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College sophomore looking to buy his first vibraphone
Dawson Jones
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Hey everyone, My name is Dawson. I'm studying Jazz Performance at Missouri State University and I need some guidance in buying a set of vibes, as I've never done this before. I'd really like to start gigging around town once I get a set.…
9 years 8 months ago - 16 comments
Converting Freedom Jazz Dance to a Blues
tonymiceli
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This vid cuts in in the beginning. But listen to it and check out the end. This is where we first worked on Freedom Jazz Dance as a blues. We were winging it. You can hear the first couple choruses where we're getting the form of the…
9 years 8 months ago - 7 comments
Orchestrating Melodies using a Root – Chord Pattern in the Left Hand
vale5431
Content type: Blog entry
This semester I have been working with my teacher on playing ballads in the solo style and wanted to share a system/ exercise that I've been using to begin developing orchestration ideas when playing the melody. The following exercise is…
9 years 8 months ago - 3 comments
A Great Gig
tonymiceli
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I did a great gig at PASIC. But besides bragging little bit about it, here's the cool thing. The audience loved what we did. I think there is a REAL interest in the vibraphone happening. Something that hasn't happened in a long time. I…
9 years 9 months ago - 4 comments
Hard Keys Etude - Triste in A by Behn Gillece
behng
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After doing the walk down voicing exercise comparing Green Dolphin Street and Triste, I thought it would be good to do a line study. This Triste etude is in A, a typically under played key in jazz. Most of it is built from only a few…
9 years 9 months ago - 0 comments
Volume Two - The Complete Guide To Improvisation now available
ed saindon
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Volume Two of the Complete Guide To Improvisation is now available via Amazon, www:edsaindon.com and the Berklee College of Music bookstore. Chapters: Upper Structure Triads, Four Note Groupings, Motivic Playing, Cyclic Patterns and Major…
9 years 9 months ago - 0 comments
For sale - Vic Firth M38 Ed Saindon Vibe/Marimba Mallets $69!
Anecdote
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For sale - Vic Firth M38 Ed Saindon Vibe/Marimba Mallets $69 OBO! Brand New Mallets! anecdote@twc.com http://www.vicfirth.com/product/buynow/product.php?button=M38
9 years 9 months ago - 0 comments
Berklee Mallet Lab working on Giant Steps with Four Note Groupings
ed saindon
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Nice mallet lab this morning working with the students on Coltrane's Giant Steps using Four Note Groupings. We played through several pages from Volume 2 of The Complete Guide to Improvisation which is now available via www:edsaindon.com.…
9 years 9 months ago - 0 comments
leedy vibes
pottsvillain
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Hi all. This is my first post. My friend Paul and I just came across and bought some nice vintage pieces. Pauly got a 40's? Deegan marimba and I got some '39? Leedy vibes. A friend of ours found someone with these vintage pieces, who…
9 years 9 months ago - 2 comments
Kirtan, Bhajan, yoga, vibes and George Harrison
Randy_Sutin
Content type: Blog entry
So, for those of you who don't know me that well, it will suffice to say that after years of pretty much only playing jazz on the vibes (occassionally working with some R&B or latin groups)I began to play music in and around the yoga…
9 years 9 months ago - 17 comments
TOTM - You Don't Know What Love Is - Techniques for a Solo Version Pt. 1 by Behn Gillece
behng
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9 years 9 months ago - 0 comments
Saga of Harrison Crabfeathers - Frank Valente and Paul Sottnik
vale5431
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My Buddy, Paul Sottnik, and I are working on a piano vibes duet project. This video Saga of Harrison Crabfeathers by Steve Kuhn was recorded on site at SUNY Fredonia.
9 years 8 months ago - 2 comments
Damper felt adjustment
Glenn410
Content type: Forum topic
I play the marimba, and am new to the vibraphone. I noticed that, over time, a depression develops on the vibraphone damper where the underside of the bars make contact with the felt. Is this a bad thing, and is it necessary to readjust…
9 years 9 months ago - 3 comments
Harmony Cloud
rfrench5
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At PASIC 2015, Stephon Harris and Clif Swiggert had a great session re: music theory and sort of demonstrating their new software called Harmony Cloud. I am looking forward to it, and yes I know it's not ready yet for release, but does…
9 years 9 months ago - 1 comments
Friedman Etude No. 9 (Vibraphone Technique Dampening and Pedaling) perf. Ian Meiman
Colonelcanuck87
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9 years 8 months ago - 1 comments
Vic Firth M38 Ed Saindon Vibe/Marimba Mallets - $69
Anecdote
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For sale - Vic Firth M38 Ed Saindon Vibe/Marimba Mallets $69! Brand New Mallets! contact me at anecdote@twc.com http://www.vicfirth.com/product/buynow/product.php?button=M38 Thanks!
9 years 9 months ago - 0 comments
Miss Magnolia has arrived on the scene...
Randy_Sutin
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SO... I finally have my Imperial here and in one piece. It is a somewhat rare model 55C... yes, those are black bars. I think she is likely either a 1941 or 1942 vintage. She needs some work, but she is doing well. I drove down Magnolia…
9 years 9 months ago - 5 comments
2012 Delaware - Friedman and Matt Parrish
tonymiceli
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9 years 9 months ago - 6 comments
4,042 Miles - David Friedman and Tony Miceli
tonymiceli
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Two great things have happened. I've started a record label with Anthony Smith called Hit the Bar Records. And our first cd is out. Click on the image and check it out. Click here to listen and buy the cd.
9 years 9 months ago - 1 comments
Walk Down Voicing Exercise by Behn Gillece
behng
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9 years 9 months ago - 0 comments
Mallets (In search Of)?
Anecdote
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Hi! I'm looking for suggestions regarding vibe mallets. Been using older sets of Malletech DF16's and DF12's for quite a while. I've recently tried Vic Firth M38's (Saindon), Innovative Percussion DF30's and DF30L's and Balter TM 46R's.…
9 years 9 months ago - 12 comments
Welcome Pasic People!
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
Welcome Pasic people. Thanks for coming to my presentation at this years Pasic meeting! You will have to be a member (membership is free, a subscription is fee based) to see all these links. If you have ANY problems joining the site…
9 years 9 months ago - 0 comments
TOTM - All The Things You Are - Open Closed Voicings
tonymiceli
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9 years 9 months ago - 2 comments
TOTM - Green Dolphin Street - Articulation Etude No. 1 by Behn Gillece
behng
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Here's an etude that focuses on articulation. Notice the accents and staccato marks on the upbeats of 1 on each system? Try using a dead stroke to achieve the articulation on those lines. Articulation is the toughest thing on the vibes, so…
9 years 9 months ago - 0 comments
Playing In a Trio (1 hour Workshop)
tonymiceli
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9 years 8 months ago - 1 comments
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