A couple new lessons soon, but I wanted to share the first video I've put together from a casual recording session from over the summer (one of two times I played with real people over the summer!).
Any video editors have any tips? It's my…
Hi Everyone,
Hope you and your loved ones are all healthy and safe! I know what a tough time this is for musicians and so fervently wish we could get back to seeing and hearing you in live settings.
Meanwhile, the October show is slated…
'MAZE' is an original composition that was written to feature the exceptional Brazilian drummer and dear friend, Mauricio Zottarelli. I would llike to thank Jason Kronick for mixing the track. Enjoy!
Hello all!
I’m taking a little break from the “how to play vibes like” lessons and am doing a couple beginner-oriented ones on ending tunes, although I think everyone can probably get something from them. This lesson is really for anyone…
Here is a video I made today just talking about learing tunes.
I guess there are a lot of drummers on the site that already know a lot of tunes on drums, but switching to the vibes is like learning them all over again.
Here I talk about…
I haven’t been able to get to recent Wednesday 2 pm Zoom coffeehouse meets. The earlier ones I attended were great. As a discussion topic, I’d like to hear how vibists approach the challenge of learning chord sequences as you improvise…
They are a few years old, but they are timeless as is his music!
Solo Playing Tips Part 1
Solo Playing Tips - Part 2
The Attack
Phrasing
Comping - Part 1
He changed the title since I first saw this from "Music Theory is Racist" to its current form. Probably a better descriptor of what he has researched and laid out in pretty good detail.
"Farmer's Trust" - one of my favorite compositions from guitarist Pat Metheny. A great song to use as a vehicle for dampening including the one hand dampening techniques - slide, hand and pivot dampening. All of these dampening techniques…
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have fun practicing with BACKING TRACKS
In this video I explain you what…
I have only been playing vibes for about a year. Before I started playing the vibes, I thought you just hit the vibes with the mallets and use the pedal to let it ring out or stop the sound. Since then I have learned about so many…
Everyone says to avoid hitting the bars at the nodes. Well, I wanted to see what it would sound like in a musical context. Enclosed is my experiment. The idea was to play over Am on the nodes in one phrase, then answer over other…
I am working on playing a classical piece. I try to play it like I am performing. If I make a mistake while playing a slow line, should I try and correct it during the performance, or should I just let it be and continue on? If it is a…
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