debut album. The link below will take you to place where you can listen to the album in full and purchase it if you feel so moved.
https://melagroup.bandcamp.com/releases
Thank you!
Frank Valente
We will do 7 weeks of bebop tunes with assignments. If anyone completes all the assignments they will get a vibes workshop certificate of completion.
July 11 Fried Bananas
July 18 Donna Lee
July 25 Scrapple
August 1 Crazeology
August 8 Groovin' High
August 15 Tricotism
August 22 Au Privave
The sheet music for the 7 weeks is attached to this post.
Ok do you want to really learn and work on stuff during the summer?
Hey guys, this is just a scratch recording I made today. I recently got some very basic recording equipment and Logic, and I have discovered:
1. I know nothing about recording.
2. I know nothing about recording the vibraphone.
BUT, that hasn't stopped me from doing some experimenting, and here's the first product! This is a John Mayer tune, sort of R&B/Blues rather than Jazz, but I decided to spice it up with a few extra chords.
I just had an interesting 2 gigs weekend, in term of amplification.
I recently buyed second hand AMT mics from Tyler Blanton and I use them with Sennheiser e604 mics as described in this 3 years old post https://www.vibesworkshop.com/blog-entry/some-work-my-m55/babu/050316
Listen and learn! Gloria has a lot of great vibe players on her radio show!
Listen and learn!
Spend some time listening to Gloria Krolak's vibe radio show. You will find great players you never new about!
Headline:
Talking Sticks, the highly-acclaimed film about Vibes and Marimba, announces NYC Premiere Screening Sunday June 26th at Symphony Space (2537 Bway/95 St.)
"A strong documentary which speaks of one man's passion..an engaging, informative and personal journey. Bravo!"
New Haven (CT) Int'l Film Festival