Those of you who met me at the Delaware boot camp know I have a horrible time playing vibes in front of an audience. Part of that is just lack of confidence. And this is caused by not knowing what the hell I'm doing. So Ive decided to…
Have I posted this already?
Do you know Lem Winchester? When you see Scott Davidson lurking about, he's writing a biography of Lem. Lem is a Milt Jackson with a tragic tragic ending. Anyone know how he died? Very sad.
Any stories about…
Hi All,
Here's another tune from a gig back in July -- I'll Remember April. In addition to me on vibes, we have Brett Baker on guitar, Mike Caruso on bass and Bruce Hanahan on drums.
Enjoy :-).
Tom P.
Hi everyone,
Check out this very cool group of percussionists from Vancouver, BC, Kutapira. They are so young but playing very sophisticated and complex rhythms with ease. Beyond the technical, they are great fun to watch and listen to.…
Tony! This is for you! I practiced your etude one more time and decided to post it. It's not perfect but I tried my best.
Haven't you said the one who records it get a gift from the store? Your new mallets? ;-)
As you know I "follow" a bit the new members when they arrive. From the day he registered some 9 weeks ago, I always wondered... "For God's sake, but who is Monsieur 405"?!
Can you answer Ben? (please)
- M
PS: in fact, I already know a few…
Hi all!
I discovered that the way I am trying to play Work Song is a quite tricky mallet dampening etude to me when I try to let the chords ring for comping. Next time I'll use a metronome - promised.
any feed back welcome, cheers Stefan
Hi all!
As my baby and his mother are sleeping I can't play vibes and instead I play guitar.
David Friedman talked at the Delaware workshop about Jazz as a language one wants to learn. This recording of mine shall show how I speak "…
I was writing to Dr. Bob (drbobm55) and he sent me back a great email. I liked one section of the letter especially and asked if I could reproduce it here. Dr. Bob said ok.
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Good to…
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Last couple of weeks we have been busy finalizing the new midi system for our instruments.
We have just completed our first LW35 with embedded midi, and have prepared the gigVibe's design to be able to also carry…
The Vibesworkshop on Roku application is now available for installation on Roku Players. See the video for info on what's available and how it works.
To install the app on your Roku Player, go to https://owner.roku.com/Account/channelcode…
I've been a subscriber to Vibes Workshop for some time now and just wanted to tell Tony and everyone involved with the site how much I've enjoyed it! The video is a piece by Ney Rosauro (Brazilian composer) that I've been working on. For…
Fortune's Fool is the story of the record industry from about 1990 to the present, mostly by following the career of Edgar Bronfman, who got bored being a scion of the Seagram Liquor fortune and decided to take the company into the…
The Vibesworkshop videos are now available on Android phones. The app has the same functionality as the Roku app, so see http://www.vibesworkshop.com/video/vibesworkshopcom-roku-now-available/… to see how it works.
The app is available…
Anyone out there have BIAB with the real instruments?
Can you send me an mp3 of My Romance maybe about 6 choruses?
I just need it to sound good. Are the drums swinging? Maybe no piano, just drums and Bass?
If you can, leave a comment…
I am looking for an open minded mallet percussionist in the Minneapolis area
There are two central concepts
1- My experimental project called "PyroPlasticFlow"
2- A lounge band with the mallet percussionist as the lead instrument
Both…
Here's a little suppliment to the 2nd lesson on My Romance.
Below is an etude I wrote to go along with the lesson.
Consider this a more advanced lesson or a supplement to lesson 2.
VW is excited that we will be included in the syllabus for the percussion department at the University of Delaware. Harvey Price and all of his students (21) will be subscribers on VW. This is exciting news to us, because one of our…
My buddy Jim Miller Lived out in the Midwest. His gig (years ago) was to set up in a club, wait for someone to put money in the juke box and then play drums along with the record that was playing. That freaked me out.
So check out this…
