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Your First Lesson

didn't i give you a bunch of things to work on? i don't see them.

friedman dampening and pedaling.

and lets do this. pick a tune that you know really well. memorized. play it for a few days and then let's do a skype lesson and talk about the tune. i'll show you how i think of the harmony.

cool? get the friedman book.

Ideas for the Summer

I had this idea today. Just trying to figure out how to implement it as well see if there's interest.

I want to start a tune club for the summer. I would like it to be very disciplined. The idea is we learn 2-3 tunes a week.

I got it... we could do it like this. Week Challenges. I'll post the tunes say on a Wednesday. We all study the tunes all week and then post by the the following 7th day your version. I (or maybe Phillipe!) will make play along tracks. Just rough for you guys to learn the tunes. Everyone has to submit the tune by the 7th day.

The King Of Mallets Has Arrived (Mike Balter)

Mike Balter is a member now of vibesworkshop.com!

If you don't know Mike he's just the most fun, easy going, coolest guy and knows more about mallets then probably anyone on the planet. He's a real stick meister.

He has done SO much for the mallet world. We're lucky to have him!!

He said he'll answer any mallet questions he can, so if you have any questions feel free to post here.

WELCOME MIKE!! YOU DA MAN!

Steve Giordano (gt), John Swana (evi), Tony Miceli (vbs) - Live Online, Tuesday, MAY 26!!!

Time

Steve Giordano (gt)
John Swana (tp)
Tony Miceli (vb)

http://www.mogulus.com/mallet_channel

We'll play for a little bit and then I thought we'd talk about playing without a bass player and playing solo on our instruments for a little bit.

Fear and Practice/Performance

I wanted to address something that I have struggled with for a long time- attaching my self-esteem to my ability to play. I have always struggled with technique and regular practice habits, mainly due to the incessant self-flagellation I inflict during the practice sessions I manage to put together. Plus, part of me feels like if the music business is as bad as everyone says, why spend my time learning to be a great vibraphone player only to be damned to eternal penury playing door gigs in generic jazz quartets?