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Hello everyone,

I have a clinic/concert coming up in April that I wanted to let you know about. It will take place on Monday, April 20th at Northern Illinois University in Dekalb, Illinois.

The clinic will be held at 4 and will cover mallet and improv related topics.

The concert will be at 6:30. I’ll be playing along with several members of the faculty including drummer Rodrigo Villanueva who teaches in the percussion department.

Here’s the contact information:

Northern Illinois University
1425 W. Lincoln Highway
Dekalb, Illinois 60115-2825

Hope we get some people!!! Comment here if you are. Come on people! It's easy to do. Just need a web cam or video cam. I can help you set it up.

When someone posts a 'Who Is' they're asking about someone on the site. Inviting them to tell their story. When you get a 'Who Is', it's optional but would be nice to share a little about yourself with us.

If you're a member you get to hang out with some really prestigious players here. You see them online and I'm sure it's exciting when you see some of the pros online. I dig it!

If you could see what's happening on the inside of the site. The practicing, the posting, getting comments from the pros about your playing, trying etudes with other members of the site.

This is pretty cool.

dear tony,
maybe it would be nice if you give us a little bit of information about you. from the site i only know a few things. but i would like to know about your musical background...where did you study, how you came to the vibes,do you play drums also, your teachers etc.

on the site there are some bio´s of some great vibe players but i am missing yours "the chief" of the site...you should fix that!

Wow! Gary Burton is playing a few dates with Pat Metheny on the east coast and will be in Philly!

http://garyburton.com/display_tours.php

Check back here for details:
http://www.keswicktheatre.com/eventcalender/index.cgi?month=6&year=2009

Barry

Upon Gary Burton's suggestion, this is the first female vibist review! :o)

The biography of Marjorie Hyams is quite short. She was born in 1923 and as said Scott Yanow "if [she] had not retired prematurely, she would be much better-known today.

There is a lot of video on YouTube with Mr. Burton and Pat Metheny. Check it out:
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=&search_query=burton+metheny…

I love "Question and Answer". Such a great blowing vehicle and catchy tune put together.

Teddy Charles
Hi all,

In his last post, Gary Burton talked about Teddy Charles. I thought it was a good opportunity to go ahead on our little tour of great vibists lives.

In a former post, we had talked about how many vibists had long lives. At 80, Teddy Charles is surely a very good example!

I was watching this video and thinking about ALL the different types of sets Gary has played on. I'm sure he wouldn't carry his everywhere.

I was wondering what he had to go up against sometimes?

I know our school lent him a Musser that wasn't in great shape. the legs were bent in and bending. It would have worked fine but might have looked a bit odd on stage!