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My first blog ever! I just got home from the Vibes workshop at the University of Delaware, and what a great time it was. Meeting David Friedman was terrific; what a genuine, warm person he is and how passionate about imparting his…
13 years 11 months ago - 2 comments
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Here's another clip from the Sunday brunch gig. I've had many conversations with other players about playing these types of gigs. For me, I really enjoy playing these kinds of gigs where the music is more background as opposed to a concert…
13 years 9 months ago - 7 comments
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Here's an audio/pdf supplement to the Major Surround Tones video I posted a few days ago. Pdf with exercies is attached. Behn
14 years ago - 0 comments
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So 2 great workshops this summer! I'm amazed at what how vibe players can grow in one week of hard work! It's really cool because I meet vibe players from all over the world now. It's all the same, you work hard you get better! I'm amazed…
14 years ago - 1 comments
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A few years ago, I did a lesson where I talked about minor surround tones. I feel like surround tones are often discussed over dominant and minor, but not major as often. So I decided to talk a little about how to surround chord tones on…
14 years ago - 4 comments
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Here is my recording of the Dave Friedman dampening and pedaling Etude 20. Please let me know what you think. Thanks!
13 years 10 months ago - 8 comments
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HELLO. RECENTLY I PRACTISE A LICK FROM A BEHN'S LESSON AND 4 LICKS CAME UP IN THE SPOT AND I STARTED WORKING ON THEM IN 12 KEYS, FIRST PLAY AS WRITTEN AND THEN MAKE MY OWN VERSIONS (BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO BECOME A LICK PLAYER, I WANT TO…
14 years ago - 0 comments
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Performing Red Norvo's Dance of the Octopus on Marimba.
14 years ago - 3 comments
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Ethan is worn out on day 5 of the workshop in Delaware!
14 years ago - 5 comments
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All the Things I Can Eat
14 years ago - 5 comments
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Here we go. At the end of each Delaware workshop comes the vibraphone parade!
14 years ago - 1 comments
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David talked at the Delaware 2011 workshop about the time when he wanted to work on wide intervals... So he grabbed paper and would just write anything on paper and then play this etude. Just dots, and then he'd make the rhythms on the fly…
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Hi all, Here's another clip from some gigs I did recently in Chicago. This is one of my tunes called "Little Echo". Hope you like it! Behn
13 years 9 months ago - 6 comments
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14 years ago - 2 comments
Loose Wheels
Mike Horsfall
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One of the wheels on my M-51 Musser vibe falls out. Does anyone have any tips on where to go to get this fixed. Thanks. MH
14 years ago - 5 comments
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Young musicians beginning their career at this level...
14 years ago - 8 comments
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9 years 5 months ago - 5 comments
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Right across the way from us is a GREAT xylo workshop with the great Bob Becker teaching 10 percussionists from all over the world about the world of ragtime. Here's a piece that features a great Philly percussionist Harvey Price. He's…
14 years ago - 1 comments
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I'm curious about other people's experience with mallet break in. I have a set of mallets that sounded really harsh (i.e. too hard) when I first played them and now they sound really great. A few years ago I bought the now discontinued…
14 years ago - 4 comments
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Dave is talking about minor voicings.
14 years ago - 0 comments
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Mario Diciutis Jams on the MalletKat with David Friedman on vibes.
14 years ago - 1 comments
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I played on a great instrument tonight in Ireland. It's a Premiere. I forget the model, but it's an incredibly portable instrument. And I think it sounds really good. What bummed me out and caused me to write this blog tonight is John told…
14 years ago - 17 comments
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Hey Everyone, Hope you're enjoying the summer heat! And what better way to enjoy summer heat than to checkout the Manhattan Vibes at Birdland in NYC??? Here are the details: Who: Manhattan Vibes Christos Rafalides: vibes Sergio Salvatore…
14 years ago - 3 comments
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