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Here's an article of Ed's from PAS.

A few months ago I started transcribing John Mark Piper's tune "Spring Valley Kids". I didn't get any further with the transcription but every once in a while I play a few measures of it on my vibes. I recorded my jam on that tune. After you listen to my version, listen to the Master's performance (link above). I am floored every time I listen to it.

Barry

Check out Ed's lead sheet for Day's Gone By

Here's Ed's Lead Sheet

In a lot of my tunes lately, I have been using mallet 4 for the melody, which is not the normal stick for the Miceli grip, which I use. I have been doing a lot of 3 note chords/arpeggios with mallets 1,2,3. This is another example of me using mallet 4 for the melody (I think I am playing it a little too fast).

I referenced Tony's intro to his grip in the "Check This Out", above. He talks about how different grips lead towards different styles of playing.

Barry

Here is a little piece of music(see attachment) from a theater show I'm doing n Januari. This is a short introuction to the third part of the show. I thought this would be a good exercise for sticking.

A lot of guys are always asking: "What sticking should I use?" The thing with sticking is that you can always do it in a lot of ways.

Malletech announced a new vibraphone that allows manual tremolo using your foot (is manual the right word?).

http://thevibe.net/smf/index.php?topic=1120.0

Looks interesting.

Gavin has a great write-up on it:
http://gavinmcgraw.blogspot.com/

Barry

Here's another song I was thinking of adding for my Xmas gig.

I was working on a solo version and also with accompaniment. Enclosed is a version with Band-in-a-Box background

For some reason my setup is real noisy. Gotta track that down.

Barry

Real simple. Pick something. Play it and record it listen back and do it over and over for an hour or so.

Record then listen to it. Just keep the cycle going and don't interrupt the cycle.

Real simple real easy. Maybe a head to a tune? maybe a solo? Maybe a written out piece.

Play and record it. Sit and listen to it back immediately and then play and record it again and do this over and over.