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Vibe Tribe

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The idea behind VIBE TRIBE since our debut CD “Cool Shoes” always circled around the idea of what makes communication between people work, how we relate to each other, what seems to be of common interrest to all of us beyond the neccessity to simply survive ... there are all those matters of the soul, which to need to be attended to, or we will have to sacrifice those human values, without whome life will never be the same ... in other words, the “Vibe” is not just something groovy or hip, but rather the product of who we are, what we believe in and how we behave accordingly. Regardless of what school of thought you are coming from, you will always draw likeminded people to you, and will find yourself in learning situations reflecting precisely what you still may have to learn ... so, by truly staying in touch with your inner self, you have made the first step to be of real value: to your loved ones, your children, your friends, your fellow musicians ... the good thing is, once you have discovered those benefits of behaving in a good way to yourself as well as to the others, your whole life circumstances seem to improve in manyfold ways ... and you cannot but spread a good “Vibe”, really communicating something of value, be in words, be it in a smile, be it in music ...If we want to enjoy a life with a minimum of ethics still in place, we will have to do something for it – that much should be clear by now ... if a good vibe has the potential to set good ideas into motion for the benefit of all, then motivation to keep on working hard at bringing good people together to produce something of lasting value is a given ... and a lot of fun too!Along these lines you may get an idea, what the VIBE TRIBE is about – we have had the good fortune of really outstanding musicians contributing from day one, as well as many helping hands help from all sides of the music industry and the support of our family and friends: what more can you ask for?

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Member Since: 26/06/2007
Band Website: www.Vibe-Tribe.de
Band Members: The VIBE TRIBE was founded in 1995 by guitarist and composer Richard Schumacher, who was born February 5th 1955 in Boston/USA, but grew up in Hamburg / Germany, were he first appeared on the session scene in the vibrant 70´s with Udo Lindenberg, Carsten Bohn´s Bandstand and others. However, intrigued by Frank Zappas composing skills on paper, he felt encouraged to seriously study jazz composition and arranging with the likes of Michael Gibbs and Herb Pomeroy at the Berklee School of Music in the 80´s, while simultaneously starting to make a name for himself as a composer and bandleader. Back in Hamburg in the 90´s he started his main project Vibe Tribe, which first appeared on Lipstick Records, signed a publishing deal with Warner/Chappell and released the critically acclaimed CD´s “Cool Shoes” , “Foreign Affairs” and “Views” with succesful subsequent tours featuring a cast of contributing musicians as follows: Patrice Rushen, Terri Lyne Carrington, Kai Eckhardt, Munyungo Jackson, Bill Evans, Mitch Forman, Bob Malach, Dave Weckl, Russ Ferrante, Jimmy Haslip, Will Kennedy, Steve Tavaglione, Patches Stewart, Roger G. Byam, Jack Bruce, Eric Bibb, Rayford Griffin, Dave Carpenter, Danny Sadownick, Blaine Paulos, Randy Hope Taylor, Mark Anthony, Orin Waters, Roy Galloway, Sarah Brown, Alex Alessandroni, Nick Smith, Benjamin Hüllenkremer, Lionel Cordew, Rick Washington, Lothar Atwell, Patsy Moore, Henry Hey, Paul McCandless, Arndt Geise, Jost Nickel, Karin Briggs, Stefan Pintev, Marcio Doctor, Nathalie Dorra, Frank Otto, Yogi Yockusch, Robbie Smith, Ken Norris, Madeleine Lang, Marion Schwaiger, Anna Depenbusch, Detlef Beier and Graham Harvey.The CD "Cool Shoes" was produced by Richard Schumacher, whereas "Foreign Affairs" and "Views" were produced by Richard Schumacher and Reinhard Karwatky.Besides producing and studio work as a guitarist, Richard was part of the internationally acclaimed multimedia production “Trip” , a unique cooperation of many musicians, painters amd movie directors, destined to stirr up creativity and imagination, rightfully subtitled: “Remix your experience” Recent activities include the first solo CD “Waterlilys”, a collection of tunes featuring his more guitarristic side, as well as starting his own label Straightvibe Records, which is dedicated to Jazz and World music, as well as continuing cooperations with other artists in the “Music for Painters” and “Music for Poets” – series.Please feel encouraged to stop by at our main site: www.Straightvibe.com, there is a lot more of information awaiting you...it is good to know, one is not alone when striving for something of true value - there are a lot of good people at work for the benefit of all - regardless of how far we may be spread apart, good music still travels...
Influences: The influences I would like to mention include various art forms as well as philosophy...Paul Klee, Miles Davis, Paul Gaugin, Erich Haeckel, Picasso, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Yogananda, Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter, Igor Stravinsky, Tahti, Kurosawa, Charlie Chaplin, Eric Satie, Wilhelm Busch, Jeff Beck, Frank Zappa, Duane Allmann, Pat Metheny, Johnny Guitar Watson, Curtis Mayfield, Frederic Chopin, Edgar Munch, Louis Bunuel, Dalai Lama, Sting, Lyle Mays, Oregon, Yellowjackets, Hermann Hesse, Steely Dan, Prince and especially Joni Mitchell.
Sounds Like: VIBE TRIBE - that´s it.
Record Label: STRAIGHTVIBE RECORDS
Type of Label: Indie

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