Me and my dad have been playing a lot with programmed bass lines! Im totally open to any constructive criticism. Ive been playing vibes since January. Im really enjoying myself trying to pick up this instrument

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This year at University of Delaware, the xylophonists joined forces with the vibists for one epic, 2-hour long mallet concert.

https://youtu.be/FU0v2hBP8lI?list=PLnbYe45A-Af7NdbDeg-JbeV4dN7dFoTW1

Great étude – will try to post a better performance next week. Had accuracy issues – and first time I was trying my tablet with a Bluetooth pedal for turning pages :-) not that pedaling and dampening and learning music is hard enough. it was quite an experience – that I might only try at home! :-)

Obviously I will practice slower and stay relaxed – thoughts???

We are updating the site. Well we've (Stephen) been updating it for 2 years. The software upgrade from 6 to 7 is so dramatically different we've had to rewrite code (well Stephen does) and sort of work from the ground up. It's soooo much work, it's driving me crazy.

I'm a little light on my lessons for the site and this is partly why. Stephen has written a few thousand lines of code JUST to move the database. Drupal (software) is a drag.

It's really come close to giving up a couple times, but we're (he's) still at it.

Stu Balcomb, who wrote this tune, was a Berklee vibes student in the 1970s. He went on to become a very successful L.A. composer, doing film scores and arranging.

Ay! Arriba! is a delightful little tune that he wrote in his Berklee days. I've always enjoyed playing it.