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The master-apprentice relationship
Patty
Content type: Blog entry
I had a lesson with Tony today and after the lesson we started talking about learning the tradition and how mentors are key figures in that process. I was telling him that I read an article about this issue on a magazine. The name of the…
13 years 9 months ago - 6 comments
What Chord Is This? #1
tonymiceli
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Sure it's C/C# but it's a bunch of other chords. The thing about the vibes is since we omit the root and even the fifth we can reuse voicings for other chords. So name them.
13 years 9 months ago - 14 comments
Hiromi - Jazz in Marciac 2010 - Pachelbel groove :o)
Marie-Noëlle
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Oh man... This vid was posted on our friend Moritz' FB profile... no comment... If you don't like the metal sound at the start, just wait till 2'44... and enjoy! ;-) - M
13 years 9 months ago - 2 comments
What Chord Is This? #4
tonymiceli
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Ok here's the deal with this one. Add the fourth note and then tell me all the possibilities of chords. For instance I'll add a D in the voicing. So it could be a Bbmaj7b5. What else could it be. There's more. After this add a different…
13 years 9 months ago - 4 comments
Welcome University of Delaware Students
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
We're welcoming back the University of Delaware percussion department. So why don't you guys introduce yourselves. Tell us what year you're in and where you're from!
13 years 9 months ago - 0 comments
Four Chord, what is it?
Frans
Content type: Forum topic
What is a Four Cord? In the Jazz Vibraphone book on the Milt Jackson chapter I read on page 33: "Blue notes emphasizing the Four Chord" and "One Chord Dominant 7th, b9 scale leading to Four Chord". I have no idea what is referred to. Who…
13 years 9 months ago - 1 comments
Kurt Rosenwinkel - Untitled Improv
tonymiceli
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Watch this and imagine doing this on the vibes. It works right? This is what I talk about when I say to me the vibes are very similar to the guitar. Conceptually this style and approach is in a big way (although not the only way) how we…
13 years 9 months ago - 4 comments
What Chord Is This? #3
tonymiceli
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I used to write the chord on a piece of paper and then list all the possibilities. Next I'd go through and try to play the voicing in a few tunes. What are all the possibilities of this voicing?
13 years 9 months ago - 3 comments
Trio Evolution
Steve Shapiro
Content type: Audio Player
Hey VW, Tony is always encouraging folks to share what they are working on, and I like being able to do that on the site. I thought Joe's Cyclic Episode trio sounded great! I am also trying to keep a trio going these days (here is a…
13 years 9 months ago - 12 comments
The Dream by Alexandru Anastasiu
tonymiceli
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Alexandru Anastasiu is a buddy of mine (via the internet) and a great classical vibe player. I just got his cd and have been listening to bits of it via my crazy schedule! The CD is great and very different from what we're used to hearing…
13 years 6 months ago - 3 comments
Iron Butterfly on marimba!
illya
Content type: Audio Player
Here is a piece originaly played by the hippy band Iron Buterfly called "In a Gadda Da Vida". This Nguyen Lê's band (guitare) :"song of freedom" with Linley Marthe on bass, Stephane Galland on drums and myself on marimba.
13 years 9 months ago - 9 comments
Robert McDonald - My Trio "At A Glance" (trying to fix the audio sync :D)
Robert McDonald
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13 years 9 months ago - 4 comments
9-11
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
It seems to me that 9/11 had a profound effect on the music business. I've never heard that talked about. As I remember it was after 9/11 that all the New York gigs fell apart. No one was going outside. All the clubs started doing the door…
13 years 9 months ago - 1 comments
An Interesting Scale - Part 4 - Playing Along With 'A Night In Tunisia'
tonymiceli
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13 years 9 months ago - 2 comments
Straight No Chaser
johndaly
Content type: Audio Player
I recorded this with Mark;s bass line after I got the count in sorted, and put a harmony line on top, tried to keep it strictly to the notes but of course played few pinky's anyway here it is. Comments welcome
13 years 10 months ago - 3 comments
Warren Wolf - Practicing on I Hear A Rhapsody
tonymiceli
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13 years 3 months ago - 4 comments
The Art of the Line - Warren Wolf on Marimba
tonymiceli
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This is GReat!
13 years 10 months ago - 4 comments
Practice Space Mascot
Gary Rich
Content type: Images
My practice space mascot. Needed something to replace that picture of vibe springs I posted earlier.
13 years 10 months ago - 0 comments
BarryK, is this what you were asking for?
Gary Rich
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Two springs hooked together.
13 years 10 months ago - 0 comments
Cyclic Episode
Jdoubleday
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"Cyclic Episode"- by Sam Rivers Joe Doubleday- Vibraphone Hoo Younghoo Kim- Bass Angelo Spampinato- Drums
13 years 10 months ago - 6 comments
The Day After Test
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
If you play and record yourself, give yourself the day after test. Don't delete the files, put them away and come back the next day or after that and listen. Watch how what you thought can change!
13 years 10 months ago - 1 comments
Joe Locke & Ed Saindon performing Hope
ed saindon
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Here's a clip of Joe and I playing my original composition Hope. Joe plays a beautiful solo introduction on it as well as great lines over the Gb drone. Here's a copy of the lead sheet in case anyone wants to follow along: http://www.…
13 years 10 months ago - 8 comments
Essential Blues Heads
tonymiceli
Content type: Story
How about we build a list of Essential Blues heads. The must knows. Billies Bounce Bags Groove (of course) Sonymoon for Two Straight No Chaser Footprints Berks Works I'll stop there. what others? it would be great if we had a list of 20 of…
13 years 10 months ago - 11 comments
Vibe Diary - Sept. 8, 2011
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
I've been recording myself playing tunes solo the last couple of nights. I play several versions of the tune, listen to it, critique it and then play a few more. What I like about that is you play for about 30 minutes and then listen for…
13 years 10 months ago - 1 comments
Pedal and damper
nico
Content type: Forum topic
When I started building my very first vibe some 15 (or was it more?) years ago, I made a smallwidth pedal for it. With that pedal I got quite some problems: - the damperbar was pulled down unevenly - eventho it was only a 3 octaves with…
13 years 10 months ago - 1 comments
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