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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

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...

No conductor and we did get three very nice rehearsals and dove deep into it with these cats. They were young and very enthusiastic and great to work with. They were brought there by Robert Mc Duffie...

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...

No cowboy boots. Just my cool Italian shoes. ; )

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...

Shrinivas was a marvel of nature. Able to play freely with a brilliant mind, superb creativity and an incomparable technique. He was a tremendous human being. One of the most humble I have ever met....

Nice that you all are so curious and into it. Come jump in. It's a very cool new way to share info.
I'm not at all worried about having too many students. Hey, that's what were all trying to do here...

I love all styles and music and welcome anyone who is interested in the mandolin to please join and see what we can do together. Just wanting folks to get a little better at this mando thing.