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Expectations When Conducting Rehearsals
Piper
Content type: Blog entry
I'd love to hear what other people do when they rehearse their bands. I'd especially like to hear about rehearsals with Frank Zappa (if anyone at VW has any experience with that). I heard he rehearsed a lot. I'd also like to hear about…
14 years ago - 8 comments
Technical Thing in Divertimento by Haydn
james_whiting
Content type: Story
Hi Guys. I'm playing this Haydn Divertimento for a technical exam at uni. I want to see what people think about how to do this trill, as 3 mallets are already taken up with the chord played at the same time....All help is appreciated!!!!!…
14 years ago - 4 comments
Tony... stay out of this one - the rest of us want to talk (about you)
Piper
Content type: Blog entry
EVERYTHING this man (tony) does is top notch. Every time he plays the vibes, great music happens. So, why the hell isn't Tony written about in ALL the magazines, booked with top paying gigs and so busy performing that he'd have to hire out…
14 years ago - 14 comments
Who is This Vibe Player?
tonymiceli
Content type: Video Embed
I know this guy but can't think of his name.
14 years ago - 12 comments
Anything But That Method
toddc
Content type: Blog entry
Man in general tries to break complex concepts into smaller bite size pieces. Because of time the results and impact of the proposed breakdown is often not apparent. I think how we have broken down the chromatic scale causes the learning…
14 years ago - 13 comments
My Romance - Harmony Lesson by Tony Miceli
tonymiceli
Content type: Audio Player
Here's a long lesson discussing the harmony to the tune "My Romance". Remember small chunks. I think if you do this lesson as I say, you will learn a ton. It will take a long time for some, but this tune is a masterpiece to study for jazz…
14 years ago - 5 comments
20 forms make a 1000 songs
norbert
Content type: Blog entry
"only after you’ve learned 1,000 tunes do you realize that there are really only about 20 song forms and every tune is a combination of segments of these 20 forms"... I read somewhere on Hal Galper's website. That statement goes with me…
14 years ago - 2 comments
1st day of internship (3/22)
jimmiew
Content type: Blog entry
I have been doing a little work in the books over the past week just to get accustomed to everything and see what all is out there. Started today out a little earlier, I decided to keep up on my AP Music Theory class this week which starts…
14 years ago - 1 comments
Cantaloupe Island by Joe Doubleday
Jdoubleday
Content type: Video Embed
This one also has bad video quality but OK sound. Let me know what you think. Props to the the Keyboard player, Adam Ledbetter, for taking care of the bass with his synthesizer the whole gig.
12 years 5 months ago - 8 comments
gigVibe news
nico
Content type: Blog entry
Last couple of weeks we have been working hard to set up the "sales environment" for the gigVibe. People were asking us for affordability of the instrument, and the availability of several ranges. So we cut down even more on costs on this…
14 years ago - 4 comments
A Couple of Rockers Talk About Volume, Jazz, The Sax and the Trumpet :-)
tonymiceli
Content type: Video Embed
This is pretty funny, especially when they talk about jazz.
14 years ago - 6 comments
The Who Is Book
tonymiceli
Content type: Book page
When someone posts a 'Who Is' they're asking about someone on the site. Inviting them to tell their story. When you get a 'Who Is', it's optional but would be nice to share a little about yourself with us.
14 years ago - 0 comments
A Behn Gillece Out Take
tonymiceli
Content type: Video Upload
I just thought this was funny. So I'm passing it on. We all know that Behn's lessons ROCK!!
14 years ago - 2 comments
Forum
tjaco
Content type: Book page
This book will contain announcements, ideas, quetion and all sort of stuff like that.
14 years ago - 0 comments
Web Links
tonymiceli
Content type: Book page
All the weblinks are here.
14 years ago - 0 comments
Tune of the week
tjaco
Content type: Book page
In this section we will study and play a tune every week. In some cases we will have a duet verion to record with or everybody will record a solo version or even a version with aebersold or band in a box. In fact everything is possible. As…
14 years ago - 0 comments
Technical exercises
tjaco
Content type: Book page
Here are some technical exercises
14 years ago - 0 comments
My Ideal by Behn Gillice
tonymiceli
Content type: Book page
Behn Gillece plays and talks about My Ideal.
14 years ago - 0 comments
Even Vibe Players Can Shred!
tonymiceli
Content type: Video Embed
Mario asked me to make a video playing the Mallet Kat for his Wednesday night hang over at Alternate mode. Here it is, my alter ego, a rock guitarist!
14 years ago - 20 comments
Etudes Based On Songs
tjaco
Content type: Book page
Here are all the etudes based on songs. These could be standards or originals.
14 years ago - 0 comments
Emily by David Friedman & Peter Weniger
David Friedman
Content type: Audio Player
This beautiful ballad, written by Johnny Mandell and played so often by Bill Evans, makes a wonderful vehicle for explorative melodic playing. For me, the goal here is sound and simplicity.
12 years 5 months ago - 20 comments
Black Orpheus by MetroWest Jazz Project w/ Tom Phelan
tpvibes
Content type: Audio Player
Here's another tune from my 5-March gig -- "Black Orpheus". Me on vibes, Doug Sondak on flute, Richard Hale-Shaw on bass and Ed Conley on drums. Enjoy :-). Tom P.
12 years 5 months ago - 2 comments
Live Tonight ..... ME
tonymiceli
Content type: Event
I have an extra computer, so i'm going to try and set up and use the camera on the computer. Just for fun!!! So if you're around tune in. www.livestream.com/mallet_channel
14 years ago - 0 comments
Maiden Voyage by Joe Doubleday
Jdoubleday
Content type: Video Embed
Sorry for the bad video quality. I used My computer and some mics to record it. Sound came out great but the video sucks. I guess you can treat this like an audio file. Check out some of the videos I've uploaded though!
12 years 5 months ago - 5 comments
Solo Vibe Playing - (Tony)
tonymiceli
Content type: Book page
All about playing solo!
14 years ago - 0 comments
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