I was playing the C6, Fdim chords (with the various inversions) in Dana's drop 2 lesson. As I was playing, I heard the song, "Once in a While", and thought it might be a good tune to apply the Drop 2 voicing for chord melody.

I would like a little guidance on the application of the lesson. I understand the example of playing the C Maj Bebop scale with the C6 or the diminished chord underneath, but I am not sure about applying chords to an arbitrary melody.

Hello everyone,

I have a vibraphone clinic coming up that I wanted to mention. The clinic will take place on Saturday, March 28th in Ogden, Utah as part of a PAS Day of Percussion hosted by Don Keipp.

The clinic will focus on mallet technique and address the following topics: pedaling, dampening and the fulcrum grip. Time permitting, I’ll also talk about improvisation, comping and solo vibraphone playing.

Here is the contact information:

Dr. Donald Keipp
WSU Department of Performing Arts
1905 University Circle
Ogden, UT 84408-1905
dkeipp@weber.edu
801-626-7073

Joe Locke has made available free lead sheets (for a limited time) from his catalogue.
Included is music from:

Force of Four
Rev-elation
Sticks and Stings and others, at the link below:

http://www.joelocke.com/shop/

Hi everybody,

I'm back from my week of holidays in the Alpes, and thought I could send you some post cards!

I think you'll have to be patient with the loading...

Enjoy!

MN

I think I'll stick with vibe playing. That's hard enough. Here we build a green screen in our house and shot some video. I have to get better at this, but you'll get the idea!

Hi everyone!

A.I.R Percussion Quartet (percussion geeks group) just got a MySpace page. Please stop by and check us out! This is the link:

www.myspace.com/airpercussionquartet

Hey Guys,

I've been feeling bad that I'm not around much, especially since there is soo much stuff going up, my recent activity page has a few pages of all new stuff I wanna check out, so I'll try to do that now and then.

Man, Dana, you're really putting stuff up, I love that you're contributing so much. Great stuff. And I love the way this site is evolving. More and more students putting stuff up and putting themselves in the open.

Hi Folks- Since I'm advertising my gig with this band on Feb 27th, I just wanted to put a little sample of the music up. I've posted a few of our more cryptically Celtic arrangements in the past, so I wanted to share this one, which is a little more straight-up-and-down... it's a reel called Bealach an Doirin that I learned from a Chieftains record. This performance (excuse the talking and general roughness) is from the 55 Bar in NYC last September.

JAmes Shipp - vibes
Jo Lawry - voice
Keith Ganz - guitar
Rogerio Boccato - percussion

You guys have probably already seen this.....

The guy who posted this says
"yeah man...bobby hutcherson is a quiet flower cleaning the air we breath.... "

Hi Vibesworkshop--

Just wanted to put it out there that my quartet is playing at Cornelia Street Cafe (http://www.corneliastreetcafe.com) on Friday, Feb 27th at 9pm and 10:30. We'll be playing our unique mixture of Irish jigs, reels, and songs with Brazilian rhythms and jazz sensibilities, as well as some great ones by Monk, Bjork, and myself which incorporate traditional Irish feels and timbres in exciting and questionable ways. (This may sound a bit out there, but I think it actually makes for a fun and balanced night of music that most anyone who wants to can enjoy.)