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Solar, accompaniment track

Philippe 30 April 2009

Hi everybody ! Last week I posted a bass-dms track for Four, a bit too hastily. I took it back when I realized it was not good enough. My bass-player Laurent came down yesterday and we recorded a track for Solar. This one is usable. It's all on brushes, there a couple drums and bass choruses. Anyone working on Solar might want to use this. Cheers! Philippe

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vibraman 29 April 2009

here is a solo vibes version of a tune i wrote long time ago for a percussion ensemble.i got many recordings of this song played with different instruments and settings but never did a solo vibe performance cause it was too difficult for me to play the bass and the melody.it´s great for working on independence inspired by the video of ed´s blues and all of tonys lessons that deal with that. still it´s not perfect and i miss a lot of notes but as working process i thought it would be cool to post it on the level i can play it today...still it needs a lot of work.

Solo Vibe Playing

tonymiceli 29 April 2009

So here's another video of my mentor, Steve Giordano. Again listen to him play. I think you can imagine playing most of this on the vibes. For me, this is where the solo playing comes from. We can learn a lot from the guitar.

Just imagine this was a set of vibes.

Hello from Ed Mann

edmann 28 April 2009

Greetings Vibes people

this site is great! I had no idea so many people are involved in playing mallet instruments. I am having a good time reading thru what is here.

I play a 1979 Deagan #594 vibes with Serna pickups. I love this instrument, and have never lost (1) pickup ever. It sounds great, I like the bar sizing and it has held up to a rigorous life, from world tours in road case to it's local rustic Suburu roadcase.

more soon!

thanks

ed

Let's talk about your feet.

DrBobM55 27 April 2009

I'd like to begin a discussion about feet. Your feet and how you deal with them when you're playing. Vibes players may be at risk for foot and back problems because we are often standing on one foot with the other on the pedal. The weight distribution is very unbalanced. Has anyone had problems with either foot, leg, hip or back pain? What did you do about it? What helped? What didn't? What kind of shoes do you wear while playing? Do your feet stink?

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