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guidance & direction
Didee-bop
Content type: Forum topic
50 years old ! can"t read music,never played the vibraphone don't have an instrument I would like to learn,where do I begin,do I save and buy a malletkat or a vibraphone what books should I buy to learn to read whats first where do I start…
14 years 4 months ago - 8 comments
Check This Out!
tonymiceli
Content type: Video Embed
Me and Barry were having a Debussy party on Youtube. Check this marimbist out! wow!!!
14 years 4 months ago - 6 comments
Song For My Father by Dana Sudborough & Trio Montuno
DanaSud
Content type: Video Embed
I posted a few songs from the 2009 Mountain View concert series my group did on Thursday. We had played the same college 2 years ago resulting in the video of us playing Tin Tin Deo that up on YouTube.
12 years 4 months ago - 12 comments
Don't Underestimate the Power!
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
I just had a great lesson with my student/buddy from Ohio, Jon Letsky. It's great to do the online lessons because I can see what I post in action. He's practicing invitation and doing the quarter note solos, chord tone solos and playing…
14 years 5 months ago - 1 comments
Internet Explorer Part 2
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
We've been working trying to solve the Explorer problem but the reality is that Explorer is a big problem on any site. If you look through any CSS or html book, you see these parts where they show how to do cool stuff with the programming…
14 years 5 months ago - 1 comments
Neighbor Tones
tonymiceli
Content type: Book page
Neighbor tones are ways to embellish melodies. A very natural musical thing. This does though take a little practice if you're not already familiar with them.
14 years 5 months ago - 0 comments
All about Felix Martinz
BarryK
Content type: Blog entry
I just found this guy, Felix Martinz, on You Tube. Really cool stuff he is doing with the vibes and his bands. Invitation:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGmI-6JHJDg Vetne 4:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkgNuwtjBM8 Home Page:http://www.…
12 years 3 months ago - 2 comments
When We Were Free by Joe Doubleday
Jdoubleday
Content type: Audio Player
Here is a recording of a rehearsal I had today. I don't know if many people enjoy listening to this, but I have fun playing it. Sorry about the talking at the beginning, I was trying to tell the bass player something but he went ahead and…
12 years 4 months ago - 5 comments
Life's Blessing Study Series: left hand playing melody along with accompaniment
ed saindon
Content type: Video Embed
On this video, I'm playing the melody along with any bits of accompaniment that I can attempt to fit in without taking away from the clarity of the melody. It's a good way to work on the left hand in terms of getting it to focus on melody…
14 years 5 months ago - 10 comments
Explorer 6 Problems?
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
OK, are you guys having IE6 problems? what exactly is going on. IE6 is a terrible browser to start with. It's funny when you design something and it works with all browsers but IE6. Our first advice is to use Firefox. Next, if you guys…
14 years 5 months ago - 5 comments
Create Your Masterpiece
tonymiceli
Content type: Story
I think Joe Locke talked about creating your masterpiece or chipping away at it in one of his lessons. I think we should always be creating our masterpieces, that is playing something where we're creating a final product of some sort. If…
14 years 5 months ago - 1 comments
Friedman Plays a Ballad!
tonymiceli
Content type: Video Embed
This is beautiful. Listen to David's ballad playing. The way he comps and solos. I love the clarity of the chords, the way he I can hear melodies in his chords. The way his lines move the ballad in his solo. This is great stuff.
14 years 5 months ago - 1 comments
From a Half Step Above
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
Man I listened to some Bud a while back and it got me hooked on the sound of going to the one chord from a half step above. Like Db to C. I love that sound and have been pulling it out all over the place. It's pretty cool. It's sort of…
14 years 5 months ago - 0 comments
Upgrades and new instruments
nico
Content type: Blog entry
Apart from the regular production, last couple of weeks we spent a lot of time on redesigning the electronics for the motorsystem of the LW-series, and finishing the new 3 octaves vibe model. Both are done now, and the first LW with the…
14 years 5 months ago - 9 comments
Restructuring the online Books
tjaco
Content type: Blog entry
Hey Everyone, We are starting to restructure the Online Books that contain all of the lesson material, performances etc etc. The amount of stuff on the site is really getting so overwhelming that it seemed needed to restructure all the…
14 years 5 months ago - 1 comments
Hi Tech Click by Tony Miceli
tonymiceli
Content type: Audio Player
I practice with loops a lot. Especially percussion loops. Bossa's, Samba's and this swing feel. Kind of feels like the ultimate click track. A lot of times after I do all this I add some drum parts, and a bass and maybe piano or guitar. I…
14 years 5 months ago - 5 comments
Friedman Etude No. 9 by Andrew Nittoli
andrewnittoli
Content type: Audio Player
Here is my recording of Friedman Etude 9
12 years 5 months ago - 10 comments
Yo All you Boston People
tonymiceli
Content type: Story
A friend of my Michael Varner is coming to Boston. He wants to meet up with the following. (He teaches down in Texas I think at University of Arlington.) First, Jazz vibraphone, its teaching and performance skills. Second, world music,…
14 years 5 months ago - 1 comments
Too Many Notes
tonymiceli
Content type: Video Upload
Here's a video where I talk about just that, playing too many notes. It's a problem every vibe player has. It's a tough one to solve since we don't have to breath to play! Listen carefully, I mess the time up in this video in one spot. It'…
14 years 2 months ago - 2 comments
Connecting the Dots Part 1 by Tony Miceli - Creating Lines Part 1
tonymiceli
Content type: Audio Player
Here's a series I'd like to run on connecting the dots, that is making lines with chord tones and scales. I think this could be very useful for some of you guys and this would get more complex as time went on. Let me know what you think.…
14 years 5 months ago - 4 comments
Short Hair
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
Pict is attached. I promised Marie I'd post the bad news.
14 years 5 months ago - 2 comments
Nr. 4 - Tune Of The Week - Woody n You
tjaco
Content type: Story
Hello Everyone, The tune for this week will be Woody n You. Maybe it would be nice if we would try to do a version in a latin feel. For those of you who are able to, try to make a duet yourself. So record one part and then add a second…
14 years 5 months ago - 6 comments
Woody N You by Tjaco Oostdijk (triet version)
tjaco
Content type: Audio Player
Ok, I know I'm too early posting this, but I have a gig tomorrow for which I have to leave somewhere in the afternoon because of traffic, so I thought I'd post this quick version of Woody N You. To Be honest, I didn't really study this…
12 years 4 months ago - 8 comments
What's Most popular
tonymiceli
Content type: Panel
Here's what's getting checked out the most!
14 years 5 months ago - 0 comments
Afro Cuban Vibes 2 - Part 1
DanaSud
Content type: Video Upload
I have had some requests since the last lesson to show how to apply the ideas from lesson 1 to different chord sequences. This part of the lesson deals exclusively with taking a single rhythm (the first from lesson 1) and applying it over…
14 years 5 months ago - 3 comments
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