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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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Advice From John Piper Video Upload 10/25/2010 - 00:14
Talking Vibes with John Piper Video Upload 10/23/2010 - 19:12
Tony... stay out of this one - the rest of us want to talk (about you) Blog entry 03/23/2010 - 10:36
Expectations When Conducting Rehearsals Blog entry 03/20/2010 - 16:58
Harmonizing in sixes Blog entry 03/19/2010 - 21:54
Deagan Vibe Harp layout (model 145) Blog entry 01/24/2010 - 07:57
More cool features.... Images 12/23/2009 - 08:48
Cool Features that should be on every vibe, marimba and xylophone Images 12/23/2009 - 08:33
Within a Page (Lesson and solo vibe arrangement) Story 08/24/2009 - 11:59
Tritone Substitutions: Exercise Story 08/24/2009 - 11:56
It Might As Well Be Spring by John Mark Piper Audio Player 03/07/2009 - 07:37
What have you learned this year? Blog entry 12/17/2008 - 08:35
Music Improvisation Blog entry 12/12/2008 - 10:41
Christmas Music for Tony, Nico and BarryK Audio Player 12/07/2008 - 10:09
YOUR GOALS Audio Player 11/28/2008 - 12:42
What's your biggest challenge playing the vibe? Blog entry 11/25/2008 - 12:58
supporting the arts (in a real way): Blog entry 11/09/2008 - 13:17
Pop Song For Florian Audio Player 11/07/2008 - 13:44
Musical Prejudices Blog entry 11/06/2008 - 10:25
Life-changing Recording? Story 11/04/2008 - 18:59
Paths of Coordination Blog entry 11/03/2008 - 13:07
Key Signatures and Relative Keys Story 10/31/2008 - 22:38
Chord Scales and Color Tones Story 10/31/2008 - 22:33
Understanding Tritone Substitutions and Altered Color Tones Story 10/31/2008 - 13:51
10. Random Intervals with Pathways (practice) Audio Player 10/26/2008 - 10:51