Anyone near Dallas interested in a mini workshop early February?
click here for more info
I'll be playing with Elio Villafranca quartet Featuring Grant Stewart on sax.
I'll be covering the following topics:
Sound production
Phrasing, with and without dampening
Thoughts on sticking
Practicing concepts
A non-traditional scale approach
Arranging jazz standards for the vibraphone
(I'm glad I'm going! - tm)
Here is another of my tunes that we ran a trial run of at our last concert. It's called Waltz for Dasha...
Enjoy!
James
For my (Tony Miceli) part of the workshop I'll cover many of the things that I cover here.
Stride Vibes
Lines (clarity)
Learning Tunes
Playing Tunes in 12 keys (How easy it really is)
I'm always interesting in talking about getting players to break down there playing and see where they are at. This is great for practicing, that is learning how to find where you're at with something and then build on it. Too many players jump right in and build on confusion. To me that's no good.
Here is my attempt at stride vibes.
I recently heard a great version of Moonglow on the radio, with Gary Burton and clarinetist, Eddie Daniels. http://www.amazon.com/Moonglow/dp/B000WM0PLA
This inspired me to learn it. Then Tony's Stride Vibes lesson was brought up again recently and I thought this would be a perfect tune to try and do stride.
Barry
Here's a video on the steps to subscribe to the site.
The first workshop of 2010 will take place at the Vanderplas Baileo factory in Sassenheim, Netherlands.
Location: Wattstraat 48, 2171 TR Sassenheim, Netherlands
Price: If you pay in advance: €100 per day (€200 total)
If you pay at the workshop: €130 per day
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.