One year ago I was having in my mind to create a combo where the vibes would take an important place, with my dream of maybe in the future be able to play with 4 mallets…..
In January I subscribed to the site (took me one month and a half…
Barryk sent me a musser on Craig's list for $1000 dollars. It was for sale in Pennsylvania, my home state. I went to scoop it up. It needed some work the ad said. Ok, I'd buy it and fix it up and then work something out with a great…
Hello everyone,
November is a very creative month for me. One of the things I did was my participation in the berklee audition world tour, in Athens and it was a great expirience. Also I had the opportunity to jam with the teachers from…
Hey guys.
Playing tonight at Somethin' Jazz Club 8.30pm-10.00pm - 212 E. 52nd St. 3Fl. (b/2nd & 3rd Ave.) New York, NY 10022
CD realease for my album BURBANK - http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/burbank/id423918602
Hope to see some cats…
Hey everyone!
Been a while since I've been up on here unfortunately, but I have some exciting news!
I'll be back in New York for some gigs to release the album I recorded at Bennett Studios last December - BURBANK.
If anyone is in New York…
Ok, let's close this up. There are a lot of lessons now about chords and harmony. For those of you who studied I'm sure you learned a ton.
So now demonstrate it. Work on a tune for a couple days and post something. Play chord melody,…
If you're driving to Holland for the workshop this February, put your vibes in the car and put them in your hotel room. Then you can practice at night for a bit. even if you have to play quietly.
I imagine February will be a slow time for…
With Barry practicing pop tunes and Steve Shapiro posting a great rendition of a Hall and Oates tune, I thought I would post this. It's a new group that I recently put together. We're starting to rehearse and hopefully we'll get some gigs…
Hello Vibists!
I'm searching a vibraphone as small (thin bar), cheap and old (second hand) as possible. Preferably in Europe because of the shipment costs. If anybody have some information about it I would be very grateful!
Thanks, Hugs!
Hi, Today I spent some hours adapting Monk's Just a Gigolo, from a recording. It's not as well played as it could be (I need to work at it again), but I'll post it all the same. When I'm ready, I'll add an impro, but the time is not right…
This is a tune I have been working on for a few weeks just to get a handle on, I have kept it simple with an Aebersold backing track, I hope to do more with it like comping the chords filling in the gaps and just use bass and drums but I…
Here's the second hour from the October '11 Good Vibes radio program. The hour opens and closes with some dynamite Terry Gibbs. Did you know someone nicknamed him the Energizer Bunny of Jazz?
Reminder: The November show will air again…
Hi Everybody,
I am posting the Good Vibes radio program on the site for you to listen to at your leisure. This is the first hour. Because of the size I believe I have to post each hour separately.
This is the first time Tony and I have…
By Lindsay Gilmour And The Organic Planet Band
You know one of my favorite bands I every played with was a folk band. I really miss it. It's kind of cool playing music that's a little more accepted. Did I say a little? A lot.
I love this…
Hey guys! I just thought I would post this thing I recorded with a group that I play with every week at Wally's. We all transcribe an album a week and play them on Saturday and then we host the jam session afterward.
http://soundcloud.com/…
I think I've posted this before but I'm not sure. This would make a great EOTM (Exercise of the Month). Might not be as easy as it looks. The left hand plays the double stops.
Did I ever post this??? This is a great lesson by my mentor.
Chinese translation is for Chinese students
有很多Steve的學生問他說怎麼樣才可以增加和弦的詞彙,有些學生甚至會買很多關於和弦的書回家研究,並且想要藉此增加和弦的詞彙,但是Steve認為要用開放的思考模式來想這些和弦詞彙,比如說C大調三和弦一般人會認為這樣的音程關係就會存在C大調的一級和弦中,…
Vince Lardere, a great local alto player came to University of the Arts and did a workshop on the bebop scale that the students LOVED. So I asked Vince to come over so I can video the workshop. This was great stuff. So maybe we should…
Hi everybody.
How to play the vibes in a rock project?
A few time ago, I was vibist in a rock band called Amédée colère. it is sung in french.
We have experimented a lot of combination for my sound :comping, chord or not, riff ,jazz or not…