Hey VW,

Wanted to share a video with some fantastic new mallet prototypes made for me by Mike Balter... these have been inspiring me to play!

Mike & I have been talking about this over the years, but recently he came up with something that really hit it out of the park. Nobody is really making anything like it, as far as I know.

Sorry the audio on here could be better, but you can still hear how good they sound. They are designed to work well with the pickups.

Cheers,
Steve

'Odyssey of Iska' came about when Wayne called me personally to play on new album. I was, of course, thrilled beyond belief to asked to play on such a project with those great musicians. Wayne wanted to try electric vibes, which I had been experimenting a bit with with Hubert Law's band. Maybe Wayne heard the recording I did with Hubert and was intrigued. Although I used the vibe pickups occasionally, I wasn't confident with the set up, amp, etc. So, my friend guitarist Steve Khan, came to the session with me and helped me set up, adjust the amp, etc..

Working on Chi Chi, here's my introductory lesson- learn how the melody delineates the changes over a Bird blues.

I discover the route to happy land, but it's via a marimba and a company that's no longer in business.

-- Just my luck...

Hi again,
Another little tune... that you will at least all know and understand! My guitarist friend Bernard... and my son joining us for some fun and swing!
This version was recorded home (the live version in the church has a bit too much feed back to sound good).
Enjoy,
Marie

Dear all,

It seems to me like ages... life has kept me soooo busy, that I couldn't follow up all the great posts, efforts, music pieces, comments, encouragements, actions to promote our dear instrument. It feels no good inside, but "that's life".

This year again I finally could play at "Music Day" June 21st in my father's church, with my guitarist friend Bernard, and for one tune my son Florian joining... but no vibes this year... only my voice was "available" to bring the emotions.

In this etude, I have played the melody first. In the next chorus, the etude portion is a series of lines for soloing that I've taken from the melody. Compare the second chorus to the first.

When you learn bebop tunes, try to change around the lines as much as you can to create your own lines. Also, check for spots where you can start a line on a different beat; that really helps to find new rhythmic momentum. Enjoy!

Pics of bar case for DeaganExpress

...just a little clip I recorded a few days ago...
I hope you like it!
Best wishes
#FLORIAN
www.florianposer.de