There's been some talk on the site lately about what should a beginner do around here. First off if you're a beginner, you need one thing on your side. That's time. You have to have a lot of time on your hands. You need to be able to go slow.

I think just tackling the mechanics of the the instrument will take at the very least a year. Scales, arpeggios, dampening and pedaling. That's a year of hard work. Add to that learning some simple tunes, the blues scale, chord inversions and a few other things and you are one busy cat!

Hi,

I think I'm going to sell my beautiful vibes. I'm moving back to North America and and trying to reduce the amount of stuff I need to ship. Was tuned and relaqured a few years back by Gilberto.

Hey out there..

have any of you ever heard of anyone making custom soft cases for an M55. If so, where, how, who, was it a good ideal. Gotta be cheaper then the Musser hard and heavy cases(M149). Since there is now basically no option for flight travel. Make em light and spongy and throw them in the car.

Any info greatly appreciated.

thanks

Michael

hey everybody,

few weeks ago i heard this tune wonderful (and much much better than me) played on youtube. i was blown away by the composition of david and the performance of course too. to me it´s one of the best solo vibes pieces i ever heared and i immedeatley wanted to play this song.so i ordred the notes and here i am about 2 weeks later really spending every free minute i had only on this piece (sorry tony no TOTM´S)

With Barry practicing pop tunes and Steve Shapiro posting a great rendition of a Hall and Oates tune, I thought I would post this. It's a new group that I recently put together. We're starting to rehearse and hopefully we'll get some gigs and do a CD.

I Love being in this setting, interpreting pop tunes, which after all is what the great American songbook is about! I like playing my pop tunes and trying to reinterpret them in some way even if it's minor. I like the sounds that are created in the tunes, I like the fact that sounds are VERY different from jazz standards.

Hey everyone, please welcome Casey Cangelosi. We're hoping Casey is going to be our marimba specialist on the site! Here's his first test video. It's not perfect but I thought I'd post it anyway!