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Brand new to the site, and hopefully a first-time vibe owner soon. I'm considering purchase of a 1954-56 M75 in pretty nice shape. This will be my first vibe (first large keyboard perc. instrument), and the start of my journey to…
Although Gary has said in another post that he doesn't run into the issue, I've always had problems with my mallets bumping into each other using the Burton Grip. I had sort of an Aha moment and I wanted to share with y'all.
I've…
Motivic Playing on the first 8 bars of "Take The A Train"
Motivic Playing is one of the chapters that will be addressed in Volume Two of The Complete Guide To Improvisation. Here is an example of motivic playing on the first 8 measures of…
Hi All,
I have an old Jenco set and the case that I have for the resonators is literally falling apart. I was thinking about getting a custom soft case built to carry the resonators and wanted to know if anyone had a recommendation for a…
This a part of our weekly workshops where we had to play a free piece. Tony is the man! We gather all together almost every sunday and play tunes/talk about music. This video has for me a lot of emotions in there and I really hope me and…
Upper Structure Triads - First 8 bars of "Autumn Leaves"
Upper Structure Triads (USTs) is one of the chapters that will be addressed in Volume Two of The Complete Guide To Improvisation. Here is an example that illustrates the use of USTs…
I acquired a Yamaha YV-1600 that seems to have been stored in a rather dusty and humid environment. I just finished cleaning it completely, getting crud out of the resonators and using about a hundred Q-Tips to get all the dirt out of…
Practicing solo vibraphone today on Body & Soul. A few things that I was thinking about during this practice session included: enhancing the harmony via added tensions, Upper Structure Triads and a variety of voicings, varying the…
All consumer video recorders, or camcorders, produce good to excellent video, but usually terrible audio. I have an inexpensive Kodak Zi8 camera, which has an external mic-in port. I can get sort of ok audio when I use a good condenser mic…
Hi Everyone,
It's springtime, or it will be when my April show airs on the 6th and 9th. Hendrik Meurkens is on the bill playing with Chuck Redd, neither one of them on vibes, and then Cal Tjader on the drums with Gus Mancuso. Hagood…
