After a long process of disassembly, sanding (only to find out that the wood underneath was poplar ...), staining (twice because of poplar's tendency for color discrepancies), finishing, painting, felting, and re-assembling; she's finally finished. Eventually going to put it on ebay to get a more transportable instrument, but it's nice to have a great sounding vibe!

I'm thinking of doing the next vibe hang October 10th. Who's in?

Any European guys??

I think if you have a laptop and a video cam, it will work pretty good.

Hi there,
I´m often on tour and I try to view vibesworkshop on my iphone, but I can´t see any videos.
Is there a possibility to view them?
Thanks,
Altfrid

Bill Evans passed away 30 years ago today, on September 15, 1980. I've been listening to his music, which is not unusual, and I'd like to toss out some ideas I've been thinking about expanding on for a blog on my site.

You often hear about Bill Evan's influence on pianists. No surprise there, but I'm thinking that a majority of 4-mallet vibes players would also have him at the top of the list of musicians that have influenced them the most too. I think there are a number of factors at work here. One is timing.

Try this lesson out guys. It's a plug and play altered lick with 4 mallets. Let's see who can make sense out of this.

I HATE to give it all way on paper. Try using your ears first!

Hi all,

Olivier, who sold me his vibes has a friend who is also on the site: JYP. "Jean-Yves" lives in Cambodia. He doesn't play mallet but works for an orphanage there, where kids play original mallet instruments.

Here is a short video he gave me to post, "fly on the wall"! FYI, the instrument on the front is a 'Roneat'. The one on the back is a 'Kong Vong'.

Randy? Dana? Anybody knows about those instruments?

Enjoy,

- M

Another vid I did with Todd Isler.

Wasn't going to post this but I thought WTH. So this will be the conclusion of TOTM number one.

Hey who wants to meet up for dinner and then go see Bobby Hutcherson play?

Let's make a list here, then we can find a restaurant nearby and have dinner.

We'll go dutch, I'm too broke to pay for a bunch of vibe players!

I'm in.

Leave a comment and let me know if you're interested.

Ok University of Delaware students, tell us about yourselves.

What year are you?
Who's your favorite vibe player?
What's your favortie vibe cd?

and anything else cool.