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this is so so great!!! loving the record

He made me want to play the mandolin, and then later he helped show me how. Listening back tonight, i'm in awe once again at his depth and breadth. He could play every style!! and bring musicality...

Yea, this is really an important conversation. I've been bothered by this question, too. I guess I chalk it up to there being fewer role models in the past, but i'm happy to see the tide turning on...

Honestly it's hard to pick (ha! isn't that the root of this thread?): I have total faith in each of them. One thing comes to mind, though: Jake is in the midst of writing a very comprehensive book on...

My suggestion would be to reach out to Jake Howard, Ethan Setiawan, or Bryce Milano. All of them have put a tremendous amount of thought into their right hands, and also a large amount of thought...

so so great!

Hey Troy -

Just an idea, but you might reach out to David Surrette, just to see if he has any students up your way, or knows of any jams. There's a jam on thursdays led by Steve Roy, maybe in...

If you're still looking for a home for this I'd love to talk with you. I think Berklee would be a great option to consider: we've got 13 or so mandolin players, and several mandolin based ensembles...

Hate to hear this. Thanks Scott for helping to publicize the gofundme. it's good to see the mandolin community looking out for each other.

Sounds great!!! congrats!

Hey all - nice to know that some folks want to play my tune! Here's my take on it.160169

boy, i'm not tech savvy. it just looks like a black spot on my screen, but i think if you click it you'll...

So psyched for you, Jordan! Congrats!!!

Hey! I don't know whether the guitar track is specifically tied to those three method books. You might reach out to Larry Baione (lbaione@berklee.edu), he's the chair of the department and could...

As Steve L says, you wouldn't have to use 7th chords. If the melody of the tune you're playing is diatonic to A dorian, a great place to start would be the chords that are diatonic to A dorian. that...

He's picking all of those notes. there are some triplet lines that he (and others) do that can be played with hammer-ons/pull offs/slides, but those types of lines tend to have utilize this picking...

Yes!! This is great news!

Hey CSTVIZ- Sorry to see what a roller coaster this has been, I wish i'd seen the thread sooner. That said, I'd love to echo what August said: the ratings system is not for evaluating whether you...

I have to second the plug for "duo" with Dean Magraw: such an inspired pairing!! probably five or six of the tracks have Peter on mandolin, though the ones without and mando are great, too. Dean's...

Just to clarify: students here at Berklee choose a subject to major in (for example, songwriting, music therapy, jazz composition, performance...) and then must declare a primary instrument, and...

I think you might want to ask yourself why you'd want to go to college, what you want to get out of college, and whether you can get those things anywhere else. Becoming really proficient at the...

Oh, and Paul, the mandolin mashup has been an annual event. it started as a way for John to feature the ringers in each class of mandolinists at Berklee. He had actually scheduled this one before he...

Hey John-
Berklee records everything, so we should be able to get most or all of it up on youtube. Whether the Berklee peeps would let it be broadcast, I don't know. I'll try and keep this thread...

TonyP- I don't know. I'll look into it, though, and see if Berklee ever does such a thing. They shoot video of everything, so it should end up on youtube.

Greg- he was the best, right? whatever...

Hello all-

I don't suppose I have to tell anyone here how big of a hole John McGann's passing left in so very many communities, one of which of course is here in the Cafe. Another of those holes...

That's awesome. Goodness, what a monster...thanks for sharing, Scott!