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Solar
ryan mchenry
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I was working on some concepts Tony showed me in a lesson, specificly using the half whole scale in the V chord of a II V I. Recorded a drum track and put the vibes over it, just working on soloing over solar.
12 years 10 months ago - 2 comments
TOTM - The Art of Solo Vibes - I'm A Rhythm Kat by Tony Miceli
tonymiceli
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I was practicing rhythm changes today and thought my stuff sounded stale. So I put on the mallet kat made a sound I dug and now my stuff sounds hip!!! (at least to me!) Can you hear the form? With no accompaniment you get to stretch things…
12 years 9 months ago - 4 comments
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MIKE MAINIERI!
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
When I first heard the Steps Ahead album back in the eighties I was floored. Mike took the vibes into brand new territory! I'm a huge fan and today is his birthday so why don't all us VW cats wish him happy birthday.
12 years 10 months ago - 15 comments
Making Exercises Into Other Exercises by Behn Gillece
behng
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Ideas for getting the most out of one idea!
12 years 10 months ago - 0 comments
M55 - Gig Bags
Randy
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For those interested in gig bags for your vibraphone, here's some info.......In 2007, I had Peter at the Mooradian Co., Boston, MA, make custom bags for the Musser M55. I provided the dimensions. One bag, with a padded divider, carries…
12 years 10 months ago - 19 comments
3 Great Flute Players
tonymiceli
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Look who I had lunch with today!
12 years 10 months ago - 6 comments
Good Vibes radio September update
gloria krolak
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Hi All, Coming up in September's Good Vibes, west coast vibist Charlie Shoemake debuts with a cut from his CD Inside with a tribute to Victor Feldman, "Azul Serape." Here's the rest of the line-up: Gary, David, Mike, Eddie, Terry, Milt,…
12 years 10 months ago - 11 comments
Beast's Last Dance (goodbye to an old friend) by Corey Mwamba
Marie-Noëlle
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Corey is a member here, though he has a slightly different approach on vibes and on music than most of us. I think he's a great vibes player and person, with a true passion for the instrument like all of us. He recently decided to sell…
12 years 10 months ago - 4 comments
New York People!
Jdoubleday
Content type: Event
Hey Guys, I'm playing at Zinc Bar on August 30th with the Ralph Peterson Fo'tet. We play 3 sets. 1 at 8:00pm, 10:00pm, !2:00am. I hope I can see some fellow vibe players there! I'm also playing at Rue 57 on the 31st with the same group at…
12 years 10 months ago - 1 comments
Staying Loose
jazzdad6705
Content type: Blog entry
Greetings everyone, I've recently been enjoying working on exercises in "Velocity Warm-Ups: 92 Improvisional Patterns for Jazz Vibraphone and Marimba" by Charles Dowd. Some great ideas for practicing scales, arpeggios, modes... ects. I…
12 years 10 months ago - 7 comments
Fo'tet at Zinc
Jdoubleday
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12 years 10 months ago - 0 comments
Cheesecake Exercise by Behn Gillece
behng
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Here's an exercise based on the Dexter Gordon tune, "Cheesecake". Good for developing ideas in minor.
12 years 10 months ago - 0 comments
Stan Getz - Gary Burton Concert (full)
tonymiceli
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Thanks to Arturo!
12 years 10 months ago - 1 comments
Five Fans - Spöring Trio Live
vibraman
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hi, this taken from one of my last gigs during this summer (believe it or not that´s the summer in germany!) unfortunatley the vibe is a bit low during comping. hope you like it. tarik
12 years 10 months ago - 5 comments
Tony on a giant screen! - Korea
Marie-Noëlle
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| Look at that awesome picture!! Tony is currently spreading the good vibes in Korea! And they do things "in big"! Go Tony!!! :o) ps: special thanks to Sangwon, Tony's Korean student and member here, for making it happen!
12 years 10 months ago - 4 comments
Softly As A Morning Sunrise by Ben Thomas & Co
Marie-Noëlle
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Here's a very cool and recent performance of Ben Thomas. Ben is a member here. He lives in Seatle and sometimes pays us a little visit. Enjoy! :o)
12 years 10 months ago - 4 comments
Check Out This Marimbaphone!
tonymiceli
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This is how it all started. Thanks for Barryk for spotting this!
12 years 10 months ago - 8 comments
Move Over (Janis Joplin) - By Franck Tortiller Orchestra
Marie-Noëlle
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French vibist Franck Tortiller is to launch in November a tribute album to Janis Joplin. Here is a excerpt... with Monsieur Jacques Mahieux on vocals! Enjoy!
12 years 10 months ago - 8 comments
Solo blues etude (From ed Saindon's lesson) by Dimitris Angelakis
dimitris
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Hello guys, I started to work on the solo lessons yesterday and I was watching some youtube videos from Marie's post on "listen first" (http://www.vibesworkshop.com/video/totm-art-solo-vibes-listen-first/mar…) and I accidentally saw this…
12 years 10 months ago - 4 comments
Hallelujah by Franck Tortiller
Marie-Noëlle
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Beautiful! This is how started my day... Could have been worth, huh? I only truly recognized the tune around the end, but it's even better I think. I love the "shadowed" intro, the feeling all through the piece, the loneliness and…
12 years 10 months ago - 10 comments
Safe Chord Lesson by Behn Gillece
behng
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12 years 10 months ago - 1 comments
Rusty Burge (vb) performing Ida Spoon with Ted Nash (sx)
rbvibe
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This clip is from a gig last January playing Ted's composition Ida Spoons which is based on Stella. The cameraman missed the head and part of Ted's solo which is a shame. Ted is composer/saxophonist with Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra…
12 years 10 months ago - 8 comments
TOTM- Bebop- Diatonic Improv etude by Dimitris Angelakis
dimitris
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This is my last etude on the bebop lessons. Ofcorse this is not the end but the beginning. I now really know what to do and what to practise and that's great! Thanks all the guys for these lessons. I was practising a TOny's lesson which is…
12 years 10 months ago - 1 comments
Lamenting my old m48
tmackay
Content type: Blog entry
man sometime you just lament about selling any instrument ... years ago i bought my first vibraphone which was in 1987. a new musser m 48 .. serial number was 153.. wow .. when i was on tour with 3 leg torso out of portland in 2004 the bar…
12 years 10 months ago - 0 comments
My First Jazz Gig
c.stallard22
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My First Jazz Gig So...I don't usually write blog entries, but I figured I'd share some insight from my first-ever jazz gig in the community last week. I know some of you are old pros at gigging, but for those who aren't, here is one…
12 years 10 months ago - 4 comments
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