The last mini-lesson I posted on VW seemed to raise more questions than it solved... Ok that is cool, the idea is to explore many things and try to get better. We all need to do this, and it never stops as a player. It's a constant journey.

In the Coltrane lick I had been working on, I suggested a double sticking that some of you pointed out was actually a triple sticking. So I had to look into that, cause I wasn't even slowing it down enough to realize I was doing that, and upon further review, it is not something I would actually recommend doing.

one of my favor bob marley tunes ..

Here is another first for the malletkat .. was a bit of a techy thing but luckily it worked .

I use Cubase sx 3 to generate the the vibe sample thru the malletkat, so i imported a track of summertime from one the jamey abersold vol's i have .. and just hit record ...

not the greatest mix .. but wat i want to find out is how the sample would test up to a virtual combo .. not too bad .. more single lines at first and by the end i comped a bit to see wat that sound and felt like ...

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This years PF Academy Week will take place on the Conservatory of Amsterdam from the 6th till the 14th of july. What will we offer you:

- Special guest coachings by Tchiki Duo and percussion professor Peter Prommel.

- Days from 10:00 to 18:00 and on some days we will plan some extra private classes, or a guest tutoring in the evening.

After 2 weeks of hard practicing ! Still a lot to go ....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3cdUwQAWlg&feature=youtu.be

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra was written in 1987, marking Philip Glass's first work for orchestra. With the exception of a concerto for two timpanists, Glass has not written for solo percussion. Glass, being one of my favourite composers, I have selected this concerto to adapt for marimba and vibraphone.

Here is a Rhythm Changes Etude. It has harmonic generalization and harmonic specificity, like Behn talked about in his last few lessons. It also has some blues lines. The phrasing is great in this etude. I'll attach my performance of it as well as the pdf. Whatchya got!?

I've been using my hard mallets recently and am digging the sound. I love the Milt sound and the Bobby sound with the hard(er) mallets.

Check out the bass solo. It's called a walking solo. I dig walking solo's.