Lesson Suggestion Box

I'd love to see a lesson where a musician, especially a singer,  plays/sings with vibes comping where they talk about their perspective, i.e. what it is they want to hear. In other lessons Behn has mentioned that he will adjust his comping depending on what the soloist is doing.  For example if the soloist is doing more minor intervals playing the blues he will try to go in a minor direction as well.  A really good way to get more gigs is to make others sound better in the band.  Drummers who figure this out are especially sought after.  Too much spice can ruin the chili. 

Hi Tony,
I remember seeing an old video of you playing Come Rain Or Come shine you called it a quick and dirty video. it would be great to have a series on the fine points of this technique. with video.

explanation please of Double Stopping . Is it a technique to ease 4 hammer playing > arms crossing?
Some other aid to technique ? Or does it just mean hitting the same note one with hammer after the other?

I saw a video lesson on here about it, Seemed good to know but cant find it now. ciao PHIL

For me, one of the things to practice is memorizing a tune. Though this is not all of what should be memorized, memorizing the melody, the chord changes and form of the song, I think are the largest parts of the memorizing process.

A comment or note about the paid subscription video lessons.
They are all wonderful and great! As a matter of fact, I'm going to resubscribe to them.

For me I view the vibraphone in mostly the context of a jazz ensemble (trio, quartet, etc. larger). Yes I know there are artists who can play jazz gigs with solo vibes or perhaps a duo with a pianist. But for the most part, jazz vibes is played with an ensemble comprised of a few to several members.

Hi guys here is a schedule that you can follow for practising tunes in a proficient way.
I’ve lost and i’m still loosing a tot of time playing around with the instrument but not really studing and fixing anything in my brain so i wrote down this practicing routine. I tested it and it works really good with me… I hope it will work also for you.

HOW TO STUDY TUNES

1. Choose tunes that you like
2. Listen to different famous versions of the tune (youtube, spotify, Cds, etc…)
3. Correct chords and melody notes from the real book version you have print (a lot of times they are wrong).

wow new malletkat and the first day is very discouraging ! can't give up spent 2800.00 on a dream reality is looking at ME
yes I'm a real beginner going to do this do ra me thing and read my manual will continue to update good thing my malletkats set on
vibes! I'd really be lost!