First vibes workshop post on my own instrument!

What a lovely song ! I play all the parts in this one. I'm a pretty good guitar player on MIDI keyboard ! hahaha ! ;o)

Two things we discussed were bass lines and line etudes. This etude combines these two discussions. Look for the bass notes in this etude and see how they can turn into full blown lines. Playing in this fashion can really spell out the chords very clearly.

Because you're not in an environment where you are playing and keeping your hands in shape.

If you can blow over Cherokee at 300 BPM then you probably don't have to play technical exercises if you don't want to. You can just blow over tunes and work out your hands.

But for a lot of players new to the instrument you can't do that, so then it's important to play scales and other technical exercises and to work up speed.

Not much more to say about that. IMHO :)

The arts organization in my hometown, Hopkinton Center for the Arts, is nearing completion on a new performance center and instruction facility. I'm setting up Internet access and internal wiring for them and I'd love to be able to set up some sort of live video streaming. Does anyone have any hints on best services/practices etc.?

Hey,
Here´s more from our last gig of the zappa band.this time with extensive vibes solos :)
hope you like it...
tarik

This clip shows some simple examples to get a pseudo-salsa piano comping sound on the vibes. I've included a basic idea and a few variations. The last example is more of an exercise or short etude, and a transcript pdf file of that one is attached.

Hi everyone,

My debut album as leader, "Mindset", is coming out May 15th. I'm really excited about the recording. The album consists of my originals that I've been playing on gigs for awhile now. If you're interested, check out the title track here. I also have other samples on my website, www.behngillecejazz.com You can also buy an advance copy from there if you'd like!

I'll be posting some info on my CD release gigs soon as well. Thanks!

Behn