Here's a board mix from a recent live concert. Not a great mix, but maybe it's of interest because I use the Mallet kat in the beginning and then switch to the vibes. The vibes are the K&K's. I don't think they are EQ'd very well but whatever.

Also it's Mingus and it's all electric, Listen to the glock at the end of the tune, it's all Mallet Kat.

This is why the Mallet Kat is so amazing. I can play all the mallet instruments and use it in the music. Of course I can use any kind of sound.

I found this rarity. The legendary New York-based percussionist and studio musician Phil Kraus jamming on a Mallet Kat(!!)with Harry and Harvey Sheppard, Isn't Harry a member of the site? Apparently it was an 80th birthday party for Harry. All three of them trade solos on the electronic mallet instrument. Mr. Kraus is the one with the glasses, dark(still!!) hair and sort of a plaid shirt. This was filmed in Houston, TX, where Mr. Kraus has lived for several years since retiring from the biz.

I spent today thinking about solo playing and accompanying yourself and it morphed into a 4 part lesson. I just went with it, so let me know what you think. Here's pt. 1.

Hey guys not sure if this has been posted but its a really amazing video of Gary Burton and Chick Corea from 1980!

here is part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTNZV2CVQwg&feature=related

Here's a very impromptu lesson on Woody N You. I haven't played the tune in a while, but I remember really studying it back in the day and I was thinking of some of cool things about the tune after hearing Tjaco bring the tune up.

Here's a little analysis of the tune. Remember work on this in pieces. I think if you listen to the whole thing it might seem a little overwhelming but work in pieces. Harmonically this is a very easy tune.

The concept of lazy voicings can help you find NEW voicings. When you play lazy voicings you move voicings to the next chords closest notes. This can even help you get away from the root which is a voicing suprisingly you can usually omit, ESPECIALLY with a bass player.

Hey guys here is part 3 where I discuss one Upper structure triad option you can use for a V7 chord moving to a Minor i chord.
If you are in the key of C- the triad over the G7 would be Ebmaj. so a maj triad built off of the b6 scale degree.

Try it out!
Also check out part 1 and 2 of the series:

TRADUCCIÓN AL ESPAÑOL PARA ESTUDIANTES

Chovenda na Roseira (Jobim)

This is one of my all time favorite tunes. It's sung by brazilian singer, Rosani Reis. It was played on an older Musser M55 and there's unfortunately pedal noise.
This is dedicated to Marie.

This was the video that I made for the vibe hang last week. Somehow I couldn't get it to convert properly in time for the hang. Tony reminded me to post it, so here it is.

Hopefully I'll get it right on the next hang.

This file is a little big, so wait for it to load a bit first.

TJ