I'm glad to see John posting stuff here. Man he's a great player and teacher. I've had such great talks with him and totally dig what he has to say musically and philosophically!

BTW - In his spare time John is a FIRE FIGHTER. Yes he runs into 2000 degree buildings on fire to save people. WoW.

To check out John's stuff you have to be a subscriber and support the site. We need your financial help to keep this site going!

Christos is one of the most talented young vibes players in NY nowadays. This video is a performance that he gave at a famous Greek TV show. His playing is amazing!! Check him out!!

(You will also see/hear him speak greek!!) ;)

This group is a MUST see/MUST hear!! This is one of my favorites compositions of their CD. ("Live in Seattle").

This is an amazing performance, full of energy, magic and soul!!!!
Enjoy!

The first time I saw this Duo was at a marimba Festival. I had my mouth open the entire concert. I was just totally blown away by them!!
Since that day I hear and feel music in a totally different way. Joe and Christos are two amazing musicians that put their hearts in every note they play.
Check out their CD as a duo: "Van Gogh by Numbers". Incredible!!

Tony,
You're the absolute greatest! You've figured out how to do it all. I enjoy checking in with www.vibesworkshop.com every day now to see what's new and old in the vibe world. I get a lot of great new practice ideas and teaching ideas from your site.

You're an artist's artist and I hope your subscribers realize what a gem you are to our scene - especially that of the vibrapnone. Thanks for keeping at it to the point of this excellent web site!

Here is a step by step video series showing how to build the MBrace.

Anyone wishing to build a pair of MBraces should go to www.johnmarkpiper.com to purchase the complete MBrace plans ($15.00). The plans include instructions and drawings necessary to complete the project. OR you can become a SUBSCRIBER TO WWW.VIBESWORKSHOP.COM and have full access to the drawings here.

Definitely a lesson and something to think about! Watch and learn.

Hey Tony,

This is the best of the Rainbow attempts I've made in the last few days. I tried to incorporate as much as I could from the ideas you gave me in the lesson. I'm still a little confused though about the substitution going on in the first few bars....the A-7b5 D7b9 G-7...but you're right, I have heard it played like that before.

I'm actually pretty jammed today...do you have any time available tomorrow? If not we can do it early next week...I have plenty to practice until then :-)

(This is a piece I wrote and have named it after the great composer Vince Guaraldi. The lead sheet is here, as well as an etude where you can work on different aspects of solo playing.)

This will be a multi part lesson. The actually lessons are listed right above here.

Part 1 is the arrangement with no chord symbols. You try and figure them out.
Part 2 I'll add the chord symbols.
Part 3 I'll play the piece and solo on it for you to hear.
Part 4 I'll write out a single line solo for you play and study