If you post something and you want me to hear it and I don't listen right away, PLEASE email me, and check in with me.

My schedule is one where I'm constantly bouncing off walls and running all over the place. It's way too much but it's what I have to do to survive. As a result I forget things, and don't check things.

Please don't think that if I don't check something out that means I don't dig it. Check in with me always!

Here is a simple exercise for brushing up on triads and also good for technique!

Step 1. Play any triad (ex. F)
Step 2. Take the 3rd of that triad and begin a new triad based off of that note!
Example: First triad is F then second triad is an A triad.
Step 3. Take the 3rd of the 2nd traid and build a triad off of that note.
Example: Second triad is A then 3rd triad is C#(Db).
Step 4. The next triad in the series would be the same as the first triad so you are back to the beginning! (ex. F) So just continue for another octave and then start a new triad!

Example:

I'm happy to announce that Joe Locke, Tony Miceli (me), Ed Saindon, Patty Franceschi and Tjaco Oostdijk have been working on an article for PAS magazine. The article will be in the April issue of the magazine. Supplemental material will be here for when the article comes out.

If all goes well a lot of vibe players will be coming to the site. I will open up all the Giant Steps material for everyone to see for month or 2.

Here's a duet for you to play along with. Marimba, Vibes and Percussion. You can hear my vibes part. Below is the music without the vibes.

Also is:
The midi
The marimba sheet music. FOR FOLLOWING ALONG ONLY. It's not really for playing, only for studying.

Here's an etude for you to play. It's a voice melody on the tune - 'Till There Was You.

I played this right into Logic. So you're hearing the version from the MalletKat! It dampens great!!! You just have to touch up the midi data when you're done.

I've tifooed this. Which means included audio, midi and xml files. (Tifoo is a member and he uses all this to study the tunes.

xml will help you import into other music programs besides finale.

I left the chord symbols off. You should try and figure them out and post it here. I can't do all the work! :-)

In another thread (see "Check This Out", above), there was discussion about mallet wraps. I wanted to create a separate thread for this discussion.

Here is a site that sells mallet wrap.
http://www.steveweissmusic.com/category/stick-mallet-wrap

Hey everybody!

I got this link from my super harpist technician buddy from myspace George Flores.

Maybe some of you already saw this?

It's not vibraphone, but wow, it's good good vibes! :o)

Enjoy and keep it up!

MN

P.S.: I like the funny French accent of the first guitarist! Haha!... And every single musician is such a great symbol! Beautiful!

Hi Philippe!

Almost the only thing I know about Wolfgang Schlüter is a record (LP) I have - it is called Houseboat released 1978 under MPS (0068.206; MPS 15.535). As far as I know this LP was never released as CD.

I briefly checked Youtube but with no result for Wolfgang Schlüter.

Here are some links to websites giving some info on WS: - sorry but all German language.

http://www.joehaider.ch/bios/wolfgang_schlueter.php

Vibes are booming in France as anywhere else in the world. Classically educated guys like Frank Tortiller are establishing new standards. I really dig this. Do you ?