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Here's That Rainy Day

I was working in a lesson with Nathaniel and we were working on here's that rainy day. I've been messing around with stuff we worked on and thought I'd pass it along. We were working on these sort of clusters and voicings. Here's a PDF with some of the stuff we were talking about.

This might actually be a GREAT TOTM (tune of the month).

Just banged it out. Let me know if anything is weird.

Save about 1000 Dollars On a Mallet Kat (Can bring one to Ireland)

When I come to Europe in July, I have the opportunity to bring over a MalletKat. If anyone at the Ireland workshop or anyone in Europe is interested in a MalletKat talk to me. You'll wind up saving about a 1000 bucks.

If no one at the workshop is interested but someone in Europe is interested we can talk.

Now also for subscribers if you're interested in a MalletKat I can get them for subscribers for a VERY good price. You'd have to be a subscriber that's been on the site for a few months. But I have worked on something with Mario to save subscribers some serious bucks.

Forum Topic: Buzzing noise after dampening bars

I just started the dampening and pedal book, and while practicing dampening the bars, first playing the note with the right hand, and then dampening with the left hand, I get a stramge bounce/buzz. Anyone else have any issues like this when starting out. Should I get heavier mallets? I'm using the standard mallets that came with my Musser M55, the old Gary Burton model.

thanks,

Dan

Vibe Hang change

Hey guys.

I was trying to set up a vibe hang for this weekend. However our ISP is moving our server and the site will be down for a bit over the weekend. maybe actually friday to sunday!

I know Marie mentioned the vibe hang in her newsletter. I think it's best that I postpone it. I'm going to try for July 3rd. But that's not official yet. Let's see who can make it.

Forum Topic: Buying M-55!

I'm looking for a used (in good condition) m-55 to buy.
Maybe you guys could help me out on a price to be looking at, i'm not really sure what they go for. I think a new one is around $4,800? Maybe I could get sponsored by musser and get a free one?... haha. Thanks for any help!
Hopefully someone's got one out there to sell!
nathaniel

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Hope Springs Eternal (rough)

This is a rough mix from an album that I just recorded on a few weeks ago.

Jason Squinobal- Band Leader, Tenor Sax
Joe Doubleday- Vibraphone
Claudio Leone- Guitar
Will Slater- Bass
Angelo Spampinato- Drums

Let me know what you think! It's kind of difficult to come up with new ideas after a while, when you are just sitting on one chord for a long time.

-Joe Doubleday