Larry
"Uncle Larry"
I made a video that shows how the vibraphone works with a really bad sound test. I could not hold the camera and play, so I will make another playing vid where I don't have to hold the camera where you actually hear the real sound and range. I was using very hard mallets so the warble would come through. It sounds much mellower with softer mallets. I didn't even play any low notes.
Playing them....that's what sound effect guys on TV shows use to invoke a dream like sequence....and it does invoke a certain dreaminess while playing....the vibrato is mesmerizing. I could fall in love with these things in a heartbeat.
Plus drummers are uniquely suited for vibes because RUDIMENTS SOUND AWESOME! Just pick some good notes that work well together. Doing fast single strokes anywhere my mallet happens to hit and I sound like something on Frank Zappa lol. It's great for accuracy, it's great for playing a melody hand to hand, it's a challenge, because of the layout, it's akin to playing a piano with sticks. And it just puts you in such a state...the vibrato....the dream like effect...it's like a vibrator on my eardrums and you know what that leads to lol.
So a gong. And a vibrator. I mean a vibraphone. That's all I need.
http://youtu.be/VeeWeQUeICs
Playing them....that's what sound effect guys on TV shows use to invoke a dream like sequence....and it does invoke a certain dreaminess while playing....the vibrato is mesmerizing. I could fall in love with these things in a heartbeat.
Plus drummers are uniquely suited for vibes because RUDIMENTS SOUND AWESOME! Just pick some good notes that work well together. Doing fast single strokes anywhere my mallet happens to hit and I sound like something on Frank Zappa lol. It's great for accuracy, it's great for playing a melody hand to hand, it's a challenge, because of the layout, it's akin to playing a piano with sticks. And it just puts you in such a state...the vibrato....the dream like effect...it's like a vibrator on my eardrums and you know what that leads to lol.
So a gong. And a vibrator. I mean a vibraphone. That's all I need.
http://youtu.be/VeeWeQUeICs