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Joe Locke, Geoffrey Keezer, Tim Garland - Storms/Nocturnes - VIA - Available now!
Marie-Noëlle
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| Today is the official release date of Joe Locke's latest album in trio with long time partners and friends pianist Geoffrey Keezer and saxophonist Tim Garland. I've had the chance to listen to it and man this is beautiful! No bass or…
14 years 2 months ago - 6 comments
Music Improvisation
Piper
Content type: Blog entry
I think we might go overboard sometimes by suggesting that there is only one legitimate improvisational language in music and it comes from Bebop/blues/jazz. We tend to require some historical quote from the "jazz language" or it is…
14 years 2 months ago - 15 comments
Fried Bananas (my final take)
Philippe
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I recorded Fried Ban. this morning, did about about ten takes until I got one that sounded OK to me, and when I finished, I realized that all the time my two mics had been above the drum set, where I put them yesterday. So the vibes sound…
14 years 2 months ago - 4 comments
Texas Hoedown (1st attempt) by Tarik Dosdogru
vibraman
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hey everybody, few weeks ago i heard this tune wonderful (and much much better than me) played on youtube. i was blown away by the composition of david and the performance of course too. to me it´s one of the best solo vibes pieces i ever…
13 years 7 months ago - 5 comments
Gary! by Ed Mann
edmann
Content type: Forum topic
Gary Burton was one person of 3 - the other 2 being Dave Samuels and Milt Jackson, who inspired me to start playing vibes at age 17. I listened to all of Gary's records way back then and learned the tunes by ear...recently (thanks to VW) I…
13 years 6 months ago - 3 comments
Van der Plas Workshop 2011 - Moritz Wachter - Germany
Marie-Noëlle
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Photo by Jeroen de Rijk
14 years 2 months ago - 3 comments
Bar post insulators
Neil S
Content type: Forum topic
Hello, I've read on another vibraphone forum that silicone is the best material for bar post insulators. One posting suggested the following specs for the tubing. Has anyone on this forum used tubing of this specification for a Musser M75…
14 years 2 months ago - 0 comments
Friedman Etude No. 21 by Joe Veltri
Joe Veltri
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Suggestions are welcome! Joe
13 years 8 months ago - 2 comments
Friedman Etude No. 20 by Joe Veltri
Joe Veltri
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I tried to add some dynamics to make it a little more interesting. That being said, it's not note perfect (but it's pretty close!). Criticism is welcome as always! Joe
13 years 8 months ago - 6 comments
Metronome: 1 and 3 or 2 and 4
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
Which one are you and why? I'm a 2 and 4 guy, but today I was messing around with 1 and 3 and digging it and seeing the possibilities.
14 years 2 months ago - 12 comments
Deagan Aurora 1100 for sale... Location Paris..4200 Euros OBO
mnomusic
Content type: Forum topic
Hi, I think I'm going to sell my beautiful vibes. I'm moving back to North America and and trying to reduce the amount of stuff I need to ship. Was tuned and relaqured a few years back by Gilberto. It has a couple weird things (motor…
14 years 2 months ago - 3 comments
TOTM - Fried Bananas - Lines 2 by Tony Miceli
tonymiceli
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13 years 8 months ago - 1 comments
In The Beginning by Karl Berger & William Goldstein
Marie-Noëlle
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From FB, I came across a piece of music with a vibist I didn't know: Karl Berger. This piece was... well a bit too much for me... Still curious, I went to Youtube and found this totally different piece with same vibist... Beautiful all the…
13 years 7 months ago - 6 comments
Adagio from Violin Sonata 1 by Ted Wolff
tedwolff
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Some weeks ago Tony posted the first movement from Bach's violin sonata 1. It reminded me (again!) of how wonderful those pieces sound on vibes as well as violin. The clip I'm posting here was done quite a number of years ago. Because it…
14 years 2 months ago - 3 comments
A Few Things for Beginners to Practice
tonymiceli
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14 years 2 months ago - 1 comments
White Knuckles
tonymiceli
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Hey everyone, please welcome Casey Cangelosi. We're hoping Casey is going to be our marimba specialist on the site! Here's his first test video. It's not perfect but I thought I'd post it anyway!
14 years 2 months ago - 3 comments
soft cases for M55??
mnomusic
Content type: Forum topic
Hey out there.. have any of you ever heard of anyone making custom soft cases for an M55. If so, where, how, who, was it a good ideal. Gotta be cheaper then the Musser hard and heavy cases(M149). Since there is now basically no option…
14 years 2 months ago - 2 comments
Ted Piltzecker - live
toddc
Content type: Blog entry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGTxqlteh50&feature=player_embedded#!
14 years 2 months ago - 5 comments
2011 End of the Semester
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
Once again it's the end of the semester and I'm going nuts. However I'm thinking to the summer. You know guys, I would really like to work on connecting us all in some way. But it requires effort on all of our parts. For instance, what…
14 years 2 months ago - 0 comments
Interesting Photo
tonymiceli
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14 years 2 months ago - 7 comments
TOTM - Blue Bossa - Play A Long by Dana Sudborough
DanaSud
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Updates for the PAL: less vibrato on the keys (no more pitch bend) tighter percussion track include 442 (Sorry if I mixed up the titles on this....LMK if you find one that is backwards) different keys different speeds
13 years 8 months ago - 8 comments
TOTM - Fried Bananas - Lines 1 by Tony Miceli
tonymiceli
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13 years 8 months ago - 4 comments
Straight Up and Down
tonymiceli
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14 years 2 months ago - 0 comments
Happy Birthday Tony - From David Friedman
David Friedman
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I'm posting this video for David. Enjoy Tony! TJ
14 years 2 months ago - 14 comments
Autumn Leaves (solo attempt) by Timmy Doyle
TimmyDoyle
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This is a video I did a few months ago of me playing Autumn leaves. I really struggle with these solo performances (especially improvising over changes!) What's my weakness? And the next step to improving? Any other points to make?
13 years 7 months ago - 8 comments
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