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In this etude the dampening is pretty much left up to you. You decide what rings and what doesn't. Go for clean lines. Everything can be dampened.
13 years 1 month ago - 0 comments
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I disscovered this player, i like his feeling. There is another video on Youtube where he is playing a swinging tune with a 4tet. I hope you enjoy, and it's intersting to see new things.. His bio : Christian Tamburr is a multi-…
13 years 1 month ago - 5 comments
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Are you guys listening to our next TOTM Fried Bananas? What tune is it based on? Who wrote it?? What recordings are you listening to? Start getting it in your system, it's a good tune. Let's make this the research page for the tune. See…
13 years 1 month ago - 13 comments
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I've been "not playing" now for three years. I think that's longer than some of you have been playing. I still digest music daily internally and I often get the attention of my brother firefighter/paramedics at work who notice the non-stop…
13 years 1 month ago - 11 comments
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Another great player, interesting too. There are others videos of them on Youtube. Hope you enjoy it ! Here what i've got about him : Rusty Burge joined the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music faculty in 1992 as a member of Percussion…
13 years 1 month ago - 2 comments
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Hey everyone, I just wanted to let all of you know that I have a new book out! It's titled "Sight-Reading Skills for the Mallet Percussionist" and it's published by K. Wylie Publications. For those of you who don't know me, I teach at…
13 years 1 month ago - 7 comments
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Marie asked me if I know Wolfgang Lackerschmit. Here's a picture he recently posted on my Facebook page. It was a vibraphone summit from the middle 70's (Check out the hair!!!!) with Wolfgang, Karl Berger, Tom Van der Geld, Frank Tusa(bass…
13 years 1 month ago - 5 comments
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Hi Everybody ! Here is Up jumped spring, inspired by Tony and David workshop video. It's a practice time video to check bad and good things ! All comments are welcome! :) (Sorry for the sound who turn down at the beginning.. don't know why…
12 years 5 months ago - 26 comments
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Here's my drop 2 Danny Boy. I use it on the head, and just solo not worrying about all that. So now I need to write this out for you guys. OK!!! I'm swamped so bad with gigs. But I'll get it done real soon!!!! I need to work more to help…
13 years 1 month ago - 9 comments
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4 is coming...
12 years 6 months ago - 8 comments
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I was practicing a few weeks ago and when reviewing some of my taping, I really liked this one for some reason. It is quite short so I decided to share it. it was practice with some different goals, most of which were accomplished.…
12 years 5 months ago - 27 comments
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Maybe we should tie in with our partners in the west? I think we could easily pull off an East Coast vibe summit. I could get us a place to play no sweat and get the band. We chip in for food and have a really nice hang. What do you east…
13 years 1 month ago - 3 comments
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Since it's our national day of celebration here I would like to wish you all a Happy St Patrick's Day, and for anyone with Irish roots hope you have a good one, Slainte!! Enjoy the vid it reminds me of when Tony came to Ireland for the…
13 years 1 month ago - 3 comments
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Triste is one of my favorite Jobim tunes. It's nice to see the reactions from Thomas and Billy in these vids since I don't see their faces when I'm playing. I was laughing at their reaction at the beginning of my solo. I'm playing a blues…
12 years 3 months ago - 3 comments
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Todd directed me to the channel of this German vibist... Oh wow!! I loved all his tunes, but totally dug that one! Smoking, grooving, light, fun, open ears... musical! Anyone knows him? David? Tarik? Wolfgang's channel: http://www.youtube.…
13 years 1 month ago - 2 comments
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soooo, tony and bill eavans are kind of similar in a way.. i watched just a video from tony talking about putting yourself in a box, and this interview of bill evans goes along with that idea. there's just so much to say about it,…
13 years 1 month ago - 4 comments
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This is a little lesson I just came up with on approaching chord melodies. I starting with a simple melody and devloped three variations. The lesson is a PDF and I've included a little MP3 of me demonstrating the examples so you can get an…
13 years 1 month ago - 4 comments
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From an early 60's local program in LA, Paul Horn and his quintet performing "Green Dolphin Street." Another rare opportunity to see a video clip of the great Larry Bunker playing vibes. Incidentally, tomorrow will be the 81st birthday of…
13 years 1 month ago - 4 comments
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12 years 6 months ago - 2 comments
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So... Wow. He is the man, huh?
12 years 5 months ago - 7 comments
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Here's a turn around chord study etude. check out the voicings, the harmony and try to play it! The pdf and bass only file is below.
13 years 1 month ago - 4 comments
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i'm looking into some camps/workshops to do over the summer and wondering if anyone has some ideas on where to look. i'm for sure doing the one in delaware. thanks for any help
13 years 1 month ago - 2 comments
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i took dimitris tip and tried to play a friedman etude as warm up. to be honest the warm up took me about 3 hours. this etude is not as easy as it sounds or looks at least if you don´t cheat and use the pedal pressed down all the time...…
12 years 6 months ago - 8 comments
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Hi All- Sorry if this is a tired subject around here; I haven't been by in awhile. Just got a snail-mail percussion catalog and noticed the Malletech 'Love' Vibraphone is finally being shipped. Anyone besides Gavin and Ed Smith…
13 years 1 month ago - 9 comments
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