There goes our Dear Donnie!!!
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There goes our Dear Donnie!!!
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
Thanks Jim,
Suite Number 5 is right up next!
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...
Yes, I recorded the first one at home using 2- KM84 Neumann mics and a Coles Ribbon.
By the 2nd suite I was able to go into the studio with my engineer Dave Luke and he added some more mics and...
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...
Brilliant piece from Northfield. I love what they've done to get more great mandolins into more peoples hands. It's been a pleasure working together.
Also shout outs to Steve for bringing 'numero...
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...
Yes a Very very sad loss. He was a sweet soul. We will miss his muse. Thank you Peter for every note.
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...
Wonderful Ashley! That's a beautiful journey from the Symposium days... Proud
You must split the quill lengthwise so that it opens like a book. Then you have two!
Yes and then there's a special technique for rendering them ready for picking.
Crazy stuff
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...
Yes sir!
We're gearing up for a big time up in my name-sake town of Marshall, Michigan with Adrian Bagale and all the Northfield folks, Caterina, Donnie, Elisa, David and all you fabulous mando...
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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...
Thanks guys!
MM