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Stolen Moment by Bruce Wells

"Antihistamine Moments"

Hi all

Haven't posted for awhile for various reasons. This particular post is for Joe Locke and Philippe Briand. I promised them both and it has taken a little while for me to do this. Enjoy

Vid has flaws and may be out of sync a bit, but that is okey, it is what it is.

BruceW

p.s. Johan F. found my vid on YouTube and it has only been posted for a couple of minutes. Is that fast or what. Thanks again Johan.

Norbert Lucarain – Live hip vibes on TV!

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.

Blue In Green (@The Prohibition Room) by Joe Doubleday

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.

Carol of the Bells by Dana Sudborough

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!