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It's really great to finally get to see the shop in China! Thank you Adrian for sharing!
Great instruments being built by real folks who obviously care and are putting real heart and soul into their...

There goes my brother in sound again!
Thanks guys. Beautifully done

Ook’n’m was a funny moniker we would use for when we would get into some kind of crazy syncopated cross-rhythmic stuff. So we ended up referring to the group by that name. Mostly just amongst...

I love how you guys are shining a bright new light on our mandolin world.
Your openness and creativity are a welcome sea change. Building on our wonderful tradition while pushing at the...

If you would like to hear the first three Bach Cello Suites played on my Monteleone Mandocello, you can check them out on my Bandcamp page at: https://mikemarshallf5.bandcamp.com

It was my...

Very very sad news indeed.
Never a sweeter guy. Such a talented, big eared, always supportive musician with a litany of skills from all corners. And what a Teacher!
A Great Gentle Man has left us....

Thank you for the information Scott ( and Sue of course)

We send our love and blessings to David from Germany. Be strong buddy,
We love you and we want to meet at Swannanoa again soon!
Mike,...

Yes another Dear one has gone.
He had as much enthusiasm as anyone you ever met about the music. He was honest in his critiques too ; ) But always endearing.
My first days with the Dawg and...

One is always a bit nervous when big changes like this occur, but I've been assured that things will stay as they are. I love the format and all the wonderful energy that all of the students put in...

It's Sad Day. One of our good ones has passed. Thank you Peter for all you've given. A shining light in the mando world. Beautiful tunes. Beautiful tones. He opened up many doors with that great big...

Yeah buddy. I was in the control room. We tried all these different picks and that one sounded like clouds of sound. Zero pick click. Amazing!

First he and Tony's EMD blew my head off, then he showed me the way to Barstow while Janice was cooking in the background.
Then we went to France and fiddled with Django's Steph with Opuses spinning...

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Sad news. He was a very cool guy with a great big heart. He did much to promote our little instrument in the early days of computers before these super highway things.
Thanks for all you did to help...

It's been a really inspiration to work with Adrian and all the folks at Northfield to pursue these developments in their new mandolins. I'm really impressed with how open and willing they are to...

At least one a day... ; )

Yes, I am mostly playing the Northfield believe it or not. Especially in these duet settings where I really want that sustain and low end richness to support the other person with chords and such. I...

That's actually that beautiful Northfield that I am playing. Engelmann Spruce 5 bar. Love it!
Also just a note that this is something that Caterina and I put up on our Artist Works teaching site as...

Here we are playing at the Rome Chamber Music Festival June 2017
At the beautiful Barbarina Palazzo playing Vivaldi Concerto in Am for two violins (mandolins) Enjoy!

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Thanks Scott,
Well said. Glad this place is safe. ; )

MM

Yes a sad day.
We had a great time with the Dawg, Grappelli, Darol Anger and OConnor.
He was way too young.

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I am VERY excited about Caterina's on-line teaching school.
It is without a doubt the most comprehensive classical mandolin curriculum that I have ever seen. She has condensed 300 years of mandolin...

Thank you Bill for all you've done for the banjo and for leaving us this beautiful approach to music making that you have always had. You wil not be forgotten. I can't count the number of times I...

Yes he will be very much missed. He was a sweetheart of a man. SO cool and kept our vibe exactly where it always needed to be.
The typical position of the middle voice instrument, he was the...