Hey,
Just thought I'd video myself practicing so I could take a look and listen at what I'm doing and what I should fix. Please leave any comments.
Happy playing.
JW
We've talked about competition on the site for a while now. There are people in both camps. I'm in the middle but not against competition. However like always I'm thinking of everyone on the site and their opinions and thinking about my own and comparing them.
http://blurringboundaries.co.uk
Hi everyone,
I have a new crossover ensemble and I'd love to know what other mallet players think of the site and content.
Cheers,
Tim Evans
UK
I don't post much but now that I'm studying with Tony, he said that I have to share this on the site. I sent a dvd of me playing to PAS last year to apply for the Terry Gibbs scholarship and I got an email yesterday saying that they have selected me as the winner. I'm pretty excited about it and thought I should share this on vibes workshop. They also said that they're going to put me on the site which would be pretty cool.
Hey guys, thought you might enjoy this performance of How Insensitive from last week in philly!
While I am not really a student on the board, I have in the past posted a couple of videos including the infamous Big Sneeze. There was more than the sneeze but that is another story.
One of my favorite groups of all time. nuff said.
Sugar by Stanley Turrentine
Playing on the blues (or bluesish tunes like Sugar) always give me a hard time because there are so few key areas to work with. A tune like Stella pulls you right along with the key centers changing frequently. If you can just "make the changes" you are doing pretty well. Playing on tunes with very simple harmonic structures demands a very different skill. Timing and phrasing are really important. You need to pace your solo so that it has very good structure, form, and development.
Hi all,
Did you notice, Tony just posted his first video taken from the music school he teaches in. And you know, he doesn't only teaches vibes... He has entire classes of students of all kinds to deal with, trying to pass them on the 12 "Key law", and above all his incredible swing!
But what he ignores, is that when he left the room today after recording that Donna Lee quick vid, the camera went on and recorded the next lesson...
Our special "spy reporter" sent us this very confidential document: in exclusivity for you on vibesworkshop!
Enjoy!
- MN :o)
I'm at school right now and I had a few minutes with the camera on. So I thought I'd play a very rough and quick version of Donna Lee, the etude I have posted here.
I think if anything the etude will lead to you thinking about using double stops in your lines to get the chords happening.
I also have a version over Bud Powell's Celia that I'll post soon.
I do spend a lot of time playing solos 'in slow motion' and seeing where I can add things in. That's what is fun about this instrument, it can be sort of like a puzzle.