Hi Vibesworkshoppers.
I have a lot of new videos up on you tube.
Please consider subscribing to my channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmqOe0aqVVRTU90gmyIRfAQ
Happy practicing.
-Tyler
Just thought I would share my latest release with VW. It is available CDBaby here:
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/electricbedouin
It is a very improvisational album exploring the possibilities of the electric vibraphone and seven string electric bass.
There is also another full track online here:
https://soundcloud.com/dana-sudborough/third-step
Thank you for your time and support!
Hi everybody,
hope you are all doing well,
here I'm posting where I'll be in Europe in the next two weeks -
feel free to contact me if you are around these places......
I'll be in Geneva from now to the 21st. - then I'll be in Berlin from the 22nd to the 24th - and then to Paris from the 26th to the 31st.
contact me at: christosraf@mac.com
thank you
/christos
Happy New Year everyone! Just released a new recording with pianist/composer Steve Allee (Rufus Reid trio/big band.)
Best,
Rusty
Hi All,
December is coming up fast and so is the next Good Vibes. I'm happy to introduce Kevin Hart to listeners of the show. He's the first on the playlist with a fabulous arrangement of the Pat Metheny/Lyle Mays tune, "Here to Stay." It's a live recording but not yet released on CD. Kevin, if you are reading this, please remedy that soon!
Hello everyone. Last year at the World's Vibe Congress we discussed, among a multitude of other topics, how to create greater exposure for the vibraphone. One of the possibilities we discussed was creating new pieces and works which feature the vibraphone by skilled composers. Over the past 8 months my percussion trio, Portal Percussion, has been working with Colleen Clark, a musician & composer based in NYC, on creating a piece of music which embodies the spirit of the discussion last January.
What does the piece entail?
Hi All,
Here's the scoop on the August show.
Two hours of vibes bliss. I've started a new feature, Three By... (the artist of my choice - or yours). First was Milt Jackson in June, this month it's Cal Tjader. I plan to do this every other month. Or maybe every month if I hear anyone clamor. Any suggestions for future artists?
Hello everyone, if anyone is interested in writing an article related to the vibraphone for the Percussive Arts Society magazine Percussive Notes that would be great. Possible topics: dampening technique; four mallet techniques and exercises, theory related articles on improv concepts, voicings or harmony; concepts and approaches to comping; ideas on classical interpretation say from the Bach Sonatas and Partitas; a transcribed solo with accompanying analysis. These are only a few of many possible topics. Including specific music examples (written in Finale) in the article is preferred.
Hey VW,
Wanted to share a video with some fantastic new mallet prototypes made for me by Mike Balter... these have been inspiring me to play!
Mike & I have been talking about this over the years, but recently he came up with something that really hit it out of the park. Nobody is really making anything like it, as far as I know.
Sorry the audio on here could be better, but you can still hear how good they sound. They are designed to work well with the pickups.
Cheers,
Steve
Hi All,
It's almost July already. Hard to believe, but here's info on the July Good vibes: