Maybe you aren't thinking hard enough.
It's like jmcgann says," Mindless practice, mindless posting."
Maybe you aren't thinking hard enough.
It's like jmcgann says," Mindless practice, mindless posting."
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Gee, I don't recall saying that.
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And now for today's weather....sunny, with a chance of legs
"Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe." - Abraham Lincoln
I couldn't disagree more.Originally Posted by (Jonathan Peck @ Nov. 29 2007, 13:44)
Less talk, more pick.
Wow, my two favorite posters in one message. I'm whelmed.Things seem to take on a life of their own once they become unencumbered by the thought process.
"I thought I knew a lot about music. Then you start digging and the deeper you go, the more there is."~John Mellencamp
"Theory only seems like rocket science when you don't know it. Once you understand it, it's more like plumbing!"~John McGann
"IT'S T-R-E-M-O-L-O, dangit!!"~Me
The Homespun video about Bill Monroe's mandolin style was a very long time in the making.
For decades, Monroe would not deign to talk about 'his' style of playing the mandolin or 'his' music.
Early on, someone tried to ask Monroe about 'his' blue grass music and the caustic reply was to go ask Louise Scruggs.
Bill was not a person given to small talk, and it took a long time for Ralph Rinzler to arrange the video, just as it had taken a long time to persuade Bill to give Rinzler the interview that appeared in 'Sing Out' magazine in the early sixties.
I thought that John Hartford was the perfect person to interview Bill, and that Bill was even enjoying himself.
Hartford recognized the essence of Monroe's music and the role Bill played in preserving traditional music.
Go listen to Hartford's recording of "the Cross-eyed Child" for a refresher.
Don't you folks have jobs? Do you think about this Monroe style stuff seriously? Come on, it gives me a headache just reading this stuff. I agree with Alex, I would rather listen to Compton but to say that you can't master Monroe is ####. It's a style and with practice the style can be whipped and mastered. OOH, that really turns me on!!!!
The joy is in the journey!
Wait a minute -- does this mean that Earl Scruggs' wife was the greatest master of the Monroe style?
This opens up whole new vistas...
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