Thanks to Nicofarr for posting his video of his new VanderPlas Baelio. I posted a comment with his audio jam and that comment has helped me a ton. I told him to use the pedal more and get more ringing. So I put my stuff out there and kept thinking about it. I started listening to Gary Burton last night and checking him out playing solo. I thought man, that's why he's the cat. Look at how he blends the ringing with the melody. He's got control of that instrument. Ed's another cat who has tamed the vibraphone!

Here's some ideas for thinking of blues changes. In the attached pdf, you'll notice a section that mentions descending dominants. I have included my video lesson of Descending Dominants on "Check this out" if you haven't seen it. Anyway, let me know if you find this pdf with the audio helpful.

Behn

I'm so proud !! This is a great instrument, beautiful sounding and gorgeous design..
Check out the link if you want to hear how it sounds..

Cheers,

Nico Farrugia

Hi all !

Here it is, finally posting something after a few months of inactivity on vibesworkshop.... I have a good excuse ; I had no vibes to practice.
But since August I'm the lucky and extremely happy owner of a brand new GigVibe from Nico Vanderplas !!!
So here I am, starting to practice again... Here is a fun practice tape, jamming on a funk fusion playalong.

I'd love to hear your comments!

Cheers,

Nico

Today on this sunny Sunday I'm gonna have our machines work on a new project. If it works out well, it might help a huge number of vibists.

The main reason for this new DIY frame is a cheap solution for those who aready own a vibe for gigging, or for thosethat own a crappy beaten up frame and need something fancy without having to invest heavily.

It is not as transportable as the gigVibe and/or M55, cause the main issue here is costs reduction. For those who need something more transportable, we're gonna offer something in the relative near future.

Hi everybody!

Somebody can explain how to do a montuno on vibes ? Or comping rythm and voicing in latin-jazz?
I find nothing about it and I don't know how to adapt piano montuno for vibes because we have only 4 fingers and we can't let resound a note more than an other one...
If anyone can help me about it ? ;)

Emilie

This is a cool voicing and can be used for a few chords. Any ideas?

This etude focuses on dampening, and playing in 5. Pdf is attached.

Behn