i'm looking into some camps/workshops to do over the summer and wondering if anyone has some ideas on where to look. i'm for sure doing the one in delaware. thanks for any help
i took dimitris tip and tried to play a friedman etude as warm up. to be honest the warm up took me about 3 hours. this etude is not as easy as it sounds or looks at least if you don´t cheat and use the pedal pressed down all the time...…
Hi All- Sorry if this is a tired subject around here; I haven't been by in awhile. Just got a snail-mail percussion catalog and noticed the Malletech 'Love' Vibraphone is finally being shipped. Anyone besides Gavin and Ed Smith…
hi people I do not know if you see that but it is interesting not?
it is a transcription solo of gary burton
amazing solo?
hi has a incredible fluidity
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IqlTmUzcAE
Finally, I'm posting the promised version of "Tony's Tune". :)
I'm very sorry for being late, but I had to practice marimba (2 mexican dances) a lot, just after the workshop.
It ended up almost like an etude for me, because I wanted to do…
i am on the site for almost 2 years now and i just want to encourage more people to post.to me it´s a little bit pity that there are so many members but most posts are done only by few memebers. i can for sure understand that many people…
Let's all wish David a very happy birthday! Besides being a great player he's a great teacher and a very giving vibesworkshop cat! I personally love having him hanging around VW!!
Happy birthday David!
hi, after listen the wonderful version of autun in new york of ben gillece i found in my portatil computer a folder with a gig i made sometime ago. I love this tune. the firt time i listen this tune was from the great bill evans. from this…
Hi all,
I was going through some old gigs and stumbled upon this version of Autumn In New York, one of my favorite ballads! This is from Smalls back in October. Enjoy!
hi again this night i started to remember this next tune. it is coral. this was the first ballad i learned in my life with peace from horace silver. the time I was listenig was the time i discovered gary playing. this time gary play this…
This is one of the tunes Firm Routes did last night at the jazz club, my first full gig on vibes its called Peace and Remembrance written by our guitar player.
John
I call up Mike each week. We have great conversations about music and life and mallets. Usually in each conversation Mike tells me a joke. I begged him to let me start the MIKE BALTER JOKE OF THE WEEK. After a few months of asking him he…
Try this experiment. Next time you can't get something, or you're sort of getting it. Stop and come back to it in 10 or 15 minutes. In my practicing I usually get it right the first time. Maybe after that I'll start screwing it up, but I…
I was thinking, we have tons of buried lessons and videos here. So if you can, take a second and find your favorite lesson and put 'Diggin' It Up' in the title.
i did this today.since it´s week of the practice tapes i thought i post this although the final totm lesson is not up yet. btw. it was inspired by david´s darn that dream version.
tarik
here´s the wonderful performance of our two main members of the site, almost cheek to cheek, live performing in holland during the workshop 2011. i love it!
tarik
p.s. not to forget john on swinging drums!
Hey Ho,
I´m Matthias Goebel a vibraphone-player based in Cologne. I would like to invite you to my website and music. I just uploaded a video about my last recording session. If you have a minute drop by and join my music.
www.…
Ok, my mallets are out!
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