Here is the 3rd part of a lesson series on Building a Voicing Vocabulary. This lesson, like the others, is intended to be listened to after having read the PDF which accompanies it.
-Tyler
I shot some video tonight which is going to be used in future Percussion Geeks episodes. I thought I'd give some of you a sneak preview sneak on of the performers was playing a Gyil which is the ancient ancient ancestor to the vibes/…
I've recently discovered an excellent new software product for music notation that (I think) competes favorably with the expensive packages like Sibelius and Finale. It's called Muse Score and it is distributed as a free download. You can…
This is the lady to whom we are eternally grateful, Karyn Posner-Mullen from the American Embassy here in Ireland, she has been so good to us for the past two years and came to our vibe hang and loved it. She is pictured here with her…
I spent today thinking about solo playing and accompanying yourself and it morphed into a 4 part lesson. I just went with it, so let me know what you think. Here's pt. 1.
Here's a vibes/bass duo version of It Could Happen To You. This was the opening of my recent clinic presentation for the Summer Performance Program faculty at Berklee in Boston.
Just a reminder about our workshop in Ireland, we have one place left for Vibes so if there are any Europeans interested in attending let me or Tony know asap. Its going to be a great week. Here is the schedule
Tue 19th July to Sun 24th…
Jordi is from the Canary Islands and is a great Latin percussionist. He was out playing congas with local groups here in Ireland the second night he was here!
He's getting into the vibes now and has a great feel. I dug his Stefan Harris…
Amazing results: now if I can figure out how to remove this ad (or maybe there is no removal from the forum's communication chains?
Since posting this ad below, I have learned the pedal works but only thanks to duct tape ANd that the cover…
Hi Everyone,
Time for the Good Vibes August update -- August 7 and 10.
Scott Peters, new to the program, takes the first spot, followed by Milt Jackson, Johnny Lytle, Bill Ware, David Friedman and Cal Tjader. And that's just the first…
Here's a short clip of a recent clinic presentation at Berklee for the Summer Performance Program faculty. The presentation was on improv concepts and covered Tension Resolution, Four Note Groupings and Major 7 #5 Superimposition. I…
Come check out all the guys from the Ireland workshop this Saturday at 8pm +0100 UTC .
TIME HAS BEEN MOVED FROM 8PM TO 7PM +0100 UTC
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That's 7pm in Ireland
8 in Germany
2 East Coast USA
11AM West Coast
These guys…
I don't really have a lot to say about this, but I thought it'd be interesting to talk about comping in different situations, with a piano player/ other chord instruments, etc.
The great pianist Benny Green told me after a show…
