Let's all wish Barryk a happy birthday. Besides being the first subscriber on the site Barryk is one of the nicest guys you could every meet! And he's a hard worker and loves practicing and playing the vibes!
Here's a great warm up exercise and a great exercise for your hands and your mind.
You play all the modes of a Major Scale all in a row, that is continuously.
Here's a mide file of what it sounds like:
You should get the idea. The scales…
This reminds me how cool this song is. Lots of high school kids play it.
Just like all the wedding bands back in the day playing a crappy version of Girl From Ipanema. You hate and then you hear the original and go, wow it's so beautiful…
"Never Never Land" from Peter Pan - Fun exploring on this great song with music by Jule Styne and lyrics from Betty Comden and Adolph Green. Such a hip song with wonderful chord changes and a memorable melody and lyrics.
HI Guys,
Recently got hold of a beautiful M55G and have a few gigs coming up, outside on grass. As the musser has a wooden frame at the top are there any issues with it getting hot (in the sun) or damp from the grass affecting it?
My old…
This is another entry in my ongoing effort to write, arrange, and play solo vibraphone. The Pop Up Classes focused on single tunes have been a great opportunity to develop my approach. I recorded this a week ago after the first class on "…
Arrangement from Gary Burton of Michel Legrand's "The Summer Knows". Dug this up from the files and got this way back from Gary during lessons in the 70's. Some really nice things in here in terms of the harmony, techniques and voicings.…
Hey all, I'm starting a new lesson series with the goal of transferring some pianist language over to the vibes. I am a pianist and a vibraphonist, so a lot of my practicing has been doing just this.
The first is on Oscar Peterson, who is…
Maestro Ennio Morricone’s “Gabriele’s Oboe” from the movie “The Mission”. A gorgeous piece of music and beautiful movie theme. He left us with such an impressive legacy of music that will continue on.
The harmony is based off of Tony's chord study in the pop up class 2 weeks ago. I tried to make it lyrical using arpeggios, chromatic bass lines and surround notes, as well as with 3 and 4 note chords. I am still working on learning to…
Someday My Prince Will Come chord study - class assignment from June 2020 Vibesworkshop Boot Camp. I tried to incorporate elements from the Boot Camp lessions: open/closed voicings, "Zero-to-Hero" rootless voicings, dampening techniques,…
I hope you all had a great 4th of July weekend! I'm a day late, but I wanted to post what is my work in progress arrangement (not least in the performance) of this beautiful patriotic song. As a newcomer to this country, it's quickly…
