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This is my first real post to this site. It's just an audio from one of the first rehearsals of a song I wrote - "Cheyenne's Waltz!"
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It's beautiful. I'm in a Gary phase. Maybe it's because he's done. Very Sad.
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Burton - Times Square I love this cd. Check out this youtube vid. It's a record! Some of you will probably think it sounds horrible. But I loved and love records. When I hear that sound of the record a little worn I get chills! This cd I…
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Anthony Smith and myself had a great workshop at the California Jazz Conservatory! Great people and a great time!
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Hi All, Fourth of July is coming up fast, and that means the July show is just before, on July 2. I'll play two different versions of "America," Mike Mainieri's from CD Crescent and Bob Masteller's recorded live at the Jazz Corner. I'm…
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Here's a play along I made for a student. We are working on moving 2 5's through the keys. So the Progression is: C | C | Gmin7 | C7 | Fmaj7 | Fmaj7 | Cmin7 | F7 | Bbmaj7 etc. get it? i wrote out voicings and i played a solo where I…
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20% Off of Beiner Bag Cases for the Next 30 days. Grant Beiner makes great cases! He's a percussionist so he knows what we need! I asked Grant for a very good discount for Vibeworkshop members and he offered 20%. Here's the thing: Go to…
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Aimee Nolte has some great stuff on Youtube. I came across this lesson on Bill Evans' playing on Blue in Green. The "minimalist" piano style is really well-suited to the vibes for obvious reasons. I've attached a clip of me playing the…
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Sunday June 25th there will be a Wine Tasting - House Concert featuring myself and Violinist Diane Monroe. It will take place at 3pm in the Germantown area of Philadelphia in a nice (environmentally green) house (my house). Come if you…
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So last summer I posted a lesson entitled "Incorporating Brubeck Ideas into your Solo Vibe Practice and Performance" where I discussed different solo vibraphone techniques I learned from practicing a reduction of Dave Brubeck's performance…
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I haven't been an active member for a long time, but I'm hoping to change that. I thought I would start with a recent video of my quartet playing "footprints" at a local club. Please also check out my website and leave me some feedback. I'…
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Thanks for Steve Shapiro for posting on Facebook!
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I learn and I learn and I learn. I thought Jenco's totally sucked. Well I thought they were for students. Randy Suttin is the kind of guy who is way more open to instruments and sounds than me. So I checked out Peter Schlamb's new CD…
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We team up for our German workshop with Matthias from the Mallet Institute. It's a great workshop!
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"Sophisticated Lady" by the great Duke Ellington. I've been working on this song this past week. Such a deep and beautiful composition. Some of my favorite versions are from Duke of course as well as from great pianists like Art Tatum,…
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Putting the Scales in the Chords This is an old lesson, but I think it's good. The audio is down at the bottom of the text. So think of the scales this way. The chord tones and the notes between the chord tones are the scales. For…
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If you are into the Exotica genre, I think you will dig this group. Found them on Amazon Music where they have one of their albums available for free streaming. MUSICIANS: Brian O’Neill (Artistic Director) vibraphone, percussion, artistic…
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Nice surprise today having Steve Nelson come to the mallet class which Gustavo and I ran. The class was part of the Berklee Percussion Weekend. Steve played two beautiful solo pieces. Sweet and Lovely and Ellington's Sophisticated Lady.…
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