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HAPPY BIRTHDAY VIBESWORKSHOP! - 2 Years Today August 1st!

Hey everyone!

It's officially today! It already had a few months of existence as beta site, but on August 1st 2008, Vibesworkshop was officially open!

I got into the users list, and found that at that date, there were already around 20 members! (today we are... 1382!!) Among them -appart from Tony and his partner Stephen- we can see:

- Tjaco,
- Barry,
- John Daly,
- Behn Gellice,
- Gilbranimo,
- Alan Watt (amazing Alan from this year Ireland workshop!),
- Jinwoo (our Korea very silent member!)

A few others would follow soon, like:

- Bruce Wells,
- Tony Fontana,

Afternoon in Paris by Ted Wolff

This is a basic arrangement for vibes or marimba of the popular jazz standard "Afternoon in Paris". It demonstrates a couple different ways to accompany a melody - using a counter line or a block chord. It also employs a simple pedal point for the left hand during the bridge.

A PDF of the arrangement can be downloaded HERE. So print down a copy and try it out!

Ted...

Vibes and Babies

hi!

I just realised that the vibes have one more advantage beside the cool sound, the cool attitude, the excluiveness and the fact that vibesplayers get all the chicks: you can play it with a baby wrap! no way of doing this with a guitar!

So folks get youself a set of vibes - the chick and eventually an offsping might follow BUT you can still play!

Cheers Stefan

BTW its a boy named Louis, born 9.7.2010

Nardis by James Whiting

Hi Everyone!

I haven't posted anything in a while so I thought I'd throw something up here from my end of semester recital in June this year.

Basically the deal with it was you choose 3 tunes walk in and play with a staff rhythm section, so its kind of like a fill in gig simulation.

Would love to hear some feedback :)

James

Moving to a new city

Earlier this year my wife decided that it was time to get a master's degree so we sat down and looked at a few places. We visited the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. The faculty that evaluated her audition were gracious enough to admit her into the program. She is a great player!

Last week we made the epic road trip from Muncie, IN to Vancouver, BC. I've been emailing people in the area about finding a job, playing gigs, and teaching gigs.

Surprise!! :o)

A deal is a deal. John sent me this great Premier t-shirt... I was to post a picture of me with it on the site... But I couldn't take it without Tony's mallets!! (sorry for the silly pose! Oh jeez... this is ridiculous haha!! ;-)

Hmm... btw, aren't we waiting for some guys with cool Tie-dye tee-shirts on and Tony's mallets too? Huh?

"Parole, parole parole!"... pff...

- M

PS: Johnny? I owe you a kiss next time we meet! ;-)

Chi Chi

I talk a little about the Bird blues changes. I always thought of them as a rebellion to the blues. It's harder to play the blues over them and it forces you to really play through the changes.