John Daly makes the whole Ireland workshop happen! I am so grateful for him for all of his support, and I know all the other players involved in the workshop are as well. John is a dynamo of energy, I can't believe how he just keeps going…
Check Out Javier! (Ireland 2011 Workshop)
Check out Javier from Spain. He's a classical percussionist that has started studying vibes. He studies with Arturo Serra. Arturo must be a great teacher! I think Javier plays really good.
I had…
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I just got in contact with LA latin vibist Bob DeSena. He just joined the site: welcome Bob!!!
What first caught my attention was the pictures of his vibes. I thought: OMG!!! What the hell is this monster vibes??!! That's the most…
Played in a nice club in Dublin, Ireland last night. Here's a blurry picture of the Premiere 705s. DISCONTINUED. WHAT A DRAG. COME ON PREMIERE, WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT! That's a great instrument for gigging musicians.
We did an MJQ tribute…
Here’s a technique I use called “hammers” – it’s a guitar embellishment technique that works nice on the vibe, giving a sort of note bending effect.
Early Gary Burton records such as “country roads” show him using this “sound”- that’s how…
I hope this works! This is me playing some great musicians around my age. I'm playing piano here. I realize the tempo slows at the end, but o well, it was just a jam session. Any comments would be much appreciated, I'll try to get…
Hello everyone !
Let me answer to Marie-Noelle , with this video, who asked me recently why i used 3 mallets now in my playing.
The reason is medical. I suffered a very severe tendonitis of the right shoulder, those last months, tendonitis…
I received my new M55 today. I am very happy. My University has a really old M55. Comparing the new one to the old one I am really happy. Musser basically took all the small things that could have been improved and improved on them! I am…
I've seen some of you guys around for a while now. Dimitri, Tarik, my great buddy John Daly, Barry. And there are others. You guys have become friends of mine and I'm blown away watching you guys get better on this instrument. In AA (…
hey vibesworkshop!
i have made my own jazz quartet. Check it out!
our websie is http://suburbanjazz.com/
like our facebook page too! http://www.facebook.com/suburbanjazzquartet
Hello everybody. I've been away, and I'm now laying hands on my Vanderplas for the first time in nearly two months. This TOTM is so long overdue that it should be called T.O.L.M. Before I left, I had covered all the lessons, Tony's and…
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I'm just back from my annual little gig for music day wit my guitarist friend and my son. And this time, I had my vibes to brind!! But you were not that far: when I presented us, I dedicated our little performance to all my vibists…
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Upon Babu's request I brought my camera for my first vibes little gig for Music Day on June 21st. Here are a few pictures to let you know how it went and how great is my Premier 751!
The instrument is old and was home-restored. To add it…
Here the N°5. Hope I did more or less well. Comments more than welcome...
I noticed that Tony himself gave up the stick drop in his recent posts, com'on, it's serious work !!! :o)
i try to get rid of my own cliches and try to get some sort of "new" aspects to my playing. this kind of solo i would never play on a reharsel or gig but i think it´s important to play some wiered stuff sometimes, to get used to the sound…