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Warren is a pretty heavy cat in my book!
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Hello all, I'm wondering if all proficient players hear what they are going to play before they play it. I was a drummer before going to vibes, and I was able to ear what to play before I would play it. Hearing and instantly knowing how to…
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Hey everyone, I started to work on septembersong (Kurt Weill). In the picture you see the voicings for the 1th 8 bars I made for the A section. Am I making big mistakes in this ? or does it look like something I can work with ? Thanks in…
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This is the 2nd octaves etude. It has similarities to the first, although some of the voice leading notes are different. Also, this one has full voicings with the octaves, and I've added the rest of the form. It's kind of tough, and it…
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Here's the first etude for the octaves study over our TOTM "Alone Together". I tried to keep some of the same voice leading concepts from my dampening etudes, so if you worked on the dampening part, you will have a head start here! Focus…
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Quick note for PASIC 2014. I'll be at the Malletech booth and look forward to meeting you all! Friday before the Manieri concert I'm having a meet up at the Malletech booth at 5:30 pm. Then we can all go out and get something to eat…
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Both Tony and Benh inspire me in this one. I reach 290 in I got rythm. Still a bit ackward but practicing at these tempos should give me more suppleness. Go back to my vibe .... ;o )
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I mention 5ths in the beginning of the video. I play 5ths but then quickly dive in to 4ths as I'm playing. So think 5ths and 4ths as I talk. Of course an inverted 5th is a 4th and vice versa.
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I saw that Tony and Behn selected Summertime and Wave for TOTM. Both great songs. Here's a clip that I made in my studio with good friend and bassist Mark Carlsen. I love anything written by Carlos Jobim. There are so many great…
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Hello again, i just finished another Video of M-Dur. This is one of our "evergreens". We arranged it in the summer of 2010 i think and we play it in every concert i guess. Always the last tune before the encores. ;) I love to play it! It's…
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I need to secure a vibraphone for an upcoming tour slated for February 13th thru the 25th. Please contact me at tmacaoidh@gmail.com for more information reguarding the tour.
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I started practicing Alone Together on piano, recorded it and overdubbed vibes. Work-in-Progress. Barry
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I think the new TOTM is a great selection. Alone Together is a very hip tune to play on. Thought I would post this from a past concert to perhaps generate some ideas and approaches to work on. This clip includes a few things like playing…
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Hey Everyone, December's Good Vibes (the 1st and the 4th) will be on the air before we know it. Here's a preview: Introducing three vibes players, Warren Chiasson, Onaje Murray and Tyree Glenn. Glenn played both trombone and vibes,…
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Here are some alternate changes I use for the the 9th thru 11th bar of Alone Together. The typical change is Bmin7 E7 Gmin7 C7 F f7 emin7b5 A79 Dmaj7. My substitution is Bmin7 Bb7#11 Amin7 Ab7#5 Gmin7b5 Gb7#9 Emin7b5 A7 Dmaj7. Check out…
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Here's the final dampening etude. It's complete with the bridge and last A, along with a few fun, new voicings! Enjoy!
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Here's an idea to incorporate into your playing which works well over Alone Together. -Tyler
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Hi mallet folks. I will be touring in Europe in January and I need help finding a vibraphone rental for a concert in Linz, Austria on january 20, 2014. Please respond to tom@tombeckham.net 917-653-6693. Thanks very much! Tom Beckham
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Hey All So, I have a friend who makes ribbon mics for acoustic bass. His name is Brandon (an excellent bassist here in the bay area) His mic is called the Troll Ribbon mic. I have had one on trial before and really loved the sound for bass…
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Here is a belated Halloween tune. I recently discovered the tune JuJu by Wayne Shorter. My arrangement is inspired the version by Philly pianist Tom Lawton. https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/retrospective-debut/id400295067 http://www.…
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To go along with our TOTM a slow version jazz messengers Kenny Durham Saindon, Liebman, Wilson and Clark Yo here's Tony Ella MILES w teddy Charles
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I'm calling this the twin to the first dampening etude. It picks up where the other one left off, except this one is a 4 mallet etude. Although it's 4 mallets, you'll find that I kept many of the moving lines from the first one. So the…
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