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Hi all, Here's another clip from some gigs I did recently in Chicago. This is one of my tunes called "Little Echo". Hope you like it! Behn
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Loose Wheels
Mike Horsfall
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One of the wheels on my M-51 Musser vibe falls out. Does anyone have any tips on where to go to get this fixed. Thanks. MH
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Young musicians beginning their career at this level...
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Right across the way from us is a GREAT xylo workshop with the great Bob Becker teaching 10 percussionists from all over the world about the world of ragtime. Here's a piece that features a great Philly percussionist Harvey Price. He's…
13 years 11 months ago - 1 comments
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I'm curious about other people's experience with mallet break in. I have a set of mallets that sounded really harsh (i.e. too hard) when I first played them and now they sound really great. A few years ago I bought the now discontinued…
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Dave is talking about minor voicings.
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Mario Diciutis Jams on the MalletKat with David Friedman on vibes.
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I played on a great instrument tonight in Ireland. It's a Premiere. I forget the model, but it's an incredibly portable instrument. And I think it sounds really good. What bummed me out and caused me to write this blog tonight is John told…
13 years 11 months ago - 17 comments
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Hey Everyone, Hope you're enjoying the summer heat! And what better way to enjoy summer heat than to checkout the Manhattan Vibes at Birdland in NYC??? Here are the details: Who: Manhattan Vibes Christos Rafalides: vibes Sergio Salvatore…
13 years 11 months ago - 3 comments
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An excerpt from David Friedman's Workshop. Here he's talking about common tones.
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Hey everyone. Open house for our Delaware workshop this Wednesday. Open house starts at around 1pm. Then if that's not enough! We'll stream a vibe hang from the U of Del featuring David Friedman and Bob Becker. That will start at 6.…
13 years 3 months ago - 1 comments
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This etude has a similarity to Etude No. 7, but focuses more on mallet dampening with ringing chords underneath. PDF is attached. Behn
11 years 5 months ago - 1 comments
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Here's a lesson I recorded for the trumpet site and thought some of you might be interested in it. Keep in mind that all of the examples I play will sound a step lower than what they are (because trumpet is a Bb instrument). So if I talk…
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This is a beautiful sound! After hearing 16 vibraphones in chaos during warmups before class, it was great to hear them playing the same tune. What a beautiful sound!
13 years 11 months ago - 4 comments
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Man Danny Gottlieb was playing the DrumKat today! It sounds just like a drum set!!
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13 years 11 months ago - 1 comments
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Hi! I've been chatting whith Marie recently and I had to promise her to put some pics of my little son playing vibes on the site. He and his mother are using my vibes in two ways: as table for baby clothing and other (leightweight) stuff…
13 years 11 months ago - 1 comments
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I thought you guys might like to see this. I've been using these mallets for about 3 or 4 months and they are great! Much lighter than the old ones and I'm able to play 4 mallets way easier. They last a really long time as well. Stefon…
13 years 11 months ago - 3 comments
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Interesting sounds and nice playing ! Enjoy !
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Mean to Me
Philippe
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Hello everybody! This morning I had a go at Mean to Me, which for me is a tough tune to play. I think every jazz soloist of the swing and bebop eras has recorded that song : Bird, Sonny Stitt, Rollins, Dizzy, Frank Rosolino, Getz, Joe Pass…
13 years 11 months ago - 3 comments
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I see two-mallet players comping all the time, but all the instructional material calls for at least three mallets. I've seem people hit the same note an octave apart, put a full step in between, etc. I also read about the third/seventh…
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