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My MalletKat came back on Wednesday with the KS v7 upgrade.

I am now officially a super MalletKat Fan.
Having the internal sounds really helps very much.
Especially these PC3 sounds.

A few things I want to mention.
1. I still have to get used to the rubber pad feel.
2. The pads are much wider than the bars on my M44 making playing in general much easier.
3. The vibe and marimba sounds are really very good. Keep in mind I'm not a purest by any means.
4. The head phone output volume needs to be louder so you don't hear yourself hitting pads.

I hope you stay safe and dry. Thinking about our NYC members and those who live up and down the Atlantic coast. You're all in my thoughts and prayers.

Tony Fontana

This is a long read but intriguing, would love to hear comments on this

http://www.theirishstory.com/2011/07/01/the-anti-jazz-campaign/#.TiLskl…

John

I seem to get all the hard math questions and then I just give up.

And for some totally different news......

I'm going to be a father in Januari! Not really planned but totally welcome and I'm really excited!

So watch out you young vibe cats!

Cu

TJ

Tony talks about putting yourself in a box to practice -- here's Yo Yo Ma and Andrew Bird improvising in their box. Fun :-).

Tom P.

Hey Vibes workshop!

Just wanted to apologize for being out for a while and letting some of the books content back up. With everything from college auditions, internships and being in a world class indoor drumline that rehearsed all weekend every weekend for the past 6 months I've been a bit overwhelmed.

In the good news section, I'm going to Miami University (Miami of Ohio) for percussion and composition and I also recently traded out my Dynasty 4.3 synthetic marimba for a Demorrow 5 octave rosewood practice marimba. Hoping to get some stuff up for you guys in the next couple days.

I saw a workshop with Joe Lovano in my neighborhood last week and something he said kinda stuck with me. It was a little question and answer session between the sets and someone had asked about this apartment that Kenny Werner had in Brooklyn (I think this was in the 80's)that they used to hang at. It was surrounded on all sides by a vacant lot, so they would hang and play all night long. What this reminded me of seems really simple, but crucial; they used to play ALL THE TIME.