Anonymous

Here's the plan:

Today is March 15th: Deadline is March 25th.

Play this track. Wear headphones when you record. Don't record the track.

Count off with the 2 bar intro. But count like this. 2,3,4,1,2. Make sure your counting is on. Then play 2 choruses of a blues solo audio or video.

Then send it to me. After March 25 I'll put it together with my backing tracks and make a video out of it.

If you are in, please put your name in the comments.

When you send me the file title it like this.
Blue-YOURNAME

I asked my students to prepare 2 tunes each and then come over and stream the performance onto Facebook. And we did. I'm very proud of these students.

I posted this before. But I can't find it!!!

I've added my student Oliver Mayman playing the pattern. Check out what he does with the pattern.

I think there is so much in Balafon playing for vibe players to study! Don't think about where you can play patterns over and over. Well, you can, but the point is to have that independence when accompanying yourself, or playing counterlines!

Attached is the pattern that Oliver is playing.

I've listening to this cd. I really like is. Here's clip from youtube.

He sounds good right?

Just found him.

Do you guys do Google Alerts? I have one for Vibraphone news. It's cool. Google it and discover new vibe players and pass them along to us :-)...

Hi all,

This Friday Feb 28 I have my students coming over and we are going to stream solo performances on Facebook. About 7pm East Coast U.S. Time. Probably go to vibesworkshop.com Facebook group.

I asked my students to record a mini concert of what they were going to play. I think it makes a good warm up for the concert.

Here's mine.

Hi All,
Here's a heads up about the March Good Vibes radio show coming up on March 1st (with rebroadcast on March 4th).
New CDs from Chuck Redd, The View from Madeleine's Couch with Kym Ambrose on vibes, and Christian Tamburr. Martin Fabricius from Denmark also has a new one, Under the Same Sky (great title).
Chuck's track is Billy Strayhorn's "A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing." Check out my website to see my photos at www.gloriajazz.com. I heartily agree about flowers. Which reminds me, I need to post a new pic.

https://www.youtube.com/user/LAvibesummit/

A link to their page where they are putting up videos of the summit. Pretty cool to see what's happening in LA