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Banjo Cafe: There is no escape! Don't make me destroy you. Cafe Users, you do not yet realize your importance. You've only begun to discover your power! Join me, and I will complete your training!...
If this ain't real, somebody sure went to a lot of trouble for April Fools Day -- lookin' at you, Scott!
You're right, Marvino. Thanks for the catch.
The invoice fee is 2.9% +$0.30. In my earlier example, the fee was $3500 x 2.9% = $101.50 + $0.30 = $101.80.
I had included some shipping in my...
I used Paypal recently to purchase a $3500 guitar. The seller issued an invoice by email and I paid with my credit card.
While there is no cost for the buyer, Paypal charges the seller in this...
I have a Blueridge tenor that I set to GDAE. To enlarge the nut slots for larger gauge strings, I used a welding tip cleaner instead of investing in slot files. You can find the tip cleaners at home...
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You might want to investigate Gypsy Jazz. Pre-bebop swing music on string instruments, lots of free charts available. Primarily instrumental. Those 3-note swing chords work fine on Django's originals...
I use the Wegen M250 three-corner rounded pick, 2.5mm thick, beveled, parallel grooves both sides, one side has concave center
I play Gypsy Jazz and this is my favorite. Nice fat sound. I favor...
I appear at least once a year from the gray mists of Lurkdom to offer this
homage to Festivus, which we celebrate on December 23rd.
THE FESTIVUS MIRACLE
By Jim Gallaher
(with apologies to...
Used to play this one in my bluegrass band, which featured a classically-trained fiddler. Started slow, then picked up the tempo.
I'm wearing out "Lullaby of Birdland" from Bireli Lagrene's "Gypsy Trio" CD (2009). No bad tunes on this project.
A teenager no longer! The best years lie ahead!:mandosmiley:
That "mystery picker" description sounds like Johnny Staats...
Hope to see some pickers interested in swing & gypsy jazz at the Rockbridge Mountain Music and Dance Festival in Buena Vista, Va on September 11 & 12, 2015.
There's no stage show, just a big dance...
Gotta be the pinky for me on that C#.
Lloyd is 86, according to his granddaughter Emily's Facebook post of July 28, 2015.
Scott posted some useful fakebook links in this Cafe blog post on June 8, 2015. I use these charts all the time.
For a good example of using the mandolin in a Gypsy Jazz context, I recommend...
The Nacodoches contingent! I enjoyed your performance at the Friday Night band showcase. I hope my band's "Panhandle Rag" didn't make some real Texans cringe!
Back from Swannanoa! I had instructors Mike Marshall, Joe Walsh and Don Stiernberg for a track that was heavy on chord theory and jazz/swing.
Joe was my favorite instructor, with Don a close...
Making my final preparations for leaving on Sunday, July 2nd. I have about a 5-hour drive to Warren Wilson College.
Don Stiernberg has given me permission to videotape his class (can't post to...
They were spec'd with Grover tuners, with Waverly's available as an option.
Alan,
Jon Stickley is not primarily a GJ player, but he was able to -- as he put it -- "hold on for dear life" while playing a few duets with Stephane Wrembel on "Sweet Geogia Brown" and "Minor...
I've been playing Gypsy Jazz on the mandolin for a little over a year and finally found a festival nearby (Red Wing Roots Music Festival in Mt. Solon, VA) that offered the opportunity to hear a...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW8F_kWueLs