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Live in Bucharest - Lullaby of the Leaves by Tony Miceli

I like this version of Lullaby even with all the reverb. Check out the tempo. It really really rushes. I played with two young good musicians. The drummer REALLY rushed everything. In the rehearsal I started to get mad and then I realized how many times I've rushed things.

Do you know who has really helped me with my tempo problems? Marie. She'll flag any of my videos with tempo or any other problems and email me. I went on a metronome binge after that and use the metronome often now. She really helped me by drawing attention to the problem.

If I Were A Bell (my little final) by Marie

Hey,
I did my little work on this TOTM through the weeks, and got to this result today. I don't think I can do anything more so far. So I'll post it here, waiting for the final lesson to add it.
Of course this 'best' take among... many (too many?) is full of mistakes, unconventional, and not of great interest... but well it's my work so I feel like sharing it with you! Enjoy! - M

Adrian Rollini - First 4-mallet player?

Hi folks,

Just saw this video, and was wondering if perhaps Adrian Rollini was the first documented 4-mallet vibist? I was surprised by his technique. He was a multi-instrumentalist who also played sax, but I can't think of anyone else playing 4 mallets like this as far back as the '30s and '40s.

Obviously, they are playing along with a pre-recorded track. But you gotta love the tubular bells solo!!

*** (ps. OOPS - saw that this clip was posted last year, must have missed that!!)