I hung out with Steve Weiss for a bit today. He showed me 2 of his 5 warehouses PACKED with percussion equipment. You can't even imagine how much stuff he has. Must be millions and millions and millions of dollars of equipment. I bet he'd fill one or 2 Walmarts with gear! One whole section of the warehouse was nothing but gongs from China.

Then he took me to his collection part of the wharehouse. One room was full of old vibraphones and marimbas and more. it was pretty incredible. Steve is a great guy and has been a friend for years.

Hello

I'm looking for an old Musser vibes, 80's or older WITH WIDE BARS. I'm glad for every hint!
I'm living in Switzerland, so I'd prefer the instrument stays in Europe.

kusmar@bluewin.ch

Markus

Just a quick tip here. Dig by Miles is a great melody to study. Try playing it and tapping your feet on 2 and 4! Try playing it by yourself and just making it swing. All the offbeats make it a challenge.

I think it's great to study melodies and to work on phrasing them. Actually I think it's an Art the way some players play melodies. I know I too often overlook them and take them for granted. But there's so much to learn playing and studying melodies.

Joe Magnarelli - Trumpet
Me - Vibes
David Brodie - Bass
Dan Monaghan - Drums

I'm just back from my annual little gig for Music Day wit my guitarist friend and my son. And this time, I had my vibes to bring!! But you were not that far: when I presented us, I dedicated our little performance to all my vibists friends around the world! So I felt like posting the 4 tunes we did, with their many mistakes... and their good vibes too...

Here is Now's the time in Duet... well not much better than last time with Tarik in Sassenheim ;-), but this time I added a little scat part. Enjoy! - M

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I'm just back from my annual little gig for music day wit my guitarist friend and my son. And this time, I had my vibes to brind!! But you were not that far: when I presented us, I dedicated our little performance to all my vibists friends around the world! So I felt like posting the 4 tunes we did, with their many mistakes... and their good vibes too...

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I'm just back from my annual little gig for Music Day wit my guitarist friend and my son. And this time, I had my vibes to bring!! But you were not that far: when I presented us, I dedicated our little performance to all my vibists friends around the world! So I felt like posting the 4 tunes we did, with their many mistakes... and their good vibes too...

Here is Dream a Little Dream, with a tiny vibes solo in (well just the melody). Enjoy!

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I'm just back from my annual little gig for Music Day wit my guitarist friend and my son. And this time, I had my vibes to bring!! But you were not that far: when I presented us, I dedicated our little performance to all my vibists friends around the world! So I felt like posting the 4 tunes we did, with their many mistakes... and their good vibes too...

This is a GREAT story. I Hope Alain will talk about his vibes and what he's doing. Incredible interesting I think.

Here's a set of vibes in the middle of the rain forrest in Gabon. I can't believe all the incredible places where there are vibes!