Hi all !

Here it is, finally posting something after a few months of inactivity on vibesworkshop.... I have a good excuse ; I had no vibes to practice.
But since August I'm the lucky and extremely happy owner of a brand new GigVibe from Nico Vanderplas !!!
So here I am, starting to practice again... Here is a fun practice tape, jamming on a funk fusion playalong.

I'd love to hear your comments!

Cheers,

Nico

Today on this sunny Sunday I'm gonna have our machines work on a new project. If it works out well, it might help a huge number of vibists.

The main reason for this new DIY frame is a cheap solution for those who aready own a vibe for gigging, or for thosethat own a crappy beaten up frame and need something fancy without having to invest heavily.

It is not as transportable as the gigVibe and/or M55, cause the main issue here is costs reduction. For those who need something more transportable, we're gonna offer something in the relative near future.

Hi everybody!

Somebody can explain how to do a montuno on vibes ? Or comping rythm and voicing in latin-jazz?
I find nothing about it and I don't know how to adapt piano montuno for vibes because we have only 4 fingers and we can't let resound a note more than an other one...
If anyone can help me about it ? ;)

Emilie

This is a cool voicing and can be used for a few chords. Any ideas?

This etude focuses on dampening, and playing in 5. Pdf is attached.

Behn

I had a lesson online with John Daly last night. We talked about Stella and I told him I'd make a quick and dirty chord melody for him. Here it is.

If you guys find any mistakes let me know. Remember quick and dirty!

Impressive; both the music and video production. Apparently this is his own arrangement.

http://www.youtube.com/user/Maikel2play

Barry

Here's a quick etude I wrote for Stefan and the girls of Oman. Stefan teaches the percussionists for the King of Oman. Cool gig, huh?

This will take a little work. Print out the pdf, put in the chords for the blues. Then analyze what I'm playing and put the alterations in.

Can you see:
Open voicings?
Closed voicings?
Passing Chords?

Can you hear the melody in the top voice (simple as it is).

Study the piece and talk about it here. I don't want to hand it to the girls of Oman, I want them to work for it. :-)

Can you:
Change the rhythms?

Didn't do SH** today. And that pisses me off big time. Any other pros get pissed at how much BS we have to do. I'm a struggling musician that still has to do 1-3 hours of office work every frickin' day. Add to it, running the site, teaching and buying my son dinner because he's broke and some days I want to kick and punch something or preferably someone... anyone.

So today I hate being a vibes player.

Hello Nico,

Even though you are not the manufacturer of these products I was wondering whether you could ( given your expertise )comment on the major differences between the MUSSER M58 Piper Vibe and the M55 .

Thank you.