Pretty epic huh? I haven't listened to it for a long time. I installed Ubuntu on one of my PC's and set up last fm on it and have been listen to things I haven't heard in a long time.

Is that Freddie on trumpet? What a trumpet solo.

The cut I just listened to was Ella singing Mack the Knife. They have the wrong CD listed. Isn't this Live in Berlin? Where she forgets the words? Wow, who is the piano player on that? That is so swinging and then Ella does a Louie solo. OMFG.

I thought this was interesting and might get some talk going. Schoenberg is a tough one for me. Bartok, Shostakovitch and Stravinski I get, and I can hang with Schoenberg for a bit but not long!

One of our members from Australia will be in Philadelphia for a few days, so I thought we should set up a vibe hang!

Who's going to play? Come on! How about some new people as well as the veterans!

http://www.livestream.com/mallet_channel

Sometimes, well many times, I listen to music that I want to influence me. I'll do this and then go play the vibes. This really helps me. Listen to Debussy for a while and then start playing your instrument and improvising. What's going to come out? Well, your reflections on what you've just heard.

We're are all influenced musically all the time so use that for your practicing.

This is a comment that was posted by tpvibes. I thought it was so well done that I'd make a FAQ out of it. If anyone has anything to add, please do in the comment section. You could add links, preferences and why. This way we'll have a good post for anyone interested in getting their first set.

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Some weeks ago, I posted a take of I Remember you, made soon after I had learnt the tune. Since then I have become more familiar with it. This take features a piano player, a friend of mine from my college days. He lives 600 km away, and we've started exchanging some music. One thing is for sure, if I had a piano player like that close to me, I think I would just play with two mallets and keep the four as an option. Two mallets come to me more naturally. Sorry I haven't been very active on the site lately. But I'm still doing my homework.

50 years old ! can"t read music,never played the vibraphone don't have an instrument
I would like to learn,where do I begin,do I save and buy a malletkat or a vibraphone
what books should I buy to learn to read whats first where do I start i'd like a step by step
way to make this happen for me,thanks in advance
Didee-bop

Neighbor tones are ways to embellish melodies. A very natural musical thing. This does though take a little practice if you're not already familiar with them.

Here's an in depth study on neighbor tones!

I just had a great lesson with my student/buddy from Ohio, Jon Letsky. It's great to do the online lessons because I can see what I post in action. He's practicing invitation and doing the quarter note solos, chord tone solos and playing the tune through the keys and he's kicking ass with it all.

It's not a requirement to post stuff, but affirmation, completion and closure are important. At least with private students I get to see the stuff in action. What I've learned is at these ways of learning tunes DO work. I've seen them happen way too many times for it to be anecdotal.