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New Vibes Website for NYC!

Friends and fellow mallet enthusiasts, I am happy to announce a new website dedicated to jazz vibes/marimba/mallets in NYC and its surrounding area:

http://www.nycjazzvibes.com/

Tony has given me his blessing to share this news with you, and let me say this site is intended to be a community-oriented hub to share info about gigs, records, and any news that has to do with vibes and vibes artists, specifically those who either live and work in and around NYC, or are visiting to perform, record or teach.

OK That Was Our Best TOTM Yet! (Satin Doll)

Wow, that was my favorite TOTM. Thanks Behn for suggesting it! It feels so good to know that a bunch of you guys are really working on this stuff. It helps me a lot. It's weird taking money from people. I really worry that people are getting something out of this site. With the Satin Doll TOTM it made me feel really good! That's the most involvement yet.

The thing I've learned about this site is, that this site is like a couple cockroaches in your apartment. You might see 2 of them, but you can be sure that there's another 50 behind the wall. You dig?

Marie's Newsletter - April 2013

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The month of March was dedicated to our TOTM Satin Doll: quite a few participants this time, and a lot of fun for everyone! This Monday we’ll start a new tune: Darn that Dream! So come and join us!!

We’re also announcing our Summer European Workshop in Limerick – Ireland! July 15 – 19th. An unexpensive, and convivial workshop hosted by our friend John Daly, and of course with Tony as teacher! For all info… it’s here: www.vibesworkshop.com/node/8563/

And for the rest of our activity… just follow the links bellow:

LESSONS:

Too much fun. My vibes saga of the last couple months.

WARNING: if you are not a TRUE vibes geek, this will be boring. :) If you are, please join my journey.

So, about 6 months ago, I owned two sets of vibes. One a Musser M55 from 1977 and the other an M48 from around 1987. I bought the M48 when I lost my car in a spat of poverty and had to find a way to get to gigs in smaller vehicles because my big car died and I couldn't afford a new one. Never really liked it that much because of how its damper got out of adjustment every time I moved it, but I appreciated how it got me through that time in my life.