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Thank you so much. That mom is very sweet and friendly to me too. She comes over at least once per day and she takes pecans from my hand. I call them and name them all "SkEarl" because the first one I became friends with (the grandma of all these I believe) was so kind. I thought she was a boy at first and I thought if he was a human, his name would be Earl so I named him "SkEarl" and now I call them all that. I also have an Opossum who lives under my shed. She too is a girl so I named her, "Michelle Opossum". I treat her to fresh water and some piece of fruit like an apple core, banana or even yogurt which she loves every evening. I love my backyard pets very much.

Thanks Russell! Much appreciated.

Glad it helped.

It's quite easy but you do need to understand a few simple parameters. Which brand and model vibraphone? Contact me at www.PIPERvibe.com via email and we can set up a chat.

No. If you don't know what this is about, it would take me a day to explain it.

Ok, thank you. Will research. I always thought the key to time travel has something to do with sound.

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Thanks Jerry! Your question "Do we call it (albums) anymore" gives me an excellent opportunity to give a look at my thinking on this topic. I've struggled a lot with the idea of recording anymore. I think it's downright stupid for me to make a CD. I haven't had a CD player in 10 years and I think at least 90 percent of people can say about the same. So making a CD has no purpose. I did a few videos and I really hate that format unless it's a concert setting and professionally done. Otherwise, I think it's just watching someone play music in their room practicing. The visual is very distracting for the music to me. I like to have my mind focused on the music when listening to music. I really don't like seeing myself doing a "look what I can do" video. It serves absolutely no purpose. However, I do like to show people what I can do with it. So, I'll put out little commercials, short lessons for both artful professionals and laypeople listeners so they have a different grasp on the music. And, little bloopers like this one BUT,... I will not put it on spotify or any other streaming venue. If someone wants to hear more, they have to purchase it from me and I'll be the only source for it. To me, THAT'S real 'indie'! So, I've decided to put my music on a thumb drive and call my little record company "Used Thumb Drive Records" LOL. That way, there's still a purpose. I get to put my stuff out there and it's on something that also has value - the thumb drive. It's called "Used Thumb Drives" because I'm going to put my "album" on every one of them.

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Thank you kindly! Thank you so much!

Thank you. I have a lot of great ideas and every now and then, one works LOL.

haha. Yup, I've done that too. I hope you like it.

Man, we've all done whatever it takes. The PIPERvibe Gel Shims enhance the performance of the PIPERvibe Gel Pad better than anything for warped wooden rail problem or uneven pressure from the springs.

Thanks Mrman!

Those are my signature mallets. Originally made by Mike Balter Mallets and then Vic Firth but they are currently not available. Contact Steve Weiss Mallets and ask for them. They may have some left. If not, contact your favorite mallet company and tell them how good they are and how to contact me. www.PIPERvibe.com THANK YOU!

Thank you Steve! Your appreciation is very much appreciated!

Thanks Kevin. And I also think those mallets play a lot of good notes! LOL. Seriously though, that tone is part instrument and part player. One thing that people don't realize is that "tone" on the vibraphone has a lot to do with how you play it. Not to be confused with how you hit or strike the bars but how you give each of the notes their own space by eliminating the notes (mallet damping, pedaling etc) when their time is finished. Good tone originates with the instrument and then it has to be carried through and presented by the performer. The instrument's part of this is mostly from my shock-absorbing bar mounts. They're very special and allow the bars to kind of float over the frame. This isolates the percussiveness and keeps it from going through the frame and getting amplified. That's why (when you listen closely) you can always hear a knocking sound on the frame with each note. The other contributor to the tone from the instrument's side of responsibility is my Gel Pad damper. That eliminates the thudding when playing the bars with the damper up to get staccato notes.

Thank you Tony! Man, I was struggling. I was just home for a little break from the ice and pulled this together the best I could. Chops were a bit sagging in the time LOL.

Those are my signature mallets that use to be made by Mike Balter. When Mike sold the company, they quit making them. I'm hoping for a new company to make them. Please tell your favorite mallet company about them! Thank you for noticing them.

I don't understand. To quote the great Siri... "I don't know how to respond to that".

Wow, thank you! Ted!!! Oh man, it would be so fun to just talk on the phone sometime and catch up. Sorry it took me two months to see this. It's not because I'm so busy but I just didn't see it! Send me a note at www.PIPERvibe.com if you'd be up for a chat sometime.

Add the PIPERvibe Pedal Gizmo and you won't have to bore it out at all. Check it out here: www.pipervibe.com/product-page/m48-m55-rod-free-pedal-adapter-by-pipervibe

Thank you! I had a blast making those hooves sounds. I hollowed out a coconut and clapped them together for the sound. I think it's pretty convincing.

Thanks. Yup. I was listening to Chic and Gary a lot when I wrote this.

Thank you Charles! I love playing it and hearing myself talk LOL.

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Thank you so much. I'm sorry it took me so long to learn to watch for comments on RUclips. Your words offer much energy. Thank you.

Thanks Ronald for taking the time but this is catering to the specialized small world of vibraphones and the people who play it. Anyone who knows what an M55 or M48 is, knows what this video is about and anyone who doesn't know what an M55 or M48 is has nothing to gain by watching it. Nothing to see here for average folk. Go to www.PIPERvibe.com and view some of my Music Videos. You may like them better.

Thank you.