I'm toying around with the idea of doing a TOTM Skype workshop this Saturday. Maybe around noon U.S. EDT?

This would be an experiment. I could handle 3 or 4 people on skype. We could spend an hour working on the tune. Anyone interested?

Just putting feelers out there. Nothing is definite yet. You'd need skype. I'll do video and audio, you don't have to do video on your end.

Here's a chord etude on fried bananas.

you're job is to add the chords and the alterations. If you have questions post them here.

I'll include a demo, a midi file, and the finale file. You can use these however.

I'm a junior in high school and I want to focus on playing jazz vibes in college. But iv heard there are a good amount of vibes players who studied something else in college... percussion, or piano, etc along with vibes. If I could do everything I wanted I'd just play vibes, but I also play drum set for five years on and of and I play a little piano and general percussion. It'd be great to hear some of advice from people, especially if you've been in a similar situation.

This is not a vibes thing but I ran into this looking for Anthony Jackson bass stuff.
But what it is, is a smok'n groove and hot players.
Love this feel :)
Love the bass lines.
Love the players.
Makes my day !

I had to share it.

Unfortunately its cut short.

-Todd

Just got these. I'm amazed so far at how they cut the sound without cutting frequencies. All vibe players should have ear plugs. This is a pretty piercing instrument.

I got mine from here:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/MusicMolds/173799289325456

Here is a vibe player(Thomas Dobler)who uses several piano licks on vibes.
There are some interesting things happening here I think.

I'm sure the pros will have more insightful comments.

-Todd

Really nice posts by Joe Veltri on the Dave Friedman Etudes!

I struggle daily with issues involving music and many of them are just typical mid-life things but one of them is that I realized late into my musical life that the vibraphone has a "falsetto-sounding" voice to me. Not only the physical range of the instrument but it's sound seems "falsetto" to me. If I were to choose another instrument, I'd pick one that has a range in the natural male voice range. Anyone else ever thought of that? Yeah... I know.. I think too much. But the vibe just sounds so...falsetto.