Behn came over today to pick up some mallets we started talking about melodies and playing lines. So I asked Behn to play a tune with only melodies and lines, no chords and then talk about it. Here's what came out.

Hi!

Just a practise tape of me playing Autumn Leaves, don't worry its only two chorusses ;-)

critics welcome

Cheers Stefan

P.S. just added a version of the mp3 without metronome

Hi all,

We've talked quite a lot about vibes and popular music. Here is an example.

Yesterday I came across this vid of my vibist friend Norbert. It's not jazz, but he joined a group named 'General Elektriks' where he plays drums and vibes.

In October they were hosted on French program 'Taratata', a good musical moment where music is 100 % live. As guest was 'M', a hip famous French musician/singer (guy with the black hat). The tune they revisited 'Melodie Nelson' is from great French late composer Serge Gainsbourg.

Some of the heaviest guys in the state came out to the jam session on monday and just totally blew me away. It was a blast being the worst musician on the bandstand. It is great to play with guys that really listen and react and make music. I had my phone and this little phone mic thing that I have so I decided I would record some of it. I wish I would have recorded more. We played an epic Nardis. It's cool because these guys like to just try playing tunes in different ways to really make a challenge.

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This is a recording from my school's jazz combo recital. I'm sorry that my vibes arent louder. We just had a mic out front to record it and it didn't come out that great.

Personnel:
Joe Doubleday- Vibes
Robert Redmond- Trumpet
Dusty Higgins- Guitar
Sam Hinson- Electric Bass
Dr. Cory Gavito- Director

I was realizing that I passed my 1 year "anniversary" of participation in the Vibes Workshop. Looking at some early posts made me realize that a lot of stuff has happened in that year and this site has evolved enormously.

In the Christmas spirit, I thought I would re-post my "Carol of the Bells" from last year. I played all the parts on marimba, mexican marimba and vibes. Enjoy!

Hi All,

The recent discussion around Tony's post about Jason "Mallet Man" Taylor has me wondering what people here really think about the balance between letting the music speak for itself and showmanship.

In "check this out" I've put three performances with contrasting levels of showmanship and art. Two are way on the showy side -- Jason Taylor and the Ian Finkel performance on "History of Mallet Instruments". The third, Elio Villafanca, is what I would consider to be the standard "here's the music" style.