Instead of practicing for my concert tomorrow, I spend a gigless Friday night thinking about stride vibes once again. I started practicing and recording as usual. Here's a decent take, and definitely a practice tape.
I spent the day, getting a 7 part series together on intros and endings! This is certainly something every vibe player struggles with at some point in his journey. I don't consider myself great at intros and endings, but I've worked on them.
The series will come up every 2 days with a new episode for the next 14 days! So you can spend the next 2 weeks thinking about intros and endings and practicing them!
Flyer is attached.
Diane Monroe, violin
Diane Monroe/Michal Schmidt
Classical Duo (Violin/Piano)
The Diane Monroe Jazz Quartet featuring
Tony Miceli, Vibes, Anthony Marino, Bass,
Todd Isler, Percussion
Saturday, October 10
7:30 p.m.
Yardley Community Centre
64 South Main Street
Yardley, PA 19067
Admission:
$15 Adults
$12 Seniors
$8 Students
I just happened across this and I thought it was too cool! Needless to say, I want one :)
He's got a few other videos up too if you like it.
One of my favorite groups of all time. nuff said.
Let's do another vibe hang!
Who want's to play? Let's get some new people!! Come on!
We're going to time Mike Pinto setting up his vibes. He says he can do it in 8 minutes. I say he's a liar.
The workshop seemed to be a success! Its not everyday that you get to meet guys like Joe Locke, Tony Miceli, Mike Pinto, Dana Sudborough, and Randy Sutin. It was a bit nerve racking to have to follow these performances at the vibe hang. Those guys are real heavy weights. Hopefully next time I'll be able to hold my own.
Joe Locke is THE hippest guy I've ever met. He has now become one of my major role models. Meeting and talking to him was such a blessing. I hope I can meet him again sometime.
I had a such a great time at the workshop that I must commend Tony for his passionate commitment to education for vibes players! I was truly inspired to step up practice and work much harder!
thanks Tony
Harold
I really enjoyed visitng Tony's workshop @ the University of the Arts this past weekend in
Philadelphia. I enjoyed what I heard and it was a pleasure meeting all of the vibists who attended. The atmosphere was casual and relaxed, but I liked the fact that everyone came to work, and were serious about learning.
Tony's making a great contribution to our instrument with www.vibesworkshop.com and now also with events such as the Philadelphia Weekend Workshop, which affords vibists the opportunity to meet and grow in real-time.
I had a great time at the Philly workshop and this was for many reasons. First just hanging with guys and talking about the instrument for 2 days was great. However I also like being an observer and watching Joe, Dana and Mike do their thing, and see people getting excited.
Just to see the participants digging the classes was a thrill, because I know that guys are going home to practice, and I know that they left inspired. That's a huge deal.