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This is an AWESOME piece. Good fodder for advanced geography/space sharing between the hands on vibraphone. Also stabilizing repeated tones while surrounding tones change, and avoiding anticipatory "static" in the motion (ie. a hand tries to leave early and you miss a note).

In this video I practice: https://youtu.be/HB3GjcljGWU

In this video I record: https://youtu.be/LncpgmCttzA

I struggle when I practice! It sucks striving for perfection and never achieving it. I guess I just look for better. However I think the end goal is perfection. It is a nice goal that none of us will ever reach, but some seem to get pretty close.

I realize how much of this is about focus. That's at least 95% of the battle.

Hi all,

Here is an original song from the album with thanks to Gary Burton for the inspiration and for blazing the trail for us.

Cheers Kym

Here's a short clip of me playing the 13th etude for pedaling from David Friedman's method book. Feedback welcome.

Experimenting on the marimba today with Thelonious Monk's "Round Midnight".

Hi all,

Here is a track from our new CD with my band The View From Madeleine's Couch. An original song recorded a couple of months ago.

Cheers Kym

Friedman etude no.7

"Crystal Silence" composed by Chick Corea. A classic from Chick and Gary Burton from their great ECM album recorded in 1972. The recording has stood the test of time and still sounds fresh today. I hadn't played this in quite awhile. It was one of the first songs that I learned in lessons with Gary starting in '73.

A little late night session working on the sabbatical project. This a minor blues on John Coltrane’s “Mr. PC”. Solo vibe techniques include left hand comping mixed with one/two hand lines and right hand octaves. Improv techniques include Pentatonics, Upper Structure Triads, Motivic Playing and Side Slipping. All concepts from my improv series The Complete Guide to Improvisation available from Amazon. Apologies for the dark lighting.