A deal is a deal. John sent me this great Premier t-shirt... I was to post a picture of me with it on the site... But I couldn't take it without Tony's mallets!! (sorry for the silly pose! Oh jeez... this is ridiculous haha!! ;-)
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I just realised that the vibes have one more advantage beside the cool sound, the cool attitude, the excluiveness and the fact that vibesplayers get all the chicks: you can play it with a baby wrap! no way of doing this with a guitar!…
Hello everyone - as so many people liked our duo version of afro blue,I posted as an audio a few weeks ago - here is the video that proves I really played myself! Check out the new HugoBoss ultraslimline redshirt : )
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I haven't posted anything in a while so I thought I'd throw something up here from my end of semester recital in June this year.
Basically the deal with it was you choose 3 tunes walk in and play with a staff rhythm section,…
Man about what we did this summer. We got 7 vibe players to come to Ireland and work on the vibes. We have 17 (19? I forget) vibe players coming to the University of Delaware and we're rounding up about 15 sets of vibes and a bunch of…
Thursday is our unofficial anniversary celebration! I will try and stream as much as possible, including the Vibe Hang. I will also try to stream David's afternoon workshop for everyone to see.
It's unofficial because I was going to talk…
Mike Balter has generously donated about 50 pair of mallets to the workshop. So we'll have some give aways!!
Mike is such a great and generous guy! Thank you SO MUCH MIKE!!
The least expensive transportation to and from the airport is a shuttle. Use the transportation phones in the baggage claim area to arrange for a shuttle to pick you up. You want to call Delaware Express Shuttle. They accept credit cards…
Here's the schedule. So the opportunity here will be to be able to play vibes and think vibes from 8 in the morning until midnight.
Practice - 7 to 8:30
9:30 until 11:30 or 12. workshop
12 lunch -
1-3 practice except when mario is there…
Hi everyone, here is the link to my music theatre website, we're in the midst of creating a new website, but there is some good (and relevant) stuff on this one.Of interest to anyone who digs the traditions of comedie del arte/clown/mime…
I had a truly great time at the Ireland workshop - Tony is a master vibraphonist and definitely a missionary preaching the gospel of jazz! I certainly learned a lot from him as well as the other players at the workshop. No man is an…
What a great week I had. What a pleasure getting to meet players from all over the world. This was incredible for me!
First off, let me thank John Daly. Without John this wouldn't be possible. You know Ireland is an amazing place to me.…
"Sunset Road", a composition by Mike Caruso, performed by my group, the MetroWest Jazz Project at a gig on Friday, 23-July-2010. In addition to me, Mike is playing bass, Brett Baker on guitar and Bruce Hanahan on drums.
Enjoy -- comments…
As requested a video of my old jenco vibraphone. I really like the sound on this old beast. It is extremely challenging to play a piece like this on it however because the bars are so tiny.
I just got back from Tony's course in Ireland and I want to take a minute to write about the experience.
The first thing that struck me was that Tony has an excellent teaching manner, not threatning, informative, patient and personable. He…
Why don't you guys post your mode of transportation and then estimated time of arrival. If you want post your flight numbers (or email) and airline. I have a flight program in my phone, I can track you guys (even tell where you are in the…
Other than mallets what do I need to bring to the workshop in Delaware? Real Book? Manuscript paper? I thought I would put this up as a blog entry in case anyone else coming to the Delaware workshop was wondering too?
I have troubles figuring out how to play small intervals in the mid range.
For example:
Starting on C3 play ascending major thirds chromatically with the left hand.
There are three places which require a circus contortionist.
D-F#
A#-C#
B-…
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Here's a version of an old classic played with a four to the bar feel reminiscent of such pianists as Dave McKenna, Teddy Wilson, Errol Garner and George Shearing. I have a lot of fun playing these kinds of tunes in this…
Antonio is a timpanist from spain who is working on his vibe playing. To me he has a solid foundation, as I think you'll hear. It was great to work with him!
I think it's good for you guys to check all these players out from around the…