Hey guys. I just purchased an M48 Musser Pro Tour Vibraphone. The bottom F and F# are not being muted by the dampener bar. Anyone have any thoughts on how to fix this? The instrument is literally brand new (could it be the strings just need some time to stretch?). Another problem I am already noticing is a clicking sound coming from the part of the dampener bar that attaches to the frame from the metal on metal. However, the Musser I had at school did not have this metal on metal sound, even though it was assembled the same way. Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.

Well, I didn't get much activity on my Ed Saindon playlists, but I've been really enjoying having them playing the background while I work. So I created a playlist of Tony's videos -- http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8693AD6521EF4387 -- 45 videos. Enjoy!

Tom P.

A friend of mine, who knows I am into vibes, sent this to me.

"Today, Studio 602 at Pencils.com is proud to introduce our first Blackwing Featured Musician and the inaugural episode of The Blackwing Sessions, a series that will showcase how using a Blackwing pencil inspires art and facilitates the creative process.

While I'm sitting out here in the Caribbean I'm checking the site and messing around with some of the lessons. I hope you guys can see what heavy stuff has gone up over the past couple weeks.

Hi All,
The January Good Vibes program will air on Sunday, January 1. Hopefully you will all be home, ready to listen, chilling out after celebrating/gigging New Year's Eve. It will be rebroadcast on Wednesday, January 4th. More specific info at end of this post.

The first hour's got:
Joe Locke
Walt Dickerson
Milt Jackson
Arturo Serra
Cal Tjader
Steve Hobbs
Warren Wolf (Welcome to vibesworkshop.com!)
Red Norvo
Tyler Blanton
David Friedman

Second hour:
Stefon Harris with Kurt Elling
Dave Samuels
Hamp
Arthur Lipner
Khan Jamal
Lem Winchester

The continuation to the other lesson on using diminished sounds in lines. Pdf with examples attached.

I've created a couple of playlists of Ed Saindon videos and thought that others might enjoy them.

One is for the seven videos from Ed's concert with Joe Locke -- http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=6F904A946451667D.

The other is for the 23 videos of Ed and Billy Novick playing together -- http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL967A2EE5564E0C65.

Tom P.