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Un-Structured Improvisation on Marimba by Dana Sudborough
DanaSud
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My Dad's birthday passed recently and, true to form, I gave him some customized music. Most of it was classical pieces I had prepared on marimba and vibes: Chopin Prelude in E minor, Bach Prelude in C minor, Mozart Violn concerto (the…
14 years 3 months ago - 10 comments
Dan Nimmer - SWINGING!!!
tonymiceli
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OH MAN my buddy just turned me on to this cat. Is this swinging or what!! Oh man!
14 years 3 months ago - 5 comments
Over 3000 Posts?
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
It looks like we're over the 3000 mark with posts! That's a lot of information on the vibraphone! Just thought I'd announce that.
14 years 3 months ago - 2 comments
One For the Guys
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
Ok, so trying to run a site and practice can cause marital problems. My wife was on my case big time about not doing enough around the house. I don't have time, I said. But she kept the verbal abuse coming. So I bought a Roomba. As I write…
14 years 3 months ago - 9 comments
Classical Indian Music (slightly off topic)
Stefan74
Content type: Blog entry
Hi Tony, hi all, quite some time a go John McLaughlin was in town playing a concert tour called "Remember Shakti". One of the songs was a piece of classical Indian music. I wonder is some of you dear VWers have some receommendation where…
14 years 3 months ago - 6 comments
The Collective Unconcious and the Un-structured Improv
tonymiceli
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When I saw Dana's post of his 'Un-structured improv I thought that's cool. We have a little wave of free improv going. I posted that electronic stuff and now Dana posted this. Then I thought that would be cool if others just played…
14 years 3 months ago - 0 comments
Kickin' On The Inside with Joe Locke & Hadley Caliman
DanaSud
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A friend of mine sent this to my Facebook page. Enjoy!
12 years 4 months ago - 4 comments
Partido Alto 2 - Chord Subs - By Eric Martin
Eric
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14 years 3 months ago - 5 comments
Partido Alto - By Eric Martin
Eric
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14 years 3 months ago - 1 comments
Santa Claus is Coming To Town by BarryK & Em
BarryK
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This is me and my daughter having fun with overdubs. We each sang 2 or 3 times on top of each other to get the chorus effect that you hear. I think back to the days where I used to have a couple of cassette decks and a mixer to do…
12 years 4 months ago - 11 comments
More cool features....
Piper
Content type: Images
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 3 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 3 months ago - 5 comments
The Lioness by Joe Doubleday
Jdoubleday
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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 5 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 3 months ago - 1 comments
Beautiful Friendship Part 2 by Tony Miceli
tonymiceli
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Beautiful Friendship Part 2. Analyzing the Harmony. Each section of the tune is identical!! Amazing!
12 years 11 months ago - 3 comments
Cooking Percussion Geeks - Martin Fabricius's student
Marie-Noëlle
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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
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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 4 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 4 months ago - 7 comments
Mainieri in Rehearsal - L'Image Backstage Pass
tonymiceli
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This is pretty cool.
13 years 11 months ago - 2 comments
Percussionists At Curtis Institute of Music
tonymiceli
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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
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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…
12 years 11 months 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 4 months ago - 0 comments
Me and Joe during our hang
james_whiting
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14 years 4 months ago - 3 comments
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