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  1. Eric Hanson's Avatar
    Talented young lady!
    It will be great to see more of her success as she continues play!
  2. rbep's Avatar
    That's splendid playing. Luke makes it look easy. That's the mark of a real master. And the tone isn't just the instrument, I also play a Duff and, even though it's a fantastic instrument, I don't sound half so good.
  3. darylcrisp's Avatar
    loved it, thanks for be here and performing for us!
    d
  4. Alfons's Avatar
    Fine music on a fine mandolin. Great job
  5. Nick Royal's Avatar
    Really nice! ...he makes it look easy....which for would not be so.
  6. cayuga red's Avatar
    Snappy tune, well played. Stiver makes a fine mandolin. Thanks for posting.
  7. Mike Marshall's Avatar
    SO nice to see our mandocellos getting some love, Thanks Luke for doing it so well. More please!
  8. Alfons's Avatar
    Love the articulation
  9. tmsweeney's Avatar
    Really great playing by Luke, he has a lot of great solo mandocello videos out there.
  10. Jim Imhoff's Avatar
    Luke is one of the players and composers that contributed to my mandocello meets at CMSA conventions. His music and his playing are creative, nimble, and beautiful. He puts to rest the argument I hear so often (in the CBOM thread) that the mandocello is too difficult to play, the C string is too heavy, get an octave instead...etc. My teacher Fabio Giudice says that most people playing the MCello are mandolin players who picked it up for ensemble work, to fill out the quartet or orchestra. Luke is clearly a master of the instrument on its own terms, and is creating more music specifically for it; glad he is getting this recognition.
  11. Perry's Avatar
    Really enjoyed everything about that.
  12. DouglasC's Avatar
    Beautiful playing and composition. The tone of that instrument is fantastic and really used to its advantage here. Happy to know about Luke William Wright, I will be looking for more of his music.
  13. grassrootphilosopher's Avatar
    I am smitten by that mandocello tone. The piece and the playing are nice also.
  14. Don Grieser's Avatar
    Beautiful melody and playing. Gorgeous tone on that Duff cello.
  15. cayuga red's Avatar
    Good tune and fine playing. And what a mandocello!
  16. Cary Fagan's Avatar
    Really beautiful. LWW has really devoted himself to the instrument. A new year's treat.
  17. JonDoug's Avatar
    A lovely composition played with outstanding skill on an instrument with a beautiful, subtle voice makes a great way to start the new year—many thanks!
  18. Chuck Leyda's Avatar
    Thank you David. Merry Christmas!
  19. Skip Kelley's Avatar
    David, thank you for that. It was beautiful. David, you are a treasure to the mandolin community.
  20. Mando Esq's Avatar
    Beautiful
  21. Nick Royal's Avatar
    That Carol really works well on the mandolin. Great arrangement.
  22. Ranald's Avatar
    Lovely, David. Merry Christmas to you and yours.
  23. Charles E.'s Avatar
    That just blew my mind. Thank you.
  24. JRG's Avatar
    Merry Christmas to you and Tabitha. Hope to see you two @ King St. sooner than later
  25. Cheryl Watson's Avatar
    That's the best version of Carol of the Bells I have ever heard! Thank you for the score, David.
  26. desertnight's Avatar
    Fantastic David! Thanks, Merry Christmas
  27. Andy B's Avatar
    Merry Christmas to you too and many thanks for that beautiful music.
  28. pheffernan's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by cayuga red
    That mandola is fantastic!
    Give it up for the f-style mandola!
  29. scapier's Avatar
    That was totally awesome!!
  30. cayuga red's Avatar
    That mandola is fantastic!
  31. Cary Fagan's Avatar
    Andrew, you continue to be an extraordinary composer as well as player. And a pretty nice guy, too.
  32. Chris Gray's Avatar
    awesome
  33. William Smith's Avatar
    Love it!
  34. BillWilliams's Avatar
    Inspiring.
  35. BrianWilliam's Avatar
    Bravo Aarons
  36. Keith Baumann's Avatar
    Great soloing, but it's your rhythm playing that really knocks me out. I hear a little bit of ol' Jethro in those moving lines within your chord grips. The Apitius really sounds great too.
  37. Alfons's Avatar
    Aarons, that's mighty tasty - I always enjoy your recordings, and it's even better having more than one of you!
  38. James Vwaal's Avatar
    Yeah, very nice tone from that Sprite.
  39. John Soper's Avatar
    Nice tune, nicely played. And I agree. Steve - the Sprite is a great-sounding mandolin!
  40. Steve Sorensen's Avatar
    Liam's tone with his Sorensen Sprite Two-Point mandolin always makes me smile.
    Steve
  41. TX2AK's Avatar
    Love the playing, and would love to hear some of that bad mandolin playing with Old Crow! I’ve seen them a few times; but the most memorable was when we went down to Whitewater on the Guadalupe River outside of Austin, with 7 other couples, maybe in 2014/2015 (fairly recently back to Texas). Old Crow opened for the Avett Brothers at that show. Sarah and I knew OCMS very well, but the other couples were more attracted to the Avett Bros - (and no knock on the Avett Bros, they were great) - but to a person, every single one of them came to me at some point and said something along the lines of “Holy Sh!+, these guys kicked @$$!” or “these guys are F***ing awesome!” OCMS can bring the old time, modern feel like nobody else!!! It would be so cool to hear a mandolin in there. “I Hear Them All” should be (if it’s not known to be) among the greatest songs of our generation! There’s a lot of room for a mandolin in that one, particularly. No criticism of the recorded version, just saying - there’s room. I’ve been playing with it; but my band isn’t ready to go there just yet.
  42. darylcrisp's Avatar
    this was one of my favorites that has been on Mandolin Mondays.
    love the sound of the tune and that mandolin, excellent player brought it all together.

    d
  43. Alfons's Avatar
    Thanks Mason, nice tune and well played.
  44. cayuga red's Avatar
    Good playing on a great mandolin. Bernabe is one of the best American luthiers.
  45. Delaware's Avatar
    I remember a YouTube video of Chris Thile on a Mandocello at Carter Vintage playing the Cello Suites and saying how cool it would be to cover them on a mandocello. I always wanted to hear that so thanks Mike for making my dream come true

    Link for the curious
    https://youtu.be/DooLKnS0ztw?si=B1fJyJnZUMiQrpGx&t=62
  46. William Smith's Avatar
    KOOL!
  47. Joe Bartl's Avatar
    Great performance! Thanks for the lesson in scordatura. And thanks for the lesson in establishing multiple voices via pick angle and picking at various distances from the bridge. And thanks for showing and sounding this Monte up close and personal.
  48. Leester's Avatar
    Wonderfully done. Thank you for learning this and sharing it with us!
  49. cayuga red's Avatar
    Nice!
  50. keith.rogers's Avatar
    These [MM's Bach cello suites] are all great. (I have the first 3, #s 4 & 5 are in my cart, along with a few other mando-centric items, waiting for Bandcamp Friday )
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