A Week of Revelations
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, Jul-07-2013 at 7:53am (4275 Views)
Well, the week started out great! Been working more and more with the new MM, and really feeling comfortable with it.
New song-of-the-month in the Newbies section is Gold Rush, and for some reason, this one just clicked with me as one I wanted to put some hard work into. Don't know why it never dawned on me before that almost all the "hot" bluegrassy licks I hear come from these old fiddle tunes, but it really hit me with this one.Long weekend, decided to really pour it into this tune.After a day and a half, got the melody pretty well locked in, and just worked on getting it clean (I thought!) Sat down last night to record for the first time, and let myself in for a real eye-opener.My fingering and pick attack sound atrocious! Sounds completely different out front than it does while I'm playing.A completely brutal critic, this mic may be the best thing to happen to my playing. I've heard Marty Jacobson play this mando, so I can't lay any blame on it.LOL Oh well, if you know what to work on, there's only one way to go,right? Back to work!