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Snarky reviewers and critics are sure to use that against you (if you've thought that far ahead). You might as well call yourself "Shark Sandwich".

The Pentatonic Mandolin (@ Elderly)

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I'll bet your brother isn't trying to convert you to his musical preferences.

But no, you've got the missionary zeal of your genre and you've just got to save him from having "sympathy for the...

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Ariceptance
The Amnesiacs (aka Who Are We?)
Ischemic Attack


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"They-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named"

There was a rock band from the Midwest that had that name. Two excellent records. They also did Firesign Theater style radio programs too.
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The Band With No Name

Pattern-ization is a big tool for acquiring melodic playing. Classical players would called this motif development.

Any "pattern" that you do with scales can be applied to arpeggios, or any set...

I use electric guitar style vibrato all the time; I can't stand the sound of longer notes that sit there with a stagnant "quack" of a duck. Vibrato also helps to add sustain (and "tone") to those...

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"Turn on, tune up, drop out"

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Just north of Winchester, VA

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You didn't give enough information. Which hand is the problem? Or is it both? The drills or remedial exercises will be different depending on whether the problem lies with the fretting hand or the...

Pete is right on target here. The more advanced a player one becomes, the less and less it's about the physical and more and more about the mental.

If you don't put your EAR in charge, you'll end...

We've got an LP or two signed by Baker. He also signed the cover of my wife's copy of the Oak Kenny Baker - fiddle book, which I have in front of me now. In the morning, I'll have her scan it and...

No doubt you are playing every-note-with-a-pickstroke, the same as if you were playing Irish tenor banjo. As an alternative, you should think about incorporating a lot of slurring (hammer-ons,...

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If there is no follow-up "perspiration", then just how "inspiring" was it, really, in the first place?

I've seen a fair number of electric guitarists...

For myself, it wasn't just "inspiration", but a whole lot of actual vocabulary and technique. There's far more non-mandolin sources in my mando playing than what's derived directly from mandolin.
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If you want to "play for exposure", you should do it at a nudist camp!

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Play that mandoblaster rat boy

"Practice" and "Rehearsal" are two different things. The first is individual, the second is a group effort re: the ensemble performance.

Confusion enters the discussion when there are five...

First.......

Define "pro"

Define "practice"

If pro means someone who is involved full-time in show-business, then, how many/much of interview statements regarding "practice" are completely...

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