Re: your mandolin ownership history
Originally Posted by
JeffD
Controversial comment:
Unless you are a little crazy, and lack perhaps a little balance in your life, you ain't never gonna get any good at the mandolin.
For 'the mandolin', substitute 'music'. Most musicians I've met are like that, which is why they're often such interesting people. Also, 'good' is an interesting word in relation to music. Like athletes, there's always somebody better. We've all met musos beating themselves up cause they're not 'good' enough, and we've all met people who won't have any 'technique' as long as they breathe, who technically aren't much 'good' at music, but can make people dance and laugh with what they've figured - that's good enough for me. Finally, if the 'balance' we're lacking is TV, shopping malls, and pre programmed and dumbed down entertainment, I'm happy unbalanced
Eastman MD305 mandolin
Kentucky KM250 mandolin
2 x Fiddles, 1 x 5 string viola, 1 x 5 string octave viola, 2 X nyckelharpas
2 X 12 string guitars, 3 x 6 string guitars, 1 x Cuatro de Puerto Rico
5 x recorders - descant, alto, tenor
1 X Highland bagpipes
1 x Garvie 'Session' mouth blown bagpipes in A
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