A little Monday morning warmup on the marimba at Berklee with Chick Corea’s classic composition “Armando’s Rhumba”. I liked Patrice's post regarding the marimba. I love playing the marimba and have learned a lot from marimbists. I've taught a lot of marimbists from the Boston Conservatory who were Nancy Zeltsman's students. Students have included Pius Cheung, Eriko Daimo and Hidemi Murase who were really inspiring. Things like touch, fluidity, use of four mallets, orchestration, interesting pieces, etc, can give us some interesting things to think about and apply to the vibes.

This is important stuff.

You know I think the Mallet Station might be a decent entry level controller, however as SOON as you get serious, It will not even hang a little bit with the MalletaKat, that's my take so far.

But as an entry keyboard into the world of electronic mallets, I'm sure it's fine. Keep in mind that the Malletkat has a competitive instrument also. Around the same price.

But check this video out.

This is a new project I have with my son.

Found this on Youtube, but I don't remember if I posted it here. I can't find.

Larry is such a beautiful player.

here´s some more music for the detective novel i wrote. this is a vamp for a scene in a special pub.

i think it´s a great example of the possibilties for us malletplayers to sound like a keyboard player. it´s fun

Rüdiger Scheipner - Sax
Christoph Kammer - Bass
Tarik Dosdogru - Drums & Malletkat

I know i know guys we are metal freaks and not that much into that wooden stuff. BUT ! ... we can learn a lot from those marimba prodigies that bloom up years after years.
Adélaïde Ferrière is the new french star of the marimba. She is a concert player yet at the age of 20 and plays percussion as well as she plays marimba. She already won few awards in France as best young classical player ... And by the way who said Burton’s grip didn’t fit to marimba ?

Hi everyone,

Last year I heard about Pearl's new MalletStation and was considering getting one but wanted to see reviews from early buyers first. The release date kept getting pushed back, back, back, and I still don't see any reviews anywhere online. I know one person who just got one somehow and she says the MalletStation is heavier than it looks and is not feasible for transporting on the subway, which is mainly why I wanted to get one.

Anyone else know anything? Better to just go with a MalletKAT?

Thanks,
Carolyn