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I discovered this several weeks ago and was reluctant to post this because it is so foreign to what we tend to talk about here. But I watched it again today and it's just too good to dismiss. Now I don't and never have played or studied marimba, so this might be the usual fare for marimba players but I've never heard anyone work these techniques into a vibes improvisation.

Here is the video I made for today's coffeehouse.
(not sure why the video distorts)
It's an edited, video version of this lesson: https://www.vibesworkshop.com/audio-player/lbglw-2-part-1-little-bit-go…

With a few less glitches and a 10 piece band backing behind it, an audience that was late-night drunk, and sympathetic to depression-era blues,,,,it could work.

2'nd of my private 'Corona-Works' is a Vibraphone-Solo Arrangement of 'Somewhere over the Rainbow'.

New clip recorded today with the iPhone and new mic (Shure MV88 stereo condenser mic). Reading through some songs and revisited this one that I use to play quite along time ago. The mic comes with a neat audio and video app and records with a wide stereo image and nice clarity.

This is kind of a jank video-- low energy today. But still highlights some important notions: We forget about our bodies while playing. Another place to diagnose and theorize and stuff is back where our hands, arms, and even the total torso are acting.

Then I poorly demonstrate the virtues of preshifting as a muscle encoder. But it DOES embed the subsequent notes into the act of striking and rebounding itself. It forces mental leading and appropriate concentration.

Today the vibesworkshop pop-up class had a livestream concert on Facebook playing "Have You Met Miss Jones." Afterward I recorded a few takes so I could post a video here, only to discover that the video and audio didn't sync! It looks weird, so here is the audio only.

"Some Other Time" by Leonard Bernstein - One of my favorite ballads. With inspiration from the great version from Gary and Ralph on their ECM recording. Worked on this song with Gary during lessons at Berklee probably around 74.