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I have owned a Northfield Flat top octave mandolin for a little over a year now, it is a wonderful instrument if I would just make more time to play it!

I also just recently purchased a 4th Gen...

It's getting harder and harder to justify buying physical copies of CDs because I have very few ways to play them. But if it is an artist I want to support, I still try to. If I can manage an...

There are places to submit a video now on any topic or tune you'd like and there have been thousands done in all kinds of styles. Classical, choro, jazz, Dawg, etc. There is also a huge section of...

Wow. I've been in Mike's AW class for about 4 years and have never seen a comment like that once. Everyone I have interacted with has been super encouraging of each other regardless of style or...

Very interesting conversation. I have been running a couple of ultrasonic humidifiers with tap water (from our county service) basically around the clock and have not noticed any residue other than...

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...

I don't think he is sharing anything that Matt actually created for the class, just putting those arrangements into iRealPro.
I know from one of the classes I was in that Matt was aware of that and...

Scotty, thank you! These are awesome and very helpful for jamming at home

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...

As I sit here reading those comments, a possessed cardinal continues flying into the windows of several rooms of our new house. Maybe this will work! lol
To be clear, I didn't discard any of the...

I'm excited for some of the digital releases for sure!
I only keep hard CDs anymore when I have them autographed and really don't have much of anything to listen to them on anyway.

yea it happens, like others have said, just try to work on something else for a bit. Instead of just scales maybe try to play a pattern out of a scale. Or try a song or even a new genre for a bit....

I noticed that last night when I logged in to Joe Walsh's Advancing mandolinist course. I really like that you can click the check boxes beside each lesson to mark them complete.
I also started...

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 cannot use J74s or any other phosphor bronze due to this very issue. I can ruin PB strings in just a few hours.
I have used Nickel Bronze and they were much better, but for the last year or so I...

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

Really cool show. I'm not going to get hung up on analyzing it, let's just appreciate that it was pretty cool that these guys got to play it and we got to see it.

I have a Dawg pick that was given to me by Richard Somers (co-writer of Ricochet) so I cherish it for that connection. Dawg didn't have any on hand the last time I got to see him in person.
I have...

Yea! One of the coolest breaks. I love all that 70s Skaggs stuff. Wayne is a great teacher and it is a really cool channel he has started. Help him out by liking and subscribe!

Here Today is one I just discovered recently after being mentioned by Mike Marshall on Artist Works. I really like it!!!
Dawg and Vince Gill?? Come on!

It's a very curious virus and I think we are a long way from understanding it still. Hope that CJ remains OK!
I have a friend though who has been on 100% oxygen for days in the ICU with it. One day...

I didn't get to catch it live and it sounds like I didn't miss out too much. I got an email from them that said they would have it fixed for next time.
The internet is a tricky thing sometimes. Took...