I play a lot of Bach on my own, but I hardly ever perform it. I decided to put some out there to force myself to really work something up. I am constantly amazed by this music and how every voice is so interesting. Hopefully I did it justice.
I'm toying around with the idea of doing a TOTM Skype workshop this Saturday. Maybe around noon U.S. EDT?
This would be an experiment. I could handle 3 or 4 people on skype. We could spend an hour working on the tune. Anyone interested?
Just putting feelers out there. Nothing is definite yet. You'd need skype. I'll do video and audio, you don't have to do video on your end.
Here is a vibe player(Thomas Dobler)who uses several piano licks on vibes.
There are some interesting things happening here I think.
I'm sure the pros will have more insightful comments.
-Todd
I've always admired of how well piano players can play changes with walking bass lines. It's not so easy to accomplish on vibes. The way I attempt this requires some mallet dampening to keep everything sounding full and clean.
To get started you might try writing out a walking line to practice with, but ultimately you want to be able to create your voicings and "walking bass" spontaneously.
Here is traditional tango very weel played by an authentic argentin player. He is 34 years old, and he plays with a lot of bands in Buenos Aires, some of them new tango (Piazzolla and his musical's sons). Perfect tecnician, and for me the real tango feel (length of the notes, accentuation, lyricism, etc...). He has many albums, and many Youtube videos with this duo.
Hope you enjoy !
http://www.youtube.com/user/mghersa
http://martinghersa.bandcamp.com/