Talent show

[bluegrassman3.0]

I will audition for a talent show at school soon. I am thinking about playing The Fox (my own remix). Is that okay? Will they like it?:mandosmiley:

[mikeo2]

Do you have a link to your 'remix'?

[JEStanek]

Practice hard, have fun, relax and breathe. Not everyone there, few likely, will know the song that well. Play it and have fun. Good luck!

Jamie

[Chris Willingham]

I think most people, even those who don't like or haven't heard bluegrass before, can get into the fox. My wife didn't like bg at all, so i tried to plant a seed with the fox, then took her to a nickel creek concert. Fast forward many years, I walk into my study tonight and she's listening to Rhonda Vincent. Success!

I bet the song will get the crowd going. Good luck.

[allenhopkins]

I will audition for a talent show at school soon. I am thinking about playing The Fox (my own remix). Is that okay? Will they like it?

The ducks and geese kept therein, Old Mother Flipper-flopper, John (the guy with the horn both loud and shrill), and the grey goose slung across the fox's back won't like it. The fox's wife, and his little ones eight, nine, ten, will love it. Just leave them the bones-oh.

[bluegrassman3.0]

Do you have a link to your 'remix'?

I don't, but its alot like "The Fox (Extreme Version)", like Nickel Creek played at The Freight in 2000.

[Mike Bunting]

What do you mean by "remix", I've not heard it in this context.

[Patrick Gunning]

By "remix," he means his own arrangement.

As a younger guy playing mando, I can tell you that Thile-esque arrangements usually go over pretty well. That song's a good one that people can get into real easy. There's a reason Chris played that song just about every gig for 7 years...

The most important thing is, even when you're trying to mimic Thile (or perhaps especially when you do), is to focus like crazy on good rhythm. An audience that can tap their foot and feel a strong beat will love you, one that can't will stop paying attention. Don't worry as much about nailing every note in his solo or triplet ornament in a fill, just nail down the beat.

Best of luck!

[bluegrassman3.0]

Thanks Patrick!

The song starts with the sliding A chord-duh-and some improve. In the second solo, it goes into Old Joe Clark, then back to the main melody and lyrics. I guess it isn't as close to the "Extreme" version as I thought. But the intro sounds about the same.