On my last visit to the Royal Academy of Music in London, some of the students had prepared things for me which they'd acquired or learned from Vibes Workshop (2 of the students did a duo arrangement of "Sword of Whispers, including Dana Sudborough's solo transcription).
Because VW is such a valuable source of information & inspiration, Neil Percy (Head of Percussion), the students and I just wanted to say.....

I recorded Fried Ban. this morning, did about about ten takes until I got one that sounded OK to me, and when I finished, I realized that all the time my two mics had been above the drum set, where I put them yesterday. So the vibes sound like they were playing in the bathroom. I'll try again tomorrow. In the meantime, I'll post what I've got. Cheers !

Hello,

I've read on another vibraphone forum that silicone is the best material for bar post insulators. One posting suggested the following specs for the tubing. Has anyone on this forum used tubing of this specification for a Musser M75?

HIGH PURITY SILICONE RUBBER TUBING NON-REINFORCED,

5/16'  Inside diameter

1/2" Outside diameter

3/32" Wall thickness.

Thanks!

Hoping to reach Vince H from thevibe.net forum. I'm interested in experimenting with building my own liquid-filled damper pad and would like to talk about the process.

Thanks!
Neil

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Today is the official release date of Joe Locke's latest album in trio with long time partners and friends pianist Geoffrey Keezer and saxophonist Tim Garland.

I've had the chance to listen to it and man this is beautiful! No bass or drum is a great challenge for a band, but those three guys do it with skill, class and musicality.

My final lesson of TOTM-Fried Bananas is coming. But first consider this my final for the study. I worked hard on this tune. You know I've said it many times, I'm cool being a teacher on this site, however I also want to be a student. So as you know I practice right along with you guys.

Here's a great clip from the 2010 workshop in Delaware. I thought it would be interesting to some of you guys.

Some weeks ago Tony posted the first movement from Bach's violin sonata 1. It reminded me (again!) of how wonderful those pieces sound on vibes as well as violin. The clip I'm posting here was done quite a number of years ago. Because it was recorded on an old tape deck there is some hiss and flutter, so please excuse the sub-standard audio quality.

I've included the manuscript if you don't already have it. I think every vibes/marimba player can benefit from having the complete collection. There is music there suitable for everyone from beginners to advanced.

Enjoy!

Once again it's the end of the semester and I'm going nuts. However I'm thinking to the summer. You know guys, I would really like to work on connecting us all in some way. But it requires effort on all of our parts. For instance, what about a weekly hang, we just get on livestream or whatever and just play some stuff and talk. it could skype, whatever.