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Ed Saindon clinic at the Academy of Music in Munich on Thursday, March 11th
ed saindon
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Hello fellow vibists, I'll be giving a clinic at the Academy of Music in Munich on Thursday, March 11th sponsored by Vic Firth and hosted by Peter Sadlo and Arnold Riedhammer. I'll cover the Fulcrum Grip, dampening techniques, improv…
14 years 1 month ago - 4 comments
Bas de Lou
David Friedman
Content type: Audio Player
This is also from "Ternaire". It's a ballad by Daniel Humair, that I basically had to sight read at the gig. Check out the key.
12 years 11 months ago - 3 comments
Birk's Works by Tony Miceli
tonymiceli
Content type: Audio Player
We are all posting away! On one hand it's cool, it's what I was hoping for. On the other hand, this site is probably at 13 or 14 gigs now of data! Wow!!! Well that's why my partner is a programmer and owns an ISP company! Here's another…
12 years 11 months ago - 4 comments
Zipper Teaseuse
David Friedman
Content type: Audio Player
This is the first tune from a live CD "Ternaire", with Daniel Humair, drums, Jean-François Jenny Clark, bass and yours truly on vibes. It was recorded live in Paris, 1992 in La Villa. The balance is not great but the music has it's merits…
12 years 11 months ago - 5 comments
The Vibes Trio
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
I have a hard time when I'm playing trio. That is when I'm playing a concert and playing trio (vibes, bass and drums). It's easy if you're wallpaper music, or if it's a short set but two one hour sets can be intimidating for me. I played…
14 years 1 month ago - 11 comments
For My Part of the Delaware Workshop
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
For my (Tony Miceli) part of the workshop I'll cover many of the things that I cover here. Stride Vibes Lines (clarity) Learning Tunes Playing Tunes in 12 keys (How easy it really is) I'm always interesting in talking about getting…
14 years 1 month ago - 0 comments
2010 Workshop at Univ. Of Delaware with Friedman and Miceli
tonymiceli
Content type: Webform
This workshop will take place in the great campus of University of Delaware. Students will have their own practice room and instrument. At the same time as our workshop Bob Becker from Nexus will be giving a workshop on ragtime playing on…
14 years 1 month ago - 0 comments
Milt Laments!
tonymiceli
Content type: Video Embed
Mike Pinto had this up over at our store! Have you checked out our store??
14 years 1 month ago - 3 comments
FYI
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
The best students are the ones who teach themselves and as a result have lots and lots of questions for their teachers.. When I teach a class and we do nothing that I had prepared, then it was a great class usually. For some reason that…
14 years 1 month ago - 0 comments
Very Interesting
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
It's interesting all the feedback I'm getting about my thoughts on trio playing. toddc, jondaly, keene and friedman are all making great points. I've been thinking really hard about all this lately. I've been thinking about musically what…
14 years 1 month ago - 0 comments
Relaxing at Camarillo Excerpt by Bird - Transcribe This
tonymiceli
Content type: Audio Player
I was playing along with this recording. The head is really interesting, rhythmic and syncopated. Birds solo is so simple and cool, just makes the changes. I've been playing along with the melody and the solo for a couple days, and then…
14 years 1 month ago - 6 comments
My Romance - Chord Study by Tony Miceli
tonymiceli
Content type: Audio Player
Here's a chord study for the tune 'My Romance'. I talk and demonstrate and I've posted some voicings to check out and use with the exercises I talk about.
12 years 11 months ago - 1 comments
Lessons From Behn Gillece
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
Behn is coming down to shoot some video and do some lessons! I know some of you (me too) really dig Behn's playing. So this is good news! He'll be coming down this week, and hopefull I'll have stuff up next weekend.
14 years 1 month ago - 2 comments
My Romance - Simple Etude by Tony Miceli
tonymiceli
Content type: Story
This is a very very simple etude based on the changes to 'My Romance'. Here's why I think it's cool. It simply states the changes to the tune. What you should do is: Play the melody and chords first Once you really here the tune and the…
12 years 6 months ago - 2 comments
Life-changing Recording?
Piper
Content type: Story
I can remember going from the Beatles in the '60's to Led Zepplan and Chicago and Blood Sweat and Tears to Hubert Laws to Chic Corea and Joe Farrell back in the 1970's... Then being introduced to Elvin and Bill Evans and Gary Burton. These…
14 years 1 month ago - 14 comments
Michael Pinto Quartet in New York
mikepinto
Content type: Event
Hey guys i'll be playing at cornelia st cafe with my quartet Friday Feb 26th at 9pm. Maybe see some of you there! www.mikepinto.net
14 years 1 month ago - 4 comments
Ed Saindon updated website
ed saindon
Content type: Story
Hey guys, My website has been updated by vibist Jon Letsky. We're still in the process of tweaking some things, but there's quite a few things up on there now. All of my YouTube videos can be viewed directly from the website under the…
14 years 1 month ago - 1 comments
Spammers Are Here
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
So it looks like the spammers have arrived. A couple things: I've deleted 2 accounts in the last week. If you see a funny post, put it in the shout box for us to see. I might ask a few of you guys to take down any comments that looks funny…
14 years 1 month ago - 0 comments
Pretty Cool People Are Posting
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
People have been posting what they're working on. They're also posting original compositions and rehearsals and tunes from gigs. This is COOL! I always get inspired listening to others play. And I get ideas also. So I'm glad to see people…
14 years 1 month ago - 1 comments
Alexey Chizhik - 5 Mallet Technique
BarryK
Content type: Video Embed
Here is a video showing a close-up of Alexey Chizhik's 5 mallet technique. At the beginning of the video, you can see how the sticks are laid out. "Alexey Chizhik (vibraphone) and Zhenjia Glukk (journalist). Show on TV VOT 2008 (summer).…
14 years 1 month ago - 4 comments
"Après" from Charly
Charly
Content type: Audio Player
You hear the 'Latin-Ensemble', it's an ensemble from the 'Berlin Jazz Institut'. In this ensemble we've worked on different latin styles and I wanted to try to play my own tune 'Après' in a slow bossa style. And it's my first arrangement I…
14 years 1 month ago - 10 comments
Like the Tango Wasn't Sexy Enough to Start With
tonymiceli
Content type: Video Embed
14 years 1 month ago - 1 comments
Dan Kleiman
pap4456
Content type: Forum topic
For all of the Philly/Tri-State members of this site, Dan Kleiman, a hugely gifted musician and co-leader of the group Siora along with singer/guitarist Phyllis Chapell, has suffered a massive stroke while apparently preparing to undergo…
14 years 1 month ago - 3 comments
Coração Vagabundo by Eric Martin
Eric
Content type: Video Embed
This is an arrangement I did of Coração Vagabundo by Caetano Veloso. For those who don't know, Caetano Veloso is a very famous Brazilian songwriter. I've always liked this tune so I decided to attempt a solo version. This is also my…
14 years 2 months ago - 8 comments
Sonor Vibes for Sale
tonymiceli
Content type: Forum topic
Check out this link. This is a cool instrument. I played one in Germany. Ed Mann is Frank Zappa's mallet player from back in the 70's and 80's! He's selling the vibes. http://www.edmann.info/Sonor425_Vibraphone.html
14 years 2 months ago - 5 comments
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