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Since Gary has been posting about Red, I thought I'd add this podcast. It was done by National Public Radio and they have about fifty other similar podcasts about jazz artists available for free download from their website (www.npr.org…
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This is a group I play in. What's interesting is it's Guitar (Steve Giordano), EWI (John Swana, and myself. It's fun to play without a bass player! All the roles of the instrument change. This is Footprints, the last I'll post from the gig…
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Just some thoughts on playing ballads.
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Here's a bebop lick or better yet a phrase. It shows how to create lines by weaving small intervals. Part 1 is the lick and part 2 is moving the lick into another key.
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More Philly 5
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This is from my 'Meg and the Cliftones' CD. Buy the CD! Subscribers (Don't Have to Buy It, It's in My Online Book) Download It Now! Subscribers (Don't Have to Buy It, It's in My Online Book)
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Follow me through this. Here are some advanced concepts in *comping*. man I hate those fancy titles. I'm just playing through the changes vertically and horizontally. Check it out, follow me, play along and ask questions. At the end I comp…
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Part two of the Solar Lesson. Make sure you've gone through part 1 first! In this lesson, you'll do some playing along with me. BTW- I gave everything the 'Tap' test, which is I tap through and make sure I didn't drag, or drop a beat, and…
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Here's a little talk about simplicity and making the changes work. I use a minor ii V to illustrate my talk. I think it's interesting stuff to simplify progressions and see what's the least amount that they need to work.
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This is a podcast I did with John and Ed. We each recorded our version of Dolphin Dance and then had a hang and talked about it.
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I'd like to begin a discussion about feet. Your feet and how you deal with them when you're playing. Vibes players may be at risk for foot and back problems because we are often standing on one foot with the other on the pedal. The weight…
14 years 2 months ago - 20 comments
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Can you cats fill me in? I just downloaded 'Guys and Dolls Love the Vibes'.
14 years 2 months ago - 7 comments
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Launching the carbonVibe at the Frankfurt Musikmesse was a great succes! Everyone with a serious interest in tuned percussion was amazed by not only the looks but also the sound of the world's first carbonVibe, made by vanderPlas Baileo.…
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I notice that there are players who use the Burton Grip and use the 2 inside mallets for their lines. I always thought that was weird for a couple of reasons, the main one being that I have a feeling if the right inside mallet was better…
14 years 2 months ago - 10 comments
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Hi everyone, first of all, I can't figure out how to post images so I have also posted this information with pictures on the web. click http://web.me.com/mnomusic/Site_2/Deagan_Aurora_for_sale.html I have a Deagan Auroa 1100 vibraphone…
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Little B's Poem
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I've been practicing Little B's Poem today. I'm reminded on how important it is to work on solo versions of the tune. EVEN if you never get completely to the end, where it's a real solo tune you can play. BUT you get close. I've realized…
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I was inspired by the different versions of Tony, John and Ed playing "it might as well be spring". So I gave it a try and here is my take on it.
13 years 8 months ago - 5 comments
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Hi everyone, Tonight is Good Vibes' special one-year anniversary edition! It airs at the usual time and places but because it is three hours instead of two, the times are a little different: at 8-11pm tonight and 3-6pm on Wednesday (May 4…
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Tony talks about putting yourself in a box to practice -- here's Yo Yo Ma and Andrew Bird improvising in their box. Fun :-). Tom P.
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Hi, I thought I could pass this on . Best, Nico Farrugia
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