a gradual approach

Tony has been asking me to do something with vibes and gongs. So, I have been working on it, but to be perfectly honest, most of it just isn't ready for prime time yet. Playing solo, as many of us are finding out in quarantine, is very tough. 35+ years of quartet playing with pianists and guitarists didn't really prepare me for this moment.

So, I'm not ready to do a whole hour of this stuff live yet, but here is a few minutes of what I am up to. I'm learning every day, especially now that I am getting to hear so many accomplished solo players do their thing.

HERE IS OUR FIRST TUNE MEET UP.
MAY 5TH 12 NOON EST - 16:00 UTC

THE TUNE IS GREEN DOLPHIN STREET

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Tony Miceli is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: TUNE MEET UP - GREEN DOLPHIN STREET
Time: May 5, 2020 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
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Video footage of Cal is pretty rare, and I found this the other day on YouTube. This is the longer clip with three tunes on it - Cubana Chant, Poinciana, and Doxy.

The instrument is a Deagan 1000, and it's nice to see Hefner keepin' it real by moving the vibraphone into place.

Check out the etude. Does it help you?

H1CH in C

You hear them? You like them? I think they are cool.

I got the tip from my student Oliver who is a piano player and moves voicings from the piano to the vibes. Oliver rocks!

Some Sunday night musical reflection on “America” with some reharmonization, modulation and constant structure chords. If anyone would like the lead sheet just let me know.

I'm trying to get organized here, but it's not easy for me. Since the quarantine I have been busier than I've ever been. Being online is more work than being offline!

But I would like to see which subscribers want to meet up once or twice a month and play and talk about stuff.

Here's the thing, you have to have good bandwidth, decent audio and decent video.

There are ways to do it. And I will help any subscriber that has questions.

Post your question on the site here as a blog. I will try and answer and make a book in the vbooks sectdion.