"Wichita Lineman" composed by Jimmy Webb and sung by Glen Campbell. One of the hippest and harmonically interesting pop tune that I think was ever written. A challenge to do it justice while maintaining the mood and not hit any clams. Ha!Ha!
Playing some sound in my head, if you have time please leave comments! Thanks!
Great Episode!!!
Our pop-up class for VW subscribers will take place June 3rd - 2pm EDT
We will study 'Have You Met Miss Jones'.
The follow up class we will stream and some of you guys will play the tune in 'Virtual Public'.
If you don't do that I would like for you to record something and post it on Vibesworkshop. Just to make us do a final goal!
You have to be a subscriber to take this class.
This is a shortened version of David F's beautiful arrangement (I left out his solo in the middle). My goal was to have it sing with expression and still stay in time. I wanted a faster tempo, but this was what I could manage for now. It's been a fabulous lesson in pedaling/dampening and making good use of all 4 sticks. I studied David's Youtube video quite a bit in the process of memorizing it phrase by phrase.
Marimba variations on Henry Mancini's "Moon River". Some spur of the moment improv on this classic song. I enjoy the orchestration potential, expansive range and varied colors of the marimba.
Been working on stride vibes and watching Tony's videos from the beginning of the site. If anyone has any comments, let me know!
Hey all, I'm starting a new lesson series with the goal of transferring some pianist language over to the vibes. I am a pianist and a vibraphonist, so a lot of my practicing has been doing just this.
The first is on Oscar Peterson, who is actually, I think, one of the best-suited pianists to adapt to the vibes, and I play with this stuff all the time.