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I will say the fiddler George Jackson seemed to be hanging back on purpose to feature the mandolin more, and Ross Martin seemed like more of a BG player than a Bebop player and while great, I felt he...

Wow cool story, there is a song in there somewhere? Alas the power of sound.

Rustic Barn up on route 40, Jason who is the owner is a great mandolin player and huge Bluegrass/Mandolin supporter. He also is one of the bigger promoters of local music in the area, plus the Rustic...

Caught the Jacob Joliff Band, George Jackson, Myles Sloniker, Ross Martin and Jacob at a small venue in upstate NY where we have our monthly Bluegrass jams.
I had not heard Jake sing before this...

Folks I can't make the gig tonight, my dog ate my mandolin

awesome!

very cool - I am confident you'll make it to the summit

Yes "Lick my love pump " is a real tear jerker, especially at volume 11

I was playing a mandolin very near another mandolin hanging on a stand, and I thought I heard a harmonic response from the mandolin on the stand, so as an experiment I thought I would try a quick...

I picked one up too off of reverb, for 450ish, was a few years ago. I really was just looking for a mandolin to leave at the office, I'll be honest it looks cool, but it has yet to capture my heart,...

Joe Walsh's Mandolin Jazz course teaches the classic solos, Django on "Minor Swing", I think Lester Young on "Lady be Good" I haven't really gotten very far with it because its very heady for me.
It...

Went last year, won't be attending this year but highly recommended.
The classes I attended were not over crowded, all the classes were very informative and the instructors were very willing to work...

Like Doug and Aaron said, the more you play chords and think of them as stacked intervals and then think about the intervals between chords changes, you will soon become comfortable with various...

The Lament for Artie Declan by Donal Lunny, played here on mandolin ensemble including a Collings F5, Rigel G110, Macica F5, Gibson f4, Gibson A1, Weber and Gibson mandolas, Weber and Northfield...

obviously mandolin

as mandolinist are humble, empathetic, and passionate, creating illustrious euphoric visions on the pinnacle of musical instruments.

and we mandolinist know all other...

Crazyquilt very cool stuff, that is a 5 string tuned CGDAE?

I suppose I should learn to use an expression pedal, as I have intentions on producing some formalized electronic pieces.
I've become a sucker for chorus on electric, that Adrien Belew era King...

I understand the concern but to attempt to block or deny a tool / technology is a 2 edged sword.
I suppose people may have said the same thing about the electronic synthesizer, (or even the wax...

I haven't moved to single string electrics yet, still preferring coursed electrics, I do have all 4: mandolin mandola, octave and mandocello electric.
I was looking at some higher end electrics...

A lot of common answers here, Mike Marshall was the "top" technical master when I was getting into mandolin so he remains that for me.

I realize Thile has surpassed him in technical mastery, but...

I think most of us have been there, and to me it is just a matter of familiarity.

Over thinking is usually the culprit, but in order to avoid overthinking one must be very comfortable and...

finally learned this deep cut from Minnesota a History of the Land, "Swede Hollow Lament" performed here on a 2022 Northfield Archtop Octave, a 1920 Gibson F4 and a 1917 Gibson A1. I tried the melody...

Bluegrass Life posted this on Facebook, and now that I know Doc has held a mandolin in his hands, I am assured it is a sacred instrument.

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golden ancient tones

I practice Dawgmatism ( well the tune as well)
Happy Birthday!