http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzCfoSJjkeY
I think it is very hip what Ty says here about playing, especially the part at the end about life experience.
That's his new quartet playing in the background. Germaine's tap dance is integrated…
Hi,
A friend of mine who plays very good classical guitar would like some vibraphone / guitar duet pieces potentially.
We are thinking of:
The Piazolla flute/guitar duets
Toccatta and Divertimento for guitar plus vibes by Ney Rosauro
What…
Here's my first commercial for our store! I just want to go through our products and talk about them.
The site needs to generate more of income if it's too survive. So I need to get the world out there about our products, which I'm trying…
David has turned out to be a very very kind and wonderful cat on the site. It's truly a gift to have him. He's always offering suggestions, being so helpful. He's been an idol of mine for a long time. And listen to him. Joe and I were…
This is the official announcement of the University of Delaware Workshop with David Friedman and myself.
I'm really excited about this workshop, I think it's going to be incredible.
Here's the some exciting things about the workshop:…
hi all,
this one of many takes of the nearness of you (my favorite ballad). except for the beginning i tried not to play it as a ballad and tried more to improvise with the theme and to do some kind of stride. sorry for the poor sound but…
I got a call sometime back asking if I was interested in playing the percussion book for Bye Birdie at my alma mater Upper Merion High School. They're putting on the show March 18, 19 and 20. They've hired a choreographer and the pit…
EMRICH01 is the discount code! (Limited Time Only and 1 set per subscriber)
That's the code for the discount for the mallets for subscribers only. We have about 7 sets in stock. They're so cool.
Here's the link to the store.
http://store.…
Hello Vibesworkshop,
I recorded this some days ago... It's me practicing on "Nearness of You", a ballad I personally love.
I just used the aebersold play along for this one... When practicing the first I didn't even know that it switched…
Here a recent take of Wine & Roses (to get going with posting here)
Through practice of permutation from Bergonzi's Melodic Structures I recently started finding a way to bridge the "gap" between playing the head with chords (I…
I posted a story about preparing a cafe solo gig. http://www.vibesworkshop.com/video/secret-weapon-those-long-solo-gigs/t…
Here is one of the tracks from my practice session. It was a sight-read of "On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever…
An old rooster, getting ready to retire from his gig on the farm, invites some up-and-coming young roosters to audition for the choice gig. The first young rooster shows up, and scats Dizzy's Groovin' High solo. Nothing happens. The…
On Friday I was expecting the delivery of my M44. But it did not happen. But to save the day Tony had shipped my mallets so I had a chance to check out grips. That's what I did much of Friday evening and Saturday.
I had already seen most…
It was Saturday evening, my mobile phone rang with a SMS from my guitarist friend Bernard: "Turn on to France 2!" (French TV channel) So did I...
It was the French music awards evening "Les Victoires de la Musique", the overture tune. They…
My first real attempt at stride vibes, also a very early take. Any advice on independence would be awesome.
Thanks
P.S. I'm still working on the whole "Playing with your mouth closed" technique, I'm having a harder time with that than…
Quite strange how a tune can fit with a mood...
I got this beautiful version of Summertime, once more thanks to Face Book... and felt like sharing it with you.
Thanks for "being with me"... through it.
- M
Listen to this. I've given examples before. This works perfectly on the vibes. Can you imagine playing a jazz ballad with this 'style' of playing?
There's so much to learn from Bach. He's figured it all out. So maybe the vibes are not…