So I go to my local exotic wood store spend some serious $$ and honk off the sales guy because I picked through a LOT of wood. A few splinters and a sore toe, and this is what I brought home. A little water gives an idea of what it will look like finished.

The beginning. I well used and cared for M-75. The picture makes it look a little better than it was. The paint was flaking in a few places and a few dents and scratches in the wood.

I promised Tony I'd post some pictures of the M-75 I rebuilt for Joe Locke. I will be posting a few pictures of the build process, although they aren't that great. I found it was really a hassle interrupting my work and getting the ligting right and moving stuff around so it made sense what I was doing. Having a really cheapo camera probably didn't help matters.

So the short list of what was done:
All wood was replaced with solid walnut.

This is a good example of a basic solo arrangement for vibes. Mallet dampening should be used on the first 16 bars of the melody to keep the notes from running together. You won’t be able to use the pedal because it will be down to allow the chord voicings to ring.

Print the head arrangement HERE

( Carlos Gardel )

I spend quite a bit of time practicing and don't always feel as if I'm progressing as desired.
I'm also one of those guys that get completely immersed in something and burn out when air runs out. So I'm adding something new to my practice options.

The Story:
I like shooting sports. ALL shooting sports! Sporting clays, skeet, hand gun sports, 3D archery, rifle, carbine... I love all of it. Especially sporting clays because I like watching the clays turn to dust. Learning to shoot has a lot in common with playing jazz.

Another master left us. Aged 85, James Moody passed yesterday Dec 9th. I came across this video.

Brilliant, generous, nuts, cheerful, so musical... and sooo alive!

Hats off Mr Moody! :o) RIP.

- M

A few simple etudes are attached below. I talk about them in the audio.

This is just a tune that I wrote for my ensemble at Berklee. We scheduled a rehearsal with the whole band and no one showed but us three for the first half of the rehearsal so we just did it in a trio format.

Joe Doubleday- Vibraphone
Tamir Shmerling- Bass
Tom Wandell- Drums