Hey Everybody,
Marie has been hagging me to blog about the two times a have seen Mike Mainieri play in the last week. But I've been fed up with some really complicated personal stuff... Well actually that has been going on for a year now,…
Here's another song I was thinking of adding for my Xmas gig.
I was working on a solo version and also with accompaniment. Enclosed is a version with Band-in-a-Box background
For some reason my setup is real noisy. Gotta track that down…
Real simple. Pick something. Play it and record it listen back and do it over and over for an hour or so.
Record then listen to it. Just keep the cycle going and don't interrupt the cycle.
Real simple real easy. Maybe a head to a tune?…
Hi everyone, feel free to check out my website if you get a chance. www.behngillecejazz.com I plan to add some more pics and stuff, but if anyone has any other suggestions, that would be great. Thanks.
Behn
Joe Locke - Force of Four will be performing at Smoke, in NYC, December 4. 5 & 6.
(w/ Robert Rodriguez, Johnathan Blake, Ricardo Rodriguez)
Smoke: http://www.smokejazz.com/
yo, i have a 4 oclock sunday gig. it pays great!! so that's cool. let me find out what time it's over and get back to you.
i'm hoping i can get home early. i work i think 7 nights next week, which is good. but after that it's slow, and i'…
Hi everyone, I was going wait until the album was available on itunes and amazon until I announced this but I have no clue when thats going to happen BUT the CD and MP3 CAN be purchased through the label website right now!
My new (first)…
When I started playing with 4 mallets, I had to choose which grip to use. I decided to use the Miceli grip because it seemed like an intuitive transition from using 2 mallets, where the inner mallets (mallets 2 and 3) usually handled the…
We're all excited here at vibesworkshop.com because Ed Saindon has agreed to become part of our faculty. Ed will be posting lessons and more, hanging out with us at the vibe hangs! Helping all of us to get better on the instrument. Ed has…
Not much, until you get lost in YouTube.
Part of my vibes study routine is to see what's posted on YouTube.
Someone post "Wii Music - Legend of Zelda (Vibraphone)"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5ZLKQm6YWE
Which led to someone playing it…
I wrote this as an etude to study chords and comping with roots. This etude goes through the chords of Blue Bossa in a way that uses lots of up partials and scale tones. The pedal is down for most of every bar. Use common sense with the…
I had a fellow few vibes enthusiasts over recently, during which I noticed how geeky we all are. I thought that I would post some photographs that were taken that day. Please don't blast me for posting a photograph of myself. I thought it…
I'm curious to know what your most challenging aspect of playing the vibes is or has been. I'd like to know from both the "pros" and the "up and coming Pros". This should be very unique to each individual. We all have different views on…
I think it's ok for every young musician to rebel against those who came before if they choose. The discussion about lines and then John's post about challenges of the instrument got me thinking.
Burton, Milt, Joe, Friedman, Stefan...…