My friend Fisher at Ischell has finally finished his vibraphone mic system called Bar X. These are contact mics that go on each par like the piezos but mic the bars in a much more organic and acoustic way. (I have his bass mic and have used it for years now and it is the best pickup/contact mic out there)
I am negotiating with Fisher to get a loaner (they are really expensive) to test out make some videos and put thru it's paces. We shall see if he is willing to make one for demonstration. I'll post here if it happens but just thought I would make you cats aware of the system.

I saw Tony's email on Friday with a link to the music for this, so I decided to take a look at it last night. And shot this video this morning.

There's at least one wrong note, so I haven't earned the "free" skype lesson, yet...assuming no one else has posted this. Has someone? :)

It obviously helped a ton to write in the chord symbols (pic attached). Took it slowly to make sure I am learning it. Challenging!

Thanks for the inspiration, Tony. I have so much work to do. Onward!

An admittedly wacky improvisation to see where the energy and freedom would take me...

Is there a better place/way to post these on the site?

Try to play this with a click track. Study the harmony (the tune is black Orfeus) and practice playing on the off beats.