My A/E board can double as an electric guitar board although I do more multi-instrument jobs these days. The board sees signals from standard and high string Larrivee guitars, Michael Kelly mandolin,...
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My A/E board can double as an electric guitar board although I do more multi-instrument jobs these days. The board sees signals from standard and high string Larrivee guitars, Michael Kelly mandolin,...
Not a dedicated flatpicking or acoustic guitar forum per se, but without question, my fave guitar site on
the net is tdpri.com. There is a dedicated acoustic guitar forum with no shortage of...
My NYE gig was at a bar. A BAR. My duo partner was feeling hinky about placing a tip jar, because the venue was charging typically high (actually, less than typical) NYE cover charge, and because our...
What I'm a fan of is running a small reference amp in parallel with the DI/PA signal, as opposed to mic'ing the amp or running a line out from it to the PA. I want to hear the bulk of my signal...
Cool thread.
As for performance situations that are actually lucrative, look around your area for voids that seem marketable. Obviously, you want to do something that you actually dig, and not...
Every year, I swear that I'm going to stay home on amateur night, and every year, somebody makes me an offer I can't refuse, so yeah, I have a job. It's a bar gig with jeans and boots, not a tux job....
Perfectly said.
I don't believe in "the gift" either.
I believe that lots of music students think that there's some sort of mystery involved in learning to play music with conviction, as...
I have a few thoughts on this as well.
* I usually do a few pro bono jobs per year - for cancer research, battered women, homeless children, stuff like that. These usually manifest themselves in...
Man there have been so many good points made within this thread that I'd die typing in response to all of them.
I'd like to talk a bit about my perspective on tip solicitation within paying gigs....
Right on! Just yesterday, my mother was brow beating me over the fact that my brain surgeon and porn star careers didn't work out.
It's like I tell fired-up parents when their youngsters are all...
You make some good points, but brother, you are preaching to the choir. I don't mean that in a pretentious way, it's just that every single thing you have mentioned, I have, for better or worse,...
I haven't read the entire thread, so I'm sure I've missed some nuances.
I'm a professional musician and music teacher that has played 3000+ gigs since the 70's, and I have taught countless people...
I don't see all the notes on a mandolin board as quickly as I do that of a guitar, that's for sure. But then, unlike the guitar, I haven't played mandolin since 1967. That said, I'm a huge proponent...
As for the banjo thing - I know there are dedicated sites, but I've seen a fair amount of banjo discussion around here, so I thought I'd give it a shot.
I have quite a few books, including the...
Thanks for the tips, gents. The Casey and Mair books both look useful, I'll put those on the list.
I'll assume you're referring to "CAGED"? I usually start beginners on Em and A7; they're two...
Hi folks, happy holidays. I haven't been around much lately, hope you all are doing well. I know that educational books and instructional materials are discussed quite frequently; my interest is as...
I haven't attended a jam in years, so I really can't speak to that.
However, working musicians that do pickup gigs often wind up playing tunes that they're less than intimately familiar with....
Well thank you guys for humoring my rant, and especially Tim2723 for graciously allowing me the liberty of the tangent.
Some good stories and laughs in the thread, and even some pertinent advice....
I think they're a beast as to playability, and they're way more full-bodied than a "traditional" mando, but agree that Ovation is tough to beat in a full band/"loud" scenario. They just seem to sit...
Above advice is really solid.
As to knowing the melody, I'll add that most accomplished jazz improvisers swear by knowing the lyrics to the standards that they play - even though they're primarily...
Okay Tim, now that you've received some legitimate, sincere responses to your technical query, can we skip past the diplomacy and making nice and all that, and get right down to the crux of the...
For mandolin, I use the same purple Dunlop tortex 1.14 picks that I use for electric and acoustic-electric guitars. These are what I use for general purpose and live playing almost exclusively,...
These types of discussions further confirm my love of A/E instruments that contain side-panel preamps with EQ and volume sliders! I still have two remaining acoustic-electric instruments without...
No experience with the Elixir Nanowebs for mandolin, mostly because I only play 3-6 songs per show on mando, and long string life is not a huge priority for me personally.
However, Nanowebs are my...
I don't mic' instruments, I use PA/DI. As for vocals and harp and kazoo and such, I like a boom stand placed really high and leaning down toward my voice. That said, I often bump my head into my...