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I am practising piano (2) by DImitris Angelakis
dimitris
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Hey guys. I know I didn't post a lot these last weeks but only because I gave my vibes to Christos Rafalides for his tour. So I decided to practise piano these weeks but I will have it back in a couple of days. I practised a lot in the…
12 years 11 months ago - 0 comments
Gig set-up
Steve Shapiro
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OK, so here is another related post with some images of my current setup... To even keep a trio going, unfortunately I still find it a big pain to transport vibes around. I have really refined my case situation over the years (packs into…
12 years 11 months ago - 7 comments
Favorite Published Jazz Vibe Arrangements?
jazzdad6705
Content type: Blog entry
Greetings everyone. Can folks on the forum recommend any tasty published jazz music arranged for vibes (i.e. either solo, duet, or small group)? I'm working hard at learning to voice my own 4-mallet chords, but in the meantime I really…
12 years 11 months ago - 4 comments
TOTM - The Art of Solo Vibes - David Friedman - Part 2 - Simple Accompaniment
David Friedman
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12 years 10 months ago - 2 comments
Good Vibes radio October update
gloria krolak
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Hi Everyone, The October Good Vibes program debuts a new crop of vibes players. The musicians are not new, just new to the program. They are Hagood Hardy, Larry Bunker, Chris Dingman, Jason Adasiewicz and Matthias Lupri. Last month…
12 years 11 months ago - 4 comments
I am practising piano by DImitris Angelakis
dimitris
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Hello, I gave my vibes to Christos Rafalides because he is in Greece for a tour and I thought that it's good idea to practise piano. I practised a funk chord loop in 12 keys doing stuff and this is me best shot. Anyway, I think that it's…
12 years 11 months ago - 3 comments
General Intermediate Vibes Course
tonymiceli
Content type: Book page
Here are the courses for our General Intermediate Vibes Course. It's assumed that students have experience on the vibraphone, can play scales, know chords and are not beginners with harmony and technique. *note to professors. This is…
12 years 11 months ago - 0 comments
Beginners Course
tonymiceli
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This is a beginners course on playing the vibes. How to stand behind the instrument, how to hold the mallets. etc. *note to professors. This is designed to be an online course. If your department's students are all subscribers of the site…
12 years 11 months ago - 0 comments
Online Courses
tonymiceli
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We are developing online courses. They will be kept here.
12 years 11 months ago - 0 comments
Comping Using The Diminished Scale
behng
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12 years 11 months ago - 0 comments
TOTM - Bebop - Make the Sound of the Chord Through the Line
tonymiceli
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12 years 11 months ago - 7 comments
Fm Blues Exercise by Behn Gillece
behng
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12 years 11 months ago - 0 comments
M55 for sale
vibraphonejill
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... ..... ... .... .... I have a beautiful 7-year-old M55 vibraphone for sale. I'm taking an extended trip to Australia and would like to purchase a more portable instrument (Malletkat) and can't afford both…
12 years 11 months ago - 3 comments
deagan 145b vibes
tmackay
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im posting this for ad for my friend in salem, oregon that has a set of deagan 145b vibes he is selling .. picture will be posted asap. not mint condition but restorable and playable .. if interested you can contact Mark Weisgram at 503…
12 years 11 months ago - 0 comments
Touring with Vibes: assembled or broken down?
JIm
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Hello all, I'm trying to find out if it is better for vibraphones to travel assembled or to be broken down every night for transportation? For the past 3 1/2 years my vibes have been traveling fully assembled in a custom case, in…
12 years 11 months ago - 13 comments
Solar
ryan mchenry
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I was working on some concepts Tony showed me in a lesson, specificly using the half whole scale in the V chord of a II V I. Recorded a drum track and put the vibes over it, just working on soloing over solar.
12 years 11 months ago - 2 comments
TOTM - The Art of Solo Vibes - I'm A Rhythm Kat by Tony Miceli
tonymiceli
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I was practicing rhythm changes today and thought my stuff sounded stale. So I put on the mallet kat made a sound I dug and now my stuff sounds hip!!! (at least to me!) Can you hear the form? With no accompaniment you get to stretch things…
12 years 10 months ago - 4 comments
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MIKE MAINIERI!
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
When I first heard the Steps Ahead album back in the eighties I was floored. Mike took the vibes into brand new territory! I'm a huge fan and today is his birthday so why don't all us VW cats wish him happy birthday.
12 years 11 months ago - 15 comments
Making Exercises Into Other Exercises by Behn Gillece
behng
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Ideas for getting the most out of one idea!
12 years 11 months ago - 0 comments
M55 - Gig Bags
Randy
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For those interested in gig bags for your vibraphone, here's some info.......In 2007, I had Peter at the Mooradian Co., Boston, MA, make custom bags for the Musser M55. I provided the dimensions. One bag, with a padded divider, carries…
12 years 11 months ago - 19 comments
3 Great Flute Players
tonymiceli
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Look who I had lunch with today!
12 years 11 months ago - 6 comments
Good Vibes radio September update
gloria krolak
Content type: Event
Hi All, Coming up in September's Good Vibes, west coast vibist Charlie Shoemake debuts with a cut from his CD Inside with a tribute to Victor Feldman, "Azul Serape." Here's the rest of the line-up: Gary, David, Mike, Eddie, Terry, Milt,…
12 years 11 months ago - 11 comments
Beast's Last Dance (goodbye to an old friend) by Corey Mwamba
Marie-Noëlle
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Corey is a member here, though he has a slightly different approach on vibes and on music than most of us. I think he's a great vibes player and person, with a true passion for the instrument like all of us. He recently decided to sell…
12 years 11 months ago - 4 comments
New York People!
Jdoubleday
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Hey Guys, I'm playing at Zinc Bar on August 30th with the Ralph Peterson Fo'tet. We play 3 sets. 1 at 8:00pm, 10:00pm, !2:00am. I hope I can see some fellow vibe players there! I'm also playing at Rue 57 on the 31st with the same group at…
12 years 11 months ago - 1 comments
Staying Loose
jazzdad6705
Content type: Blog entry
Greetings everyone, I've recently been enjoying working on exercises in "Velocity Warm-Ups: 92 Improvisional Patterns for Jazz Vibraphone and Marimba" by Charles Dowd. Some great ideas for practicing scales, arpeggios, modes... ects. I…
12 years 11 months ago - 7 comments
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