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I’ve been in Mike’s Artist Works class for around 4 years. He switches around his Mando here and there but most often plays the Northfield 4th gen. He has had at least 2 different 4th gens in that...

really impressive work, fun to watch

I am currently reading Bill Monroe: The Life and Music of the Blue Grass Man, Book by Tom Ewing. Have read up to the chapter on the 1950s and getting a lot more interesting now.

Ricky Skaggs...

I'm no classical expert by any means, mostly a bluegrass guy. But this is the first Bach piece I wanted to learn and worked on. It was 4 pages on the tab from Joe Walsh's Peghead Nation course and...

I liked it. Always amazed by the guys that go out of their way to tell everybody how much they don't like something on here.

If nothing else you should be able to appreciate the fact that a whole...

Well, I have been a member of Artist Works with Mike for about 4 years. Can't recommend it enough.
The pre-recorded curriculum is great but the real different of AW is that you can send a video of...

drives me absolutely nuts when my pairs are not in tune with each other. Guess I prefer my mandolin dry

Chris replied on his Instagram that each class would be archived for 30 days after.

Thanks MC for the heads up, I am excited for it!

Congrats! Skip and Kevin are both really great guys. Kevin let me stop by fairly late one evening when I bought #54.
A couple of years later, Skip was very generous in his pricing and did a great...

Awesome! Glad that helped. My #54 sounds way better now in my opinion that in did when I got it. May be my playing or 'opening up' or whatever (see countless discussions elsewhere on the forum about...

I love the Gabriel Wiseman monel set that CM has, have been using them for a few months now (2 sets).
They are the "custom medium" gauges I prefer and I think they are as good or better than the...

Sounds great Skip! Hope OH is treating you well, but feel free to come back to NC ;)

Why don't we write it out in "shape notes"? I found those pretty easy to read in the church choir LOL.

But seriously, I think the only way TAB or even notation for that matter is detrimental is if...

Great job Gabe! This is a really nice mandolin record, y'all check it out!!

I never cared much about reading notation, until I started learning things that tabs were not readily available for.
For example, I got into some Brazillian Choro thanks to Mike Marshall. He tabbed...

If anyone needs to escape to North Carolina let me know, we are closing on a new house soon and will have some extra space.
Wish that we could send you some of our rain!

Wayne just posted a pretty sweet video on the blues scale stuff and he jams on some really cool stuff too with a drum machine beat.
Check out the Stanley mando he is playing too, pretty sweet sound...

I'd like to add to this post the response that I received from Phil's daughter Becca when I sent her the link to this thread. Thank you all for your comments!

"Oh Drew, this means the world to me....

Cafe members,

I regret to inform you all that Dr. Phil Goodson, known around here as Philphool, has passed away after a strong battle with cancer.

In additional to being a well respected OBGYN...

Awesome Chris, congrats!! I have been impressed with every Northfield I've played so far and I'm sure yours is just killer.
Let's hear it sometime!

All I will add from personal experience is talk to Adrian or Derek at Northfield sometime and your concerns will be eased.
I spent hours at Swannanoa last year with Adrian and came away with a...

Manzanita - Tony Rice
Anything Grisman
Gator Strut - Mike Marshall
Bluegrass Mandolin Extravaganza - This is a who's who of the earlier generation of pickers. ALL mando except Del on rhythm.
In...

I've done one 3 person jam and that's it since March.
I have pretty much lost interest in trying to do any gigs or the jams here even if they could be outdoors. They just aren't exciting me and...

It was a great show, really well done video and sound. They were in Asheville at Echo Mountain recording studio. I too was a little disappointed not to see the Loar, but also surprised how much I...

We all know who the most articulate person at camp is. :))
Looking forward to seeing half your face from a distance!