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Nature Boy by Marie

I'm starting to learn this tune to sing with my guitarist friend in June. Not sure yet how much/if I'll add some vibes, but I felt like getting into the tune by learning the harmony. Here is a quick dirty audio of where I am so far. Still too much ringing but I can't manage to master that yet... Anyway, enjoy!

I'm Bach!

I've been away from the site focusing on a billion work and music projects, but it's all dying down now, so I'm back! This week I've been playing Morris Lang's arrangements of Bach inventions for two mallet players. My friends and I used to sight-read these for fun whenever we had free time in college, but it's harder to find people to play these with on a whim now, so I decided to cover both parts myself. Didn't work too long on this, but it was a good listening exercise. If you don't own this book, go buy it right now; it's great for sight-reading if you play the pieces at half-speed! :)

Mike Balter is the Best!

I own a set of Joe Locke crossover mallets. These are great sticks if you're looking for a big sound without the real clang of hard mallets. Unfortunately, my stick have come unwrapped twice now. And I don't mean the yarn broke, but it literally just fell off the stick. Mike Balter rewrapped them for me the first time for no cost, and now he's replacing the set of mallets as a whole for a new set at no cost. There's a reason vibe players love Mike; he's straight forward, down to earth, he gets musicians, he's reasonable, and let's face it: he makes the best sticks!