View Full Version : Youtube: #mahjun &giroux
mandoalaska
Jan-01-2007, 9:58pm
check this out, they have several posts on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoXfz-_fBJo
hotclub
Jan-02-2007, 8:34am
That invisible whammy bar works pretty good!
thistle3585
Jan-02-2007, 11:37am
Pretty cool. I assume he's "bending" the strings behind the bridge with his wrist to get the whammy bar effect. I think Niles talked about doing this beyond the nut.
Blueglass
Jan-03-2007, 1:02pm
silly
Blueglass
Jan-03-2007, 1:03pm
in a good way.
delsbrother
Jan-03-2007, 4:12pm
OK, anyone else annoyed when the camera cuts back to the guitar player?? http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mad.gif
Kid Charlemagne
Jan-05-2007, 4:26pm
I'm mostly just annoyed that a lot of the time the mandolin seemed to be completely off from the guitarist's part.
It was like a guitarist shredder who can't figure out that the rest of the band has gone on past the solo and into the last verse.
melodicdreams
Jan-07-2007, 9:09am
. . . I sensed a few notes that were slightly lower than I would have liked them, personally . . . http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif particularly the A and E strings.
Im a little embarassed for that guy...if you are gonna do all the gimmicky stuff, at least do it well and in time with the other players......probably thought of as a great player by some, but get some style! fast aint everything.........the invisible whammy is unique, but I would probably crush a hollow instrument...maybe Ill try it on my mando-bird and become a superstar too.....
FlawLaw
Jan-09-2007, 8:32pm
I thought he was kind of fun personally. I guess I just don't take this stuff too seriously.
Kid Charlemagne
Jan-10-2007, 3:31am
I thought he was kind of fun personally. I guess I just don't take this stuff too seriously.
Well, the thing is that the two guys in the video seem to be taking it really, really seriously.
I dunno. I know it was posted as sort of a goofy thing to check out, but I just saw a couple guys (or at least one) who thought way too much of themselves as musicians, relative to their actual talents/taste. And that sort of thing just gets under my skin a bit.
Am I taking this too seriously? Maybe.
Joel Glassman
Jan-11-2007, 4:51pm
>Am I taking this too seriously?
Nah, flashy tastelessness is a big musical sin
regardless of instrument.
I have recordings of myself sounding similar--
winging it to a rhythm track--on a new electric mandolin,
not knowing a damn thing about playing electric blues.
No one gets to hear them though.
http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif