This is a showcase section. Prepare something and then upload it here.
A Burt Bacharach tune from the movie Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid I added vibes to, I am playing as a big band feature, very little improv, fugue type performance and an exercise in transcription Hope you like it
With a few less glitches and a 10 piece band backing behind it, an audience that was late-night drunk, and sympathetic to depression-era blues,,,,it could work.
Just found this. Listening to track one and I love this track. So I'm excited and thought I would post it.
I'm sure Randy Sutin or John Keene will know all about it.
Once through the Intro and melody on vibes, then vocals with iReal running. This is pretty much the way our old folks band, the Second Winds, usually plays, first the melody, then vocals, then various instruments taking a ride on the melody. The timing glitches and other glitches are evident in the vibes section. Listening to yourself in recording makes sense, but can be painful. The lyrics have been greatly changed, apologies to Lorenz Hart. The original lyrics may have made more sense in the context of the Broadway play where this music first appeared.
This weekend is our VW Bootcamp.
David is working in his class on the My Funny Valentine. He put up a version and so did Hauke so I wanted to do one as well.
I have not played the tune in a long time but I thought I could bang it out. I couldn't. I had to remember the parts and assemble it again. Hence my comment in the beginning, which I decided to leave in.
Don't any of us who record have comments like this or worse on some of our recordings?
Tony often talks about the use of vibes outside the context of jazz. Well, here is our newest release. It is probably best categorized as "New-Age Ambient", although I don't really like labels. I prefer to just ignore the box. Typically our music is considered too "new-agey" to appeal to jazz listeners and too "Jazzy" (whatever that means... sometimes they call it smooth jazz if they really want to fling what they feel is an insult) by folks in the new-age healing and yoga community.
Of course what's happening now with the virus is terrible, however I am having so much fun at home working and practicing. Feels weird to say, as I know many people are suffering. I think my rough times are coming but they are not here yet. Meanwhile I prepare 3 tunes each week to play on Saturday on our Vibesworkshop FB page. And I love.
I made a run through of my mini concert for today.
You hear them? You like them? I think they are cool.
I got the tip from my student Oliver who is a piano player and moves voicings from the piano to the vibes. Oliver rocks!