I wrote this in 2006. I don't remember writing it and when I read it, it felt like I was reading it for the first time. But it describes my thoughts failry well, so I'll post it. I found a ton of stuff from 2006. I wasn't sure if I wrote it, but there were a lot of mispelled words. so it HAS to be me!

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An essay on comping

I feel there are plenty of better compers out there than me. I would never presume I’m the best at anything in music. I’ve met too many amazing people. I think all we do is try to keep climbing the ladder, learn more, play more and so on.

Our goal was to let this be an open sounding version of rhythm changes and let it go wherever...while keeping the form of course. A little F pedal at the end for good measure. I think this is a decent example of how my M-55 (1971) sounds.....with good mics.
Kim Pensyl-flugelhorn and Mike Sharfe-bass
Rusty

There was one part where I did a progression, and I said Cm7, but meant Cmaj7! You may not notice, but if you do, now you know what I meant!

A recording of a session with colegues in the school.

Bass: Filipe Louro
Drums: Nuno Oliveira

Here's a short clip of Blue in Green that I recorded on an M55 from 1968 that I picked up last year. It still needs some tweaking here and there with the dampening system, but it's a lot better than what it was. It was in pretty bad shape when I got it. The bars from this time period were beautiful. They speak so quickly and sound great.

Simple exercise but should get you thinking about your outer mallet.

Double stops are 3 and 4 mallets. the line is played with sticks 4 and 2

What do you think?

very excited to say i have found a vibraphone that will be at my home soon. found a yamaha yv 2600 mint condition for the right price and was able to grab it up .. such a blessing.