Hi Scott, I’d love to have my user name changed to Christian McKee. Please and thank you!
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Hi Scott, I’d love to have my user name changed to Christian McKee. Please and thank you!
Hi everyone,
Thanks to all of you for the interest and chiming in. Jim Garber, if you do find anything in your archives I'd be very excited to see it. I emailed with Neil G., and while his spirit...
Hi everyone,
I'm on the hunt for music by Black American musicians and composers that was either written for or first performed on the mandolin, particularly art/classical music, since I have some...
Hi folks, I put up a three new recordings on my little classical mando site today. Two 20th century compositions ("Treble Quartet" and "Oblivion") and a romantic piece arranged for twelve flutes,...
I was introduced to this piece in a workshop with Carlo Aonzo, and the + mark was one of the first things we talked about. He was pretty clear that mark meant it was up to the player how to ornament...
I'm unaware of any, but burrowing through youtube might turn something up. When they did it, Mike preceded it with some fun, cheeky patter about how he knows that one simply doesn't rewrite Bach's...
The on screen credits say "bearb. Lichtenberg/Marshall," in English the equivalent would be "arr. Lichtenberg/Marshall." My guess is that the cello part is original to their arrangement. Mr. Marshall...
A good scan of an old copy: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b9078913f/f4.image. It’s the last four pages.
I recently recorded the theme and variations number one and five for radio, they can be heard at classicalmandolin.bandcamp.com. I have a looong way to go before I sound like Camilla Finardi in the...
Nicely played, Bob! You're on a roll...
Christian
Formidable as always, Bob. Wonderfully played.
Plenty of folks use this sort of combination with great results. I’ve recently put some on my f5 and I’m really enjoying them. I give up a bit of volume, but the more consistent and richer tone they...
I have #66 up here in Portland, and love it. Upon first arrival it was a little frail sounding, but that quickly changed and it’s among the most muscular sounding mandolins I’ve ever heard. I’ve...
Thanks for the kind words, Don. You’re correct on the translation, too. I picked this up from swing gigs with people who play a lot of Django material, and really love the tension in the melody over...
Hi everyone,
With time on my hands I’ve arranged the beautiful and languid ballad Vous Et Mois for five part mandolin orchestra: mandolin one and two, mandola, mandocello and bass or mandobass. I...
Hi Jim, in fact none of those are mine, though my F5 and K1 are in the uncropped version of this shot. It was taken at the 2019 River Of The West mandolin camp run by Brian Oberlin outside Portland,...
Hi everyone,
Cross posting from the jazz section, seems like this may appeal to people here as well.
With time on my hands I’ve arranged the beautiful and languid Vous Et Mois for five part...
DingDANGIT I like the look of those. I can't attend this year, and really wish I could.
Smoking hot as always, Alex.
Thanks, Mike. I wasn’t confident in my identification of them, so I’ll take a look at what Grover has.
See attached photos showing deterioration of some parts on my Schaller tuning machines. Those little white washers are all rotting out as time passes, the two circled ones are the worst. I wonder if...
I'm more than happy with Buckeye #66, though it took me a while to reach that satisfied place. I was playing an oval hole, X-braced Breedlove before this, and bought it sight unseen, my first...
I'm the very happy owner of #66, it's been with me just about a year now, and keep getting better all the time. I was very happy with Pete and the process of buying this instrument from across the...
I've gotten really good results with fatheads as drum overheads, and even heard good vocal tracks from them, but those were both studio. I think Pete's right on the money in terms of feedback...
I love it, thanks!