This etude is deceptively SUPER hard!!! I think when we have chord melodies, we rely heavily on our knowledge of voicings, and that helps guide us through tunes.
But when you do something with two voices, it's almost like there's more to…
I'm playing a faster, pretty heavy chart with the big band I play in, and I've found that when I play loudly, my ring fingers on both hands press into the mallet really hard and it becomes painful after playing for half an hour…
Jasper's Jive from Vibraphone Virtuosity Volume 1 by David Kovins Published by Hal Leonard
Performed in concert at Cami Hall in NYC with jazz trio - 1984
Our buddy Bruce Wells died yesterday. Just passing the news on. Bruce was a great guy who played vibes for many many years.
He was a great friend of the site and will be missed!
Hi Guys this month i'm going to do a really basic lesson for those of you who still have problem playing chords on the vibes, Remember to download the pdf before watching the lesson in order to understand what I'm doing!
As usual feel free…
Hi Guys this month i'm going to do a really basic lesson for those of you who still have problem playing 6th chords on the vibes, Remember to download the pdf before watching the lesson in order to understand what I'm doing!
As usual feel…
Hi Guys this month i'm going to do a really basic lesson for those of you who still have problem playing 7th chords on the vibes, Remember to download the pdf before watching the lesson in order to understand what I'm doing!
As usual feel…
Hi All,
Just a few words about February's show:
It airs on Feb 7, what would have been Ray Alexander's birthday. I play his "Georgia On My Mind." Behn's birthday follows shortly after and I give him a birthday shout-out, playing "…
Hello everyone,
It's been a while since I posted anything here and I hate to ask something after a long time but I need a vibraphone in London 7 and 8 April. Anyone could help me out?
Any info or any offer would be highly appreciated.
I…
Continuing on a series of lessons about different ways to approach learning tunes. Today I wanted to talk about contrafacts and show a recent example of one of mine.
-Tyler
I have been communicating with Fisher Ishell about his new Vibraphone Pickup system. I was curious about it because it uses contact microphones instead of piezo pickups. I have a lot of experience with contact microphones on the acoustic…
Vibes and bass duo at Li's in Haverhill, MA on 1/16/16. Always a fun gig playing with Mark and a great hang with family and friends during the breaks. Here's a little taste from this past Saturday night gig.
