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Ornithology - practicing with the fast abershold guys
vibraman
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today i tried to practice be bop... wow those abershold guys are so fast, i sucked on the head. it´s so difficult to think that fast on those bebop tunes... if someone has a tip besides practicing slowly (i know and did it already but…
14 years 7 months ago - 7 comments
General Mood by Gary Burton (Berlin 1967)
Carlos Maldonado
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I am a huge fan of Gary and this video I found! Very Interesting I think is from the pre rock/jazz/ fusion stuff also you can see some dampening techniques and great solo.. Larry Coryell -guitar
14 years 3 months ago - 8 comments
Ireland Workshop 2011 - Tony Miceli Quartet Ireland plays MJQ
johndaly
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This is a warm up MJQ tune we played during our sound check for our first gig with Tony, The quality is not bad, its a mix direct from the desk, pity is the gig was a great gig but the Bass died on the recording for the whole set except…
14 years 7 months ago - 9 comments
Dance for Vibes/Piano
ntvito
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I'm working on a duo project with a pianist from my school, and we want to do a piece with a dancer, or a small group of dancers. We've been looking thorugh some pieces, but maybe someone will have a suggestion for us. Has anybody…
14 years 7 months ago - 2 comments
TOTM - Blues - Comping Ideas Using the Blues Scale by Tony Miceli (Video)
tonymiceli
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14 years 5 months ago - 5 comments
Check Out Vid Jamnik
tonymiceli
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Vid is a young talent I'm sure we'll all keep an eye on as he's young and sounds great!
14 years 7 months ago - 16 comments
New Website
Tylerblanton
Content type: Blog entry
Hey Vibes Workers. I wanted to share with you my new website. Please give it a look; www.tylerblanton.net Feel free to send me a note via the "Contact" page if you want to be added to my email list to be informed of shows in your area -…
14 years 7 months ago - 2 comments
Mallets in India?!
rapmein
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does anybody know somebody in india who plays vibraphon, marimba,percussion etc. or somebody who rents instruments there? raphael
14 years 7 months ago - 1 comments
EOTM - Thanks to Marcel Pascual
tonymiceli
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Marcel posted this exercise in a comment to barryk. I thought I would turn it into the EOTM! here's marcel's comment: ------------------------------------ I often look into exercises of rudimental or technical snare drum books to aply to…
14 years 7 months ago - 0 comments
I want to be a cheyenne or cherokee, or a member of the joe locke tribu!
arturo serra
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hi people I´m not sure if the people see this but it is incredible!! I would like to be from the same indian tribu where our dear joe locke was! (jejejeje) incredible solo and relaxing feel, joe! a pleasure!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…
14 years 7 months ago - 3 comments
The Hardest Scale to Play on a Vibraphone
BarryK
Content type: Blog entry
My goal for this year is to learn to play scales and modes. I am having such difficulty playing the simple C scale with any speed, on the Vibraphone. I can play it slowly but when I try to play fast, I tend to double notes or miss them…
14 years 7 months ago - 11 comments
Strangers in Paradise - Bloque 53 (Latin Jazz/Salsa)
Marcel Pascual
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With Bloque 53 playing Strangers in Paradise near Barcelona, last friday.
14 years 7 months ago - 5 comments
Joe Locke & Ed Saindon performing the Beatle's Blackbird
ed saindon
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Hello guys, here's another clip from the Berklee recital Joe and I played. This is a clip of us playing the Beatle's Blackbird. We played it with an AAB form. Joe came up with a lead sheet that includes some specific rhythmic chord hits.…
14 years 7 months ago - 10 comments
Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams - Locke/Saindon
ed saindon
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A clip of Joe and I playing the standard (1931) Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams. A fun tune to play stride and 4 beats to bar time feel as in Freddie Green w/Basie, Dave McKenna, Errol Garner, George Shearing, etc. These changes are what…
14 years 7 months ago - 8 comments
Contextual Based Improv Duet by Robert MacDonald (Vibes & Trombone)
Robert McDonald
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This is the first of 3 improvisation, which were conducted in a Melbourne city park in the rotunda at midnight in the midst of a ferocious summer storm. It is the first of many different improvisations i have recorded in different…
14 years 4 months ago - 10 comments
TOTM - Someday My Prince Will Come - Voicings by Philippe Macé (Video)
Philippe Mace
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14 years 5 months ago - 10 comments
Solo Intro On Sword of Whispers
Joe Locke
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A totally beautiful solo by Joe! This is from his tune Sword of Whispers. The sheet music can be found on Joe's site.
14 years 7 months ago - 5 comments
El Dia Que Me Quieras by Patrice Guillon
Patrice
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El Dia Que Me Quieras (C.Gardel) Patrice Guillon
14 years 4 months ago - 11 comments
The Start
nico
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Looking forward to working with you all on this forum again: reminds me back to the old glory days of the vibe.net Indeed Tony has been pushing me a lot to do this. Not that I never wanted to, but just didn't find the right moment to start…
14 years 7 months ago - 0 comments
What's the future of this instrument?
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
I had a great talk with Ed via email. We talked about whether the vibraphone was on it's last leg or not. I won't go into our conversation yet, because I'd like to hear what you guys have to say first. I waited for New Years day to post…
14 years 7 months ago - 38 comments
I Remember You - Stride 110830 by BarryK
BarryK
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Inspired by Marcel Pascual's beautiful arrangement of "I Remember You", I decided to learn it. Somehow, it turned into a stride arrangement. Barry
14 years 7 months ago - 17 comments
A day for the Irish
johndaly
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Just to wish all you vibers who are Irish or half Irish or who think or wish they were Irish a Happy St Patricks Day to you all, keep vibing. "Slainte Go Beo" Go raibh do ghloine lán go deo. Go raibh láidir go breá an dion thar do cheann.…
14 years 7 months ago - 6 comments
Cases for Moving M55's
tpvibe
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Hi Toni, Any suggestions on which is the best way to move a MUSSER M55 on a plane ? Thanks.
14 years 7 months ago - 3 comments
Vibes Album Covers
Marcel Pascual
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Hi Vibes Lovers! Sometimes when I'm looking for vibes albums I find that, altough the instrument is not very popular, or perhaps because of it, the vibraphone has especial atractive for the cover image. Bars, mallets, ressonators, frame,…
14 years 7 months ago - 6 comments
Blues from Lionel Hampton
Gary Rich
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I've pulled this 1988 CD out of the stacks in honor of this month's TOTM. It's a mix of standards and blues. Very nice listening! It has Hamp's version of "Someday My Prince Will Come", the TOTM we worked on in July. And best of all, there…
14 years 7 months ago - 1 comments
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