Vibraphone

“How Deep Is The Ocean” by Irving Berlin. Such a hip song from 1932. Focusing here on playing the melody and lines with only the two inside mallets essentially like a two mallet player. I’m using an open spread fulcrum with the inside mallets. The open spread allows for a high mallet height when needed and the ability to “dig in” with the two inside mallets with strong accents. Notice the motion of the inside mallets are with an up and down motion and the outside mallets are fairly stationary. For more on the “Fulcrum Grip”, please see my clinic videos on my YT channel.

Hey Everyone,
I'm a little early to announce the May Good Vibes program - mark your calendars so you don't forget. The station loves to see the numbers of listeners go up and that helps keep the show on the air! May 6th at 8pE and May 9th 4pE, wwfm.org

Tony was talking about trio playing.....

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David Friedman Generations Trio
„Thursday“ out on April 12th 2018

David Friedman - vibes
Oliver Potratz - bass
Tilo Weber - drums

Video by Hauke Renken
Mix and Mastering by Marc Fuck

"Turn Out The Stars" by the great Bill Evans. One of my favorite compositions from Bill. I remember seeing him many times at the Jazz Workshop in Boston. First with Eddie Gomez and Marty Morrell or Eliot Zigmund and after with Marc Johnson and Joe LaBarbera. I sat right next to the piano. Talk about inspiration. Besides Berklee, going to the Jazz Workshop almost every week was an important part of my jazz education.

Since Tony was talking about vibe trio playing......

I know none of you can go but it's pretty exciting to know that there is a v i b e concert taking place in McMurdo Station, Antarctica this Friday.

We talk about grips a lot. I think mine is the best. Right? I should shouldn't I?

Check out Mike's. I think in anyone else's hands this grip would have so many problems. But Mike makes it sound like the best grip in the world. He uses a pick up system to play, keep that in mind. I would imagine it's hard to bang hard on the instrument with that grip.

Here are 5 great vibe players who all have different grips.

Burton
Jackson
Mainieri
Feldman
Hutchinson

Joel is a musician for ALL musicians to listen to. I've worked with him and he blows me away every time. He's such a heavy, deep musician.

“In The Moment” - I composed this song yesterday on the piano. It sort of wrote itself in about a half hour. Sometimes for me they come quickly and others not so much. Besides the great composers of the American Songbook, a few of my favorite composers are Ennio Morricone, Astor Piazzolla, Antonio Carlos Jobim and Pat Metheny. While sometimes it can be a very laborious process, it also can be quite enjoyable. A composer like an improviser can lose themselves “in the moment” while involved in the process.