Just a reminder not to spend an inordinate amount of time on technique, and to think of musical ways to practice technique. After all the goal is to make music. That should be part of your practice routine! There are ways to incorporate…
Joe Locke's Percussion Discussion Live at JazzBaltica 2009 "Domino City" feat: Joe Locke, Johnathan Blake, Nils Wülker, Martin Wind, Daniel Sadownick and tap dancer Maurice Chestnut
Cool stuff!
Man I've been here practicing for the last few hours. I'm working on stuff I worked on yesterday and I'm realizing once again how important consistency is.
I'm seeing what I did yesterday flow a little better today. It's really exciting…
Here is the second and last part of this tribute to Lionel Hampton dated December 1992.
Now Milt himself, and Gary join the party! The three of them 'under the same roof': wow!
Gary? If you read this, any memory of this moment?
Enjoy!
- M
Hi!
Here is " Beautiful love " during my vibes exam' in december 09.
A lot of stress! and there are a couple of bad choice of notes in my solo :/
Also, I find that the attacks of notes is too precise and squared, no? I would like to have…
I've been pretty curious as to why there are never any discussions about Stefon Harris on this site. Does no one dig him? In my opinion he is one of the heaviest vibe players alive (if not the heaviest). If you guys don't listen to him you…
This was recorded shortly before i joined vibesworkshop. i should post another version to show how far i have progressed but, right now i just want to post anything just to get my feet wet. this is a pretty rough version. i forgot the…
Vibist Les Blachut posted this link on facebook: in December 1992 a great tribute was made to Lionel Hampton, some 10 years before he left us.
Apart from this tribute (Hankock and Franklin wow!) and the joy of the man round the end of his…
Anyone coming to the APAP convention tonight? I know there are hundreds of groups performing.
This is what I call the grind. Trying to get gigs and things happening at these conventions is crazy. The thing about it is I sat at a table of…
Not much of a classical player but I always loved this pice.
Most of this piece can be adapted relatively easily to the vibes.
I have attached the sheet music, available for free online. I would love to hear other versions from members.
If you're coming to the workshop please do a few things.
1. Fill out the registration: http://www.vibesworkshop.com/node/2710/
If you're coming to the workhshop PLEASE fill out a registration form.
This is so we can get an accurate count…
Here's an etude I wrote to demonstrate lines moving through scales. The sort of weaving up and down the scales that you hear advanced players do. Hopefully by playing this etude you can get some insight into all that. It's a blues, so fill…
since i heard some different versions of that tune on the site (e.g. phillipe´s which i really liked a lot) i thought i post a trio version of the tune with a very little arrangement by me...the recording is from last year may or april i…
Hey everybody, it's Tjaco's birthday today!
Happy Birthday Tjaco.
Up their with Marie, Tjaco is an indespensible part of this site, making lessons, helping out with the organization and problems with the site.
Tjaco is the best!!! Hope…
