At home today on a semester break working on this classic standard composed by Victor Young in 1931. Such a hip tune for that time period.
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Having fun today in the basement of the percussion department at Berklee between classes playing a blues in C. Some of the vibe students and I have been working on this style of left hand accompaniment. It's fun and a challenge trying to keep the left hand going while focusing on the right hand improv using syncopation. It's a pleasure to be able to teach and interact with all of the very talented players here. For me, it's energizing.
Midi and other bells and whistles on the vibraphone are a waste of time and energy (in my opinion). Here's why: Synthesizer keyboards are easier to play, better made and already available in many very sophisticated forms at very low prices. AND, they can express "synthetic music" better than a vibraphone trying to be something it isn’t. If you want to play synthesizer, spend a couple of years (or less) practicing a keyboard. You'll be far ahead at the game of synthetic sounds of music than you'll ever will by doing it on a vibraphone-shaped object emulating something else.
Milt at his musical best!!!
Hey Folks,
Been a while since I've posted here, just wanted to share a new video of what I've been up to in my new band with the malletkat.
-Tyler
The PDF is a transcription of the Barry Harris video. There is also Chinese explanations!
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Chinese translation is for Chinese students.
PDF有寫下到底他們在討論什麼，然後有採譜和中文翻譯。
Tribute to Bobby Hutcherson with his song "Montara" played on Omega with pickups, effects and looper.
Also, if you are interested, I have a couple 360 videos of duets with a bass on my YouTube channel. If you watch them on the right platform, you can "look around" and zoom in while the video is playing.