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Birth Name - John Mark Piper / Google Name - PIPERvibe  / Street Name - "PIPER" 

 

Bio

  • Early Music:

    • Berklee College of Music

      • Studied with Gary Burton, Alan Dawson, Gary Chaffee and many other great musicians.

    • Toured playing drum set in Pop Cover Bands

    • Las Vegas

      • Music Director for comedy review

    • Los Angeles

      • Played drum set in top 40 cover bands

      • Street Performer: Solo Vibraphone

    • PIPER Vibraphone:

      • Designed Musser/PIPER M58 Vibraphone

      • Awarded Three World Patents

    • Frame and Fortune:

    •  “Just A Step Away” (solo vibraphone CD)

    • Feature Guest Artist/Clinician/Master Classes at Colleges and Universities in the USA, Mexico, South America and Germany

  • Intermission - Music Hiatus

    • New Adventures  and Balance 

      • Joined the Fire/Rescue Service Dallas Fort Worth Metro

        • Worked as Firefighter/Paramedic Dallas/Ft Worth Metroplex

      • Joined the Antarctic Fire/Rescue service.

        • Designed and built “South Pole Vibraphone” for Antarctica. It’s the only vibraphone to reach the South Pole and McMurdo Station Antarctica.

        • Spent 5 years on ice – South Pole, McMurdo Station Antarctica

        • Became a member of JSART (Antarctic Joint Search and Rescue Team consisting of members from USA and New Zealand in Antarctica)

    • Back to Music

      • Started www.PIPERvibe.com “Where Good Vibes Resonate”

        • Working to improve the music arts industry

        • New Products for vibes and marimba

        • Shapes and Patterns of Music Revised Edition

        • Shapes and Patterns of Music Prologue

        • Goal of offering new frames for old bars and resonators

        • Create new audio/video recordings for body of work

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Mics for vibraphone Blog entry 02/05/2021 - 08:02
Music Reading On The Vibraphone Blog entry 01/24/2021 - 11:10
Excellent Acoustic Sound Control on a Budget Blog entry 01/20/2021 - 09:14
I'm looking for a beat up M55 to buy Blog entry 11/20/2020 - 18:32
Pop Goes The Weasel - PIPERvibe Video Embed 03/25/2020 - 19:05
"Wave" PIPERvibe Video Embed 03/25/2020 - 18:00
Practice Material - Shapes and Patterns of Music Blog entry 03/21/2020 - 11:23
The ALL NEW PIPERvibe Grip from Down Under Images 02/13/2020 - 00:10
I'll Remember April - Solo Vibe- PIPERvibe Video Embed 02/06/2020 - 22:54
Presentation Images 01/30/2020 - 23:30
Stella Solo Vibe Video Embed 01/23/2020 - 02:16
Tones for Joan's Bones: Solo Vibe SAMPLE/Resonator II Video Embed 12/15/2019 - 12:20
PIPERvibe Live At The South Pole Images 12/05/2019 - 02:31
South Pole Bound Blog entry 11/13/2019 - 01:51
Dolphin Dance with "Notes About The Notes" Video Embed 11/01/2019 - 16:40
PIPERvibe in New Zealand Images 08/20/2019 - 22:25
The original MBraces Images 07/26/2019 - 23:35
Vibraphonics and the PIPERvibe Story 06/29/2019 - 17:45
Paths of Coordination (this one has "Gear Time" in it. Story 06/27/2019 - 20:13
Misty Solo Vibe Story 06/27/2019 - 19:52
Misty Lesson on Solo Vibraphone - Special Characteristics Blog entry 06/24/2019 - 00:33
BLUES article Blog entry 06/24/2019 - 00:11
Interview with Mike Mainieri Story 05/21/2019 - 14:11
Happy International Jazz Day Video Embed 04/30/2019 - 11:29
Nickels and Dimes Blog entry 04/02/2019 - 02:44