Reason not to start playing mandolin

[Rick Schmidlin]

I'd say because once you start your wife, parents, lover, girlfriend, boyfriend, dog,cat,best friend,your guitar,child or any other close one or thing close to you will have to compete with your time from now one. Thus they may get made at you for time spent with your new love.

What reason do give to warn those that starting may be harmfull http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/coffee.gif http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mandosmiley.gif

[Gutbucket]

MAS! If it gets a foothold, it can ruin your life and your wallet. I've seen it devestate whole households and families. Man, I'm glad it hasn't overtaken me yet. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[mandoplyr70]

Because once you start you can never stop ! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mandosmiley.gif

[Arto]

Because your dear wife will look unhappy and tell you repeatedly over the years that you are dismissing your real talents (like visual arts), and try to achieve something you really don´t have and never will (like musical creativity).

Because your kids will ask you why you always play the same pieces and never something new.

Because you dog will look unhappy and move to another room to snooze when you start picking your mandolin.

http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif #Arto

[JEStanek]

There is no reason to not start playing mandolin. There may be very good reasons to play away from others, have someone else manage your checking account, have someon etell you when to come up from air.

Jamie

[JeffD]

Playing a mandolin will really cut into your television time. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif

[gnelson651]

Things must be too slow around here to have this type of nonsensical negative question.

There is no harm involved with playing the mandolin unless you don't like being introduced by a band mate as "the man with the little instrument and #his mandolin." http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[Steve Ostrander]

As Dawg said, "You'll spend the rest of your life tuning."

[Chris Travers]

The only reason "not to play mandolin" is You'll never wanna stop! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[JGWoods]

All those groupies, papprazzi, helicopters overhead, free booze, roadies and toadies....

[Susan H.]

MAS is the only reason I can think of. My husband likes to hear me play, my dog on the other hand...the sounds hurt his ears. There is no reason to NOT start playing unless you don't like mandolin...God forbid! I can't believe I didn't start sooner. But, when I start playing it's hard to put it down.

[Rick Schmidlin]

Things must be too slow around here to have this type of nonsensical negative question.
It's Sunday a fun day, just having some mandloin cafe fun.

[man dough nollij]

Fingertip calluses might hinder your career as a professional safecracker. Yep.

[allenhopkins]

You have to keep explaining to people what it is (or isn't: banjo, ukulele, "little guitar," etc.). Also, why your flat-back mandolin isn't shaped like a bowl-back mandolin, and vice versa.

[GTison]

1. Good Mandolins are THE most expensive little disrespected instrument there are. #

2. Folks will think you are playing ukulele, #what an insult. #Do want to be insulted.

3. You could loose a finger to diabetes if you injure it during string changing (rarely a bloodless sport). #I know a guy who lost some fingers like that. # ('course that was from a nasty banjo but I guess it could happen on a mandolin)

4. I need a good bass player. #can't find one when I need one.

5. I need a REALLY good rhythm guitar player. #They are hard to come by around here

6. You could be working you know, instead of sitting around playing that thing. #Because something always needs to be done besides playing the mandolin. mowin, whippin the young-uns, feedn' the animals, cleaning up something. #repairing something, puttin up the tools where the kids left them where they used em last... #

7. You'll be wanting to go to festivals and that takes more $.

8. If you get a cheap mandolin, other mandolin players will look down there nose at you .

9. Because Gasoline cost too much. #Yep.

10. Because Evan Marshall already has played all the notes out of it, you may as well not even try. #( a recent amazement of mine)

WHY on earth would you want to spend your time playing one of those little bitty things.

[Susan H.]

Because...I CAN!!!!

[Brady Smith]

8. If you get a cheap mandolin, other mandolin players will look down there nose at you .
And you'll have 4800 people on here telling you to buy an Eastman.

[MaiaMorris]

#My husband likes to hear me play, my dog on the other hand...the sounds hurt his ears.
Huh, funny--my cat ADORES my playing and singing. As soon as I start to tune up, he runs into my room, leaps onto my bed, and intones, "Mrow? Mreow?" Kind of like saying, "Are you gonna play, Mom? Are you? Are you?" And as soon as I start playing a song, he curls up and begins to purr, happy as a clam.

It's nice to have feline support!

[Jim Broyles]

If you have been a guitar player for over ten years, especially if you are self-taught, and have never learned the basics of music theory, the mandolin will mystically instill in you a desire to actually learn why notes go together in certain patterns to form scales, why scalar tones go together to form chords and why chords go together to form songs. It happens to almost everybody new to the mandolin. If you have no desire to learn music theory, stay away from the mandolin.

[John Flynn]

My two reasons not to play mandolin (neither of which have dissuaded me in the least!):

1. You'll always use up one of your carry-on bag allowances because you have to travel with your beater.

2. You'll waste hours of productive time surfing the Mandolin Cafe'!

[jbrwky]

You'll have to hire a financial planner to manage the Tens of dollars you'll make playing mandolin.

[Santiago]

Once the bug bites you, you are its slave.

[neal]

2. Folks will think you are playing ukulele, what an insult. Do want to be insulted.
Hey! WhyIoughta....

[lovethemf5s]

Huh, funny--my cat ADORES my playing and singing. As soon as I start to tune up, he runs into my room, leaps onto my bed, and intones, "Mrow? Mreow?" Kind of like saying, "Are you gonna play, Mom? Are you? Are you?" And as soon as I start playing a song, he curls up and begins to purr, happy as a clam.
He's trying to say, Monroe? Monroe? http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[Chris Wofford]

'Cause sooner or later you will wind up in close quarters with a banjo player.

[Keith Erickson]

Playing a mandolin will really cut into your television time. #http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif
...especially when there isn't anything of value to watch on TV.

Cheers to more mandolin practicing # http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/coffee.gif