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Piper
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This shows the leg frame that I've put on my personal instrument. You'll notice that there are no casters and a lighter-weight leg frame than the piper vibe. I changed my Piper vibe over to this so that I didn't have that extra weight,…
14 years 4 months ago - 2 comments
Fellow day jobbers
tpvibes
Content type: Blog entry
Did anyone see today's Dilbert? I don't know whether to laugh or cry :-). Tom P.
14 years 4 months ago - 5 comments
The Lioness by Joe Doubleday
Jdoubleday
Content type: Audio Player
I am by no means a composer but I have decided that I should start getting into composing a little more. This is a run through of a tune I am working on. I would really be interested in hearing your feedback before I try to finalize my…
12 years 6 months ago - 1 comments
Happy Holidays & Urbanus
Steve Shapiro
Content type: Blog entry
Hi Workshoppers, Just stopping by to say Happy Holidays to all! I haven't been around for a while for numerous reasons - mostly just really busy. Unfortunately, none of it has involved playing the vibes. It seems that every day, it is…
14 years 4 months ago - 1 comments
Beautiful Friendship Part 2 by Tony Miceli
tonymiceli
Content type: Audio Player
Beautiful Friendship Part 2. Analyzing the Harmony. Each section of the tune is identical!! Amazing!
13 years ago - 3 comments
Cooking Percussion Geeks - Martin Fabricius's student
Marie-Noëlle
Content type: Video Embed
Hi all! At a period when the kitchen will soon be a very important and full room, I found this fun video on Youtube: students of Danish vibist Martin Fabricius playing "Wok Amok", said Martin: "A piece of mine written in 2000 for 2 chefs…
14 years 4 months ago - 2 comments
Crepiscule With Nellie by Tony Miceli & Monkadelphia
tonymiceli
Content type: Audio Player
Here's a Sneak Peak from our next Monkadelphia CD. I love this tune, Crepiscule with Nelli. It's a great to play also. Sometimes we solo on the tune, but not this time.
12 years 5 months ago - 1 comments
Beautiful Love by James Whiting
tonymiceli
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I spent a few days with James Whiting, definitely an up and coming vibe player. James is a hard worker and picks up things fast! We had 2 great lessons here in Philadelphia, and he was at the vibe hang today also. I asked James to play…
12 years 5 months ago - 7 comments
Mainieri in Rehearsal - L'Image Backstage Pass
tonymiceli
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This is pretty cool.
14 years ago - 2 comments
Percussionists At Curtis Institute of Music
tonymiceli
Content type: Video Upload
They were a little shy, but check out the Curtis Students! I did you my end of semester workshops with them and they rocked! They have such a great attitude, and are great musicians. Today they were reading down the tune summertime and…
14 years 4 months ago - 1 comments
How Deep Is the Ocean by Tony Miceli
tonymiceli
Content type: Audio Player
Finals are this week. The final is to play a clear simple solo over St. Thomas in several keys and play it solo. Harder than it looks. Then I hung out with James and talked about quarter notes. Then I did a lesson on quarter notes, based…
13 years ago - 2 comments
101 Years Old
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
Phew, it doesn't end. The semester is over which is great and I should be chilling for a few days, but Sharon's grandfather is 101 years old and we have to head to Texas and clean out his house which is sold monday. So I thought I'd get a…
14 years 4 months ago - 0 comments
Bobby Hutcherson w/Dizzy & Phil Woods All-Stars
DanaSud
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14 years 4 months ago - 1 comments
Categorizing your practice material - beginners level
tjaco
Content type: Blog entry
Here's some ideas to get started categorizing your material when your just starting out to play vibes: 1. Technique / Theory A: Study the major scales and arpeggios(triads, 6th chords and 7th chords) B: Study the dorian mode and minor 7…
14 years 5 months ago - 0 comments
Me and Joe during our hang
james_whiting
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14 years 5 months ago - 3 comments
Symbiosis by Tony Miceli (read before you listen)
tonymiceli
Content type: Audio Player
This is something completely different. I imagine some or many of you won't like it, but I want to tell you about it and the process. I love it, it's a group called Symbiosis and we just get together with our synths and play free…
12 years 5 months ago - 5 comments
What A Difference A Day Made by Stefan74
Stefan74
Content type: Audio Player
Hi all! I've been working on What A Difference A Day Made for quite a long time already - here is what came out - many flaws of course, but heck it's a practice tape and I am an amateur. Critics welcome, cheers STE
13 years ago - 4 comments
Last Train Home by Joe Doubleday & the OCU Percussion Ensemble
Jdoubleday
Content type: Audio Player
I think I've told a couple of people that Pat Metheny is one of my favorite musicians/composers of all time. (I know its crazy). I just think his tunes lay really well with a percussion ensemble. I don't really want to sound like him,…
12 years 5 months ago - 3 comments
Newsweek article: "Jazz is Dead. Long Live Jazz"
tpvibes
Content type: Blog entry
Hi All, In Newsweek online, there's an article call "Jazz is Dead. Long Live Jazz" (see http://www.newsweek.com/id/226331). I'm not sure I can decode a coherent message from the article, but one of the comments seems to be about the…
14 years 5 months ago - 5 comments
Me and Tony @ Vibehang
james_whiting
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14 years 5 months ago - 1 comments
A Great Vibe Hang Today!
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
Man we had a great vibe hang today! Great players and great music! It seemed like we had the whole world together. I counted France, Netherlands, Germany, USA, China and Australia. Pretty cool huh? It's like we have this growing community…
14 years 5 months ago - 2 comments
Symbiosis Dec 09 by Tony Miceli
tonymiceli
Content type: Audio Player
Ok More Symbiosis. I just thought I'd post it for something different. It's definitely trippy music. All Electronic. The thing to remember is Steve Giordano, John Swana and Bob Meashey are all musicians with huge ears, so this is a cool…
13 years ago - 2 comments
nice bebop lick
dimitris
Content type: Story
HELLO EVERYBODY. I AM FINISH (FOR NOW) MY PRACTISE ON COMPING IN ALL KEYS AND I START 2-3 WEEKS AGO CHORD SOLO AND SIMPLE BEBOP LINES IN ALL KEYS IN DIFFERENT PROGRESSIONS. SO FOR MY PRACTISE IT CAME THIS LICK. I THINK SOLO IN ALL KEYS IS…
14 years 5 months ago - 3 comments
Beautiful Love Etude 2 Chord Study by Tony Miceli
tonymiceli
Content type: Audio Player
Here's another chord study on Beautiful Love changes. Here are the steps I think you need to do to make this effective. 1. Analyze the chords against the original changes. The roots are the same even if they are not there. So analyze…
14 years 5 months ago - 0 comments
Beautiful Love Etude 1 Chord Study by Tony Miceli
tonymiceli
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Here's a chord study based on the tune Beautiful Love. Here are the steps I think you need to do to make this effective. 1. Analyze the chords against the original changes. The roots are the same even if they are not there. So analyze…
14 years 5 months ago - 0 comments
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