Hey everyone...

I have decided to part ways with my Yamaha YV-2700 vibraphone. Not the easiest decision, but I would rather see it enter a loving home than sit in storage indefinitely. I am having to SERIOUSLY pare down belongings in trying to make a permanent move from Houston to New York City in the next 12-18 months.

The vibraphone is a strange instrument. Part doorbell, part piano, part percussion, with ornamental parts that don’t really do much and an electric motor to boot.

Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2013/01/09/4000499/jazz-town-vibraphone-gives…

Still practicing my soloing. Working on lines. I love lines. I wish i could play lines like these heavy cats i admire on the site ( Tony, Dave, Ed, Behn, Rusty ... ). Working on.
Working on simplicity and clearity. Phrasing, tempo, harmo.
Soloing is often to much confuse. Keep the things clear man ! I always says that to me !
It's a work in progress.
I love doing that.

This is 'Manhattan Vibes' featuring Antonio Sanchez on drums and Thana Alexa on vocals - live at Dizzy's Club Coca Cola at Lincoln Center in NYC.
Christos Rafalides- vibraphone
Sergio Salvatore- piano
Mike Michael Pope- bass

Manhattan Vibes will be performing at DROM in NYC on January 16th presenting music form their latest release 'Blue November'.
http://www.dromnyc.com/events/2070/manhattan-vibes-album-release-concer…

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/blue-november/id582502901
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008DB17IW

hi dear gary,I would like to know how do you feel with the past of the time with the rattan thicknes of your mallets?
early video are a thin rattan and was very flexible . looks like more easy to play? more flexibility in your phrasing? for example this video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3vyvl4yf1I
I have a older set with this rattan and the feeling it is some diferent
but in a duo context if you play loud and with enegy I fell confortable

or you live in tokio with chick?

I just picked up an old Deagan model 30; the budget vibes that they made in the late-1930s/early-'40s. It has 2-1/2 octaves, cardboard resonator tubes and a single-speed motor. It needs a bit of work, but I'm not too intimidated by it. However, I could use some advice! Here's what I know needs to be done:

1. Unstring the bars and polish them; they're pretty tarnished. I have a motorized buffing wheel with a variety of mops and rouges, but I could use advice about what specifically might work best.

Last year, I contributed some vibes to one track on my friends' CD of devotional music. I thought I would share it with you as an example of the American version of the music from India that I wrote about in the other post. Ned said it would be okay to post a clip of the track here...

It is a chant to Amba, who is one of the manifestations of the divine feminine. Seems as though vibes really worked on it in terms of generating the mood of being in a maternal presence.

hi all people anybody see that? I think it is a new version I never see

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMWoEFQCLu4