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Birth Name - John Mark Piper / Google Name - PIPERvibe  / Street Name - "PIPER" 

 

Bio

  • Early Music:

    • Berklee College of Music

      • Studied with Gary Burton, Alan Dawson, Gary Chaffee and many other great musicians.

    • Toured playing drum set in Pop Cover Bands

    • Las Vegas

      • Music Director for comedy review

    • Los Angeles

      • Played drum set in top 40 cover bands

      • Street Performer: Solo Vibraphone

    • PIPER Vibraphone:

      • Designed Musser/PIPER M58 Vibraphone

      • Awarded Three World Patents

    • Frame and Fortune:

    •  “Just A Step Away” (solo vibraphone CD)

    • Feature Guest Artist/Clinician/Master Classes at Colleges and Universities in the USA, Mexico, South America and Germany

  • Intermission - Music Hiatus

    • New Adventures  and Balance 

      • Joined the Fire/Rescue Service Dallas Fort Worth Metro

        • Worked as Firefighter/Paramedic Dallas/Ft Worth Metroplex

      • Joined the Antarctic Fire/Rescue service.

        • Designed and built “South Pole Vibraphone” for Antarctica. It’s the only vibraphone to reach the South Pole and McMurdo Station Antarctica.

        • Spent 5 years on ice – South Pole, McMurdo Station Antarctica

        • Became a member of JSART (Antarctic Joint Search and Rescue Team consisting of members from USA and New Zealand in Antarctica)

    • Back to Music

      • Started www.PIPERvibe.com “Where Good Vibes Resonate”

        • Working to improve the music arts industry

        • New Products for vibes and marimba

        • Shapes and Patterns of Music Revised Edition

        • Shapes and Patterns of Music Prologue

        • Goal of offering new frames for old bars and resonators

        • Create new audio/video recordings for body of work

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Sight Reading Blog entry 05/23/2017 - 02:59
The Bench: Lessons with Gary Blog entry 05/18/2017 - 04:22
What's the media for us now? Blog entry 05/15/2017 - 18:36
WHY? Blog entry 05/09/2017 - 03:06
PIPER Attracts the Largest Attendance Ever Recorded for a Jazz-style Concert! Blog entry 05/08/2017 - 12:56
Chapel of the Snow's Concert Images 05/01/2017 - 18:10
Michel Petrucciani - solo playing Video Embed 04/15/2017 - 17:14
Intervals: A Contemporary Study of Linear Music (Chapter 1 - The Minor Second) Images 03/31/2017 - 10:46
My First Vibraphone Images 03/29/2017 - 16:27
Intervals: A Contemporary Study of Linear Music (Chapter 2 Major Second) Images 03/23/2017 - 05:35
Vibraphone bells and whistles Blog entry 03/22/2017 - 01:49
Antarctic Vibe Images 12/31/2016 - 15:40
Piper Flyer Feature - Springless String Tension Holder Video Upload 10/23/2016 - 09:24
Piper Flyer Vibe Frame R & D prototype Dirty pics Images 10/20/2016 - 02:18
It Might As Well Be Spring Video Embed 06/12/2015 - 09:28
New Solo Vibe Video - Blog entry 10/05/2014 - 15:53
Amazing Grace Video Solo Vibraphone Blog entry 10/01/2014 - 16:51
New video posted on my facebook: Dolphin Dance www.facebook.com/Pipervibe Blog entry 09/30/2014 - 19:16
My mic set up in my little home studio Blog entry 06/29/2014 - 14:05
Please Visit www.Facebook.com/PiperVibe to hear Stigmata. Blog entry 06/10/2014 - 14:23
Quick Tips: Breaking In New Mallets Video Embed 03/09/2014 - 21:45
Spring Valley Kids (first attempt at video) Video Embed 12/12/2013 - 10:53
Why I don't log on to Vibes Work Shop more often.... Blog entry 07/21/2011 - 18:47
vibe for sale Images 04/08/2011 - 09:55
Interval Scales -V Story 10/25/2010 - 07:01