Victor Provost is a top notch steel pan player. He's joining vibesworkshop.com to create the pan part, which will be called panworkshop.com and reside along side of the vibe section. Here Victor talks briefly about the history of the pan.
well here is the start.... this is an idea on how i get around Gaint steps...
I have only done the first Cycle of the progression, however, this idea should be continued to the other cycle that starts not the Bmaj7 but rather on Gmaj7.
Enjoy more to come
There's been talk about the Mallet Kat here. Which to me means electronic music.
I know there are varying opinions on electronic music especially pertaining to the vibes.
Well check this out. It's not a midi vibes but this should show you the worlds and places you can go to.
This is one of the most incredible videos I've seen on youtube. And the thing is this is 10 years old maybe? I think. And look what Michael Brecker does.
Wow!
Here's an itunes podcast series that seems really great.
http://deimos3.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Browse/gsu.edu.2009534935
You can subscribe to this in Itunes. I listened to one so far, and his style is great and he's very knowledgeable.
So here's another video of my mentor, Steve Giordano. Again listen to him play. I think you can imagine playing most of this on the vibes. For me, this is where the solo playing comes from. We can learn a lot from the guitar.
Just imagine this was a set of vibes.
Don't use the pedal if you don't want to. This is just an exercise in some alternate 4 mallet sticking. Not single lines, but 2 note voicings.
I was messing around with these ideas this morning. I banged this puppy out before heading out to class. I'll double check it later.
Your job is to figure out what standard it is based on, analyze the voicings and play it.
You can name the tune here. It should be obvious!!!!
I added a track with some percussion. This is an etude that should just give you some independent 4 mallet ideas.
This is a clip from PASIC 07 that I saw a long while back but just ran across again. It is an interesting concept presented in an entertaining way.
James
This is a great lesson to check out. It's interesting to see how much David knows about the instrument.
Just a very very Quick (and Dirty) video about Getting Your Groove On. In otherwords setting up a groove and soling over it.
Lionel Swinging!