hey,

where you been? what's up? what are you working on?

just wanted to nudge you a little bit!

We've been doing online concerts for a while now. We're ready and eager to do some work with colleges. So here's what we're offering.

For the first 2 college professors that get in touch with me, we'll set up an online master class. Your students can watch from the classroom and I'll be in my video studio with a bass player and we'll talk about the vibes! We'll take questions from your students, and we'll finish up with a short concert.

Any takers? It's free and it's easy to do. mailto:tony@tonymiceli.com

Mario talks about the Mallet Kat and setting it up for a show. I talked with him via Skype!

If you haven't checked this out, do so. It's really cool what's happened here and what's been talk about.

I learned a lot from it!

Simple Introduction To Chromatic Cell Structures

It should be understood that these techniques cannot function by themselves and that an understanding of traditional harmony is needed to truly make these techniques come to life. If there is no common ground of harmonic knowledge, only chaos will ensue.

How many modes are there on a vibraphone?

Here's an arrangement of Cherokee I made for my bachelor exam at the conservatory. After the post by Tony I thought I'd post this. I hope you like it. I'm not playing vibes, but drums on this one.

i have attached an mp3 of a trax that is basically a looped 8 bar idea. There is really no chord structure, but rather sound shapes. What i do alot in my home studio with REASON 4, is make short loops ideas to play over.. and then i work on the creative process

in the example its based around a C min tonality.. but can also be a Ab major tonality. like i mentioned previous there was no concept of chords.. just a groove....

with that in mind here is a list of step and ideas i mess around with ...

1. sing a line .. and play it. have a conversation with yourself and your instrument.