Ok, I have what I'll consider my first solo gig coming up. I've done a few before, but I did them because I needed the money and didn't a you know what about them. One was in a clothes store playing Christmas music. I was soooo broke. So I…
Hi Workshoppers:
If you're looking to celebrate both St Patrick's Day and the vibraphone this Sunday, I have the spot for you. My band, Nós Novo, will be playing a concert of mainly Irish folk songs and tunes at a house concert at Dupuy's…
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This month of February has been very rich with experiences! First our winter workshop took place in Germany. All first archives bellow. Then we finished our great lesson series with How Deep Is The Ocean and switched to our new Tune Of…
Happy Birthday to David Friedman!
This photo really sums up David. He is supportive of us and generous with his time. He cares about the instrument and it's players. He wants us to play our best FOR the instrument. I just love this guy.…
Ok, I finally got the courage to video myself practicing. This is my attempt to play over the changes to "The Best Things in Life are Free" with my usual band-in a box partner. I'm still working up a good version of the head and some…
Hi All,
I'm currently undertaking a Research Masters in Composition at the University of Sydney and invite Vibes Workshop members to take part in a short online survey of seven questions below to aid my research into the use of technology…
Hello guys, if anyone is interested in writing an article for the Percussive Arts Society magazine Percussive Notes, please email me for the details and to discuss possible topics. The article could be on topics associated with the…
Hey everyone,
I had the great opportunity to do a Skype lesson with Tony, Dimitris, and Denis today (who knew Babu's real name was Denis...learn something new everyday!). Denis mentioned a lot of the reasons why it was cool in his post,…
This is from a McCoy Tyner record called "A Night of Ballads and Blues." It's an awesome trio recording from 1963 on the Impulse label. He did a few trio records for Impulse, and they're my favorite piano trio recordings!
Imagine this,…
In one of the classes that gave David Friedman, taught us an a very good exercise to improve the tempo. The exercise is record yourself, a simple melody, solo or comping and after trying to play up the recording!! It seems simple, but it's…
Jazz vibraphone workshop in Paris with David Friedman and Philippe Macé. April 5st-7
Program :
April 5th from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm, meeting with students with Philippe Macé,
April 6th from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm with David Friedman and Philippe…
This is another of Chick Corea's great compositions. I'm sure Gary and Chick have recorded it but I don't know which CD it might be on.
The full version of the tune has an interlude section too, but I didn't include that for this…
Skype lessons are great. I learned a lot from the last one we did with Tony. I heard him playing a lick over a a half diminished chord and after I practised it in 12 keys I thought good idea to do free improvisation etude using this lick…
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Here is Hauke (right) from Germany and Tjaco having a lesson with David. Hauke is also one of our new members. It was great having him around! Let's keep in touch!! :o)
Hey,
those of you who took a look at my playing along with 'the weeping song' probably read that I was going to try a soloversion of another 'bad seeds' song : the shipsong.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4VWKbZkIcM
I already started it…
Hallo everyone, thank you for such great time last week. You filled me up with soul, spirit, music ,... .I met so many wonderful persons and they all play vibes!!!! It was a pleasure to be your host and I hope you had a good time. I want…
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