Paul Smadbeck "Virginia Tate" on Bergerault GMBR marimba, Performed by Konstantinos Botinis, Patras 7 July 2011 CAMERA: amzn.to/2F08mBn MICROPHONE: amzn.to/2D0CjR6 sheet music available here: www.mostlymarim...
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
Paul Smadbeck, holy-cow it's you! I am going to pay even more attention to the above rendition, for honing this great piece of music I am working on, knowing that you endorse it.
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.
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
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. :)
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!
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.