I was inspired by Tony to practice Stablemates. This is a QDV of a brief practice session. I'm working on playing the head with chords and then playing lines over the changes. I feel pretty good about the former, but it's difficult for me…
Get to work! I am making some Tik Tok MalletKat videos for Alternate mode. (The Malletkat is the pro model of electronic keyboard percussion). So I decided to play some tunes and then I thought I'll notate them as an etude for all of…
When the Covid pandemic started I began a project to create a book of arrangements for solo vibraphone. Although I have a closet full of music books I've never published my own. I'm on the last piece in the collection and…
This is a piece that I wrote for an assignment in Tony Micelli’s private vibraphone lessons on vibesworkshop.comI called it “He Laid upon the Ground” because I came up with the melody while I was laying in the floor of a practice room at…
I've done other etudes with Cherokee, but here's a new one. I like doing certain tunes even if I'm doing another something for that tune. Some tunes have so many progressions in them that when you learn them, you learn many many…
Ok, so download this file below. Burn all the tracks to a CD or put them on your ipod. Then set to shuffle. Listen and play the note back. Use the pause button if you need to. This should be a daily thing for a bout 5 or 10 minutes most…
I thought it was time to present some new material here again.Over the years, a lot of worn-out mallets have accumulated. I had the opportunity to give students a project assignment to refurbish old mallets. The result works very well. I…
Trying to decide which provides the most "natural" sound for recording vibes; Small diaphragm vs. large for condenser mics. I've attached two WAV files here in which I recorded myself with each of the two types (not actual…
This is a newly published etude for Vibraphone by Joke van Dal-Kleijne.It was very challenging, so it may be a good piece for more advanced players here on the site to work on. It took me about four months to be able to get through a…
I am helping the grandpa of a former student sell his M75. The instrument looks great and the motor was refurbished by Gilberto. He is asking $7000. Buyer pays shipping, or I will meet you within a 4 hour drive of St. Louis. I have…
