Video from show at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage earlier this summer.

I am always curious what people are practicing. THIS is how we learn by checking each other out!

I worked on O grand Amor and finished up with really trying to play Anthropology and make it swing.

My buddy Joe Magnarelli warms up with a Parker tune. When he feels it's swinging he knows he has found his center. I dug that and mess around with that concept.

OK WHAT DID YOU PRACTICE TODAY?

I think it's magical!!

So, I played a gig with a new band this weekend and afterwards and during I got a million comments to the effective of, "wow, the vibes sound cool! You add some great color behind the soloists. I didn't know you could do that with vibes" -- from the musicians as well as the audience.

Now all of this was very gratifying but of course, I KNOW that vibes sound cool already -- that's why I play it! It's amazing how many people have no idea what a vibraphone can do, even other musicians. And especially what a 4-mallet, chord-oriented vibist can do.

Hi all,

Here's an audio/pdf supplement to the Major Surround Tones video I posted a few days ago. Pdf with exercies is attached.

Behn

Here is a tune written by my friend Adam Ledbetter in Oklahoma City. I brought this tune into Ed Saindon's office a couple of weeks ago and he showed me a million and a half things that can be done with it to fill it out. Here is were I am with it right now.

I also think its a good idea to check out Ed's article on pentatonics

Joe Doubleday- Vibraphone
Henry Fraser- Bass
Angelo Spampinato- Drums

Thanks for listening!

HELLO. RECENTLY I PRACTISE A LICK FROM A BEHN'S LESSON AND 4 LICKS CAME UP IN THE SPOT AND I STARTED WORKING ON THEM IN 12 KEYS, FIRST PLAY AS WRITTEN AND THEN MAKE MY OWN VERSIONS (BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO BECOME A LICK PLAYER, I WANT TO CREATE MY OWN MUSICAL PERSONALITY!!!) THANKS BEHN...

It's not perfect, but I wanted to post this etude. It's been a while this I posted from the book. I appreciate any feedback you have!!

My first blog ever!

I just got home from the Vibes workshop at the University of Delaware, and what a great time it was. Meeting David Friedman was terrific; what a genuine, warm person he is and how passionate about imparting his encyclopedic knowledge of the vibraphone to the students. I truly envy the vibraphone students in Germany that get to study with him.

Thanks Tony for organizing this, and thanks to Harvey Price for hosting the event. I hope to go again.