Paul Smadbeck "Virginia Tate" by Konstantinos Botinis 

Bravo Konstantinos! Truly wonderful. Sorry it took me so long to hear this. It is so nice to hear it played with such vigor, at a professional level, and with all the right notes! What a pleasure. Thank you. Paul Smadbeck

I wish all marimba solos were recorded this well. Excellent audio, stunning cinematography, and of course incredible playing. Great choice of mallets for this piece.

One of the best marimba recordings on youtube.

Such a good performance! I love the enthusiasm with which you played this. This was one of the first marimba solos that I ever heard, and your performance of this made me fall in love with four-mallet immediately. Great job!

forget Bulooka. It amazes me how something this challenging/technical/beautiful can be uploaded, and yet people STILL have the nerve to go out of their way to put it down rather than lift it up. This is phenomenal dude.

Hi Jonathan, thanks for asking, I used Resta mallets, Jean-Geoffroy model BLUE, they are a bit heavier that usual but really give you this deep sound and presence

transitions between phrases are seamless. bravo!

You killed it on this one man! I listened to your video as a reference in preparing for my senior recital, and it helps a good bit!

Awesome, wonderful musicality and technique

fantastic recording and performance. extremely enjoyable. Thank you!

c'mon man, support the artist, and this piece is definetly worth all 12 dollars! I'm playing this for my solo and ensemble as well!

love your interpretation dude !

Simply amazing.

WONDERFUL!!!!

this is a very fun piece of music

I played this back in high school and I love it but I always took it slower than this, however this sounds amazing. Makes me want to play it again. You're awesome. :)

@musicchannel06 those are one of my favorite mallets, it's Resta mallets model Jean-Geoffroy, wood handle Ref. MG03B . thanks for asking

Good job! I truly enjoyed watching this.

i love it..nice

Hey great job! Love the video quality. Very crisp, clear sound. My only advice is to take the slow section (with the five-lets) slower! That section would be much more emotional and beautiful (not that it isn't already). Love the work!

lovely.

Thank You so much man. Really helps.

I'm about to play this piece for State Solos & Ensemble, wish me luck

very well played! like it!

Yes Kosta ;) !

The fun part is at 1:55

check the video description for the link to sheet music

Absolutely Stunning... I plan on playing this for my solo this year and I hope to someday play it as well as you. What kind mallets are you using?

I'm playing this solo for my audition and i was wondering the mallet model that you are using. If anybody knows please tell me.

I want to learn this for my state's solo and ensemble competition but don't have access to a large enough marimba.

Amazing!!! I've been trying to learn this forever, how do you play t so beautifully??

woooaaahhh, maybe just a little fast on the tempo there. That being said, you nailed every single note and every single dynamic. Props where props are due. I just would have liked to see some more emotion invested in the piece in terms of tempo. Some parts are supposed to be fast, but some parts are supposed to be slower so we can really feel what [I at least feel] Paul is trying to say... Again tho, absolutely nailed the technical aspects. However, in my opinion, this is definitely one of the best recordings of Virginia Tate on RU-vid.

dude, 12 bucks - is free, I hope your next question wont be "where can I get a marimba for free.."

This sounds really nice. Any mallet suggestions? or just mallet type suggestions?

how did you record and change frames? Also with the light to dark transition? What mic are you using? outstanding performance!

Aweosome job. Anyway you can tell me what mallets you use. I've been looking for a pair like those but never knew the name

Where can I get the Resta Jay Jean Geoffroy mallets in the U.S.? They don't ship here atleast from the website

Can somebody suggest a sticking for measure 36?

whats the main permatation in the melody

Can i ask. What mallets did u use for this? Im performing this solo for my uil solo.

What kind of mallets did you use for this pice?

Which mallets did you use?

is this a hard piece to learn?

Playing this as an 8th grader so hard

yaaawwwwnnnn