Word: malleting
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Asian or African in origin, the marimba generally is played with one or two mallets in each hand, which are raised and then brought down sharply on the keys, called bars. Stevens has revolutionized the playing of the instrument, pioneering a complex four-mallet technique with a finger grip that allows him to execute broken chords, four-note harmonies and even separate melody and accompaniment by means of something he calls the "one-handed roll": one hand plays two notes tremolo while the other picks out a tune. In his hands, the marimba has gone from being a useful...
...Spurrier, a star, had a five-goal rating when the Army, on Feb. 28, 1943, at last took his cavalry unit's horses away. The two watch indulgently as local enthusiasts play a polo match at Riley. "Gopher killing," says Polk, as a player whacks the ground with his mallet, missing the ball entirely. Spurrier, a horseman whose face shows ancestry that is part Osage Indian, gently instructs an observer who has thought polo a game for prosperous fops. Yes, he says, you could call it a risk sport; at least five Army friends died playing the game...
...sorts of subplots and developments over three long acts. As Yiddische Chekhov, it dwells on the domineering mother, the sniveling new wealth, and the slow death of the beautiful and the valuable under the crushing weight of modern avarice. Naturally, it's also about as subtle as a flying mallet: when someone flashes a life insurance policy, for example, it's the symbolic equivalent of a large black raven alighting on his head...
...these words from David Mallet, who has directed several hundred videos for the likes of Bowie, the Boomtown Rats and Roxy Music: "If someone from outer space arrived and you played him a record, he might say, 'I can hear it, but why can't I see it?' " You can rest easy now, Spaceman...
...Productions, has produced more than 300 videos, and says, "We have to remember we are making a sales tool. These are little commercials. It is our job to make an artist look good." Even so, the skill of the videomakers often seems secondary to the music they visualize. Says Mallet: "You can make a good video of a bad record, and it doesn't do a thing. And you can make a bad video of a good record, and the record will sell anyway. A corollary is that it's very difficult to make a good video...