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  1. Banjo Cafe: There is no escape! Don't make me...

    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!...
  2. Re: Article: Mandolin Cafe Announces Launch of Banjo Cafe

    If this ain't real, somebody sure went to a lot of trouble for April Fools Day -- lookin' at you, Scott!
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    Re: Mandolin purchase in classifieds

    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...
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    Re: Mandolin purchase in classifieds

    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...
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    Re: GDAE tuning

    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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    Re: New Swing Mandolin FB group

    I sent you a request to join. Thanks for creating this group!
  7. Re: Still working on swing rhythm mandolin.... but progressing

    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...
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    Re: Jazz pick users?

    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...
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    The Reading of "The Festivus Miracle"

    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...
  10. Re: In The Bleak Midwinter (Holst), mandolin quartet

    Used to play this one in my bluegrass band, which featured a classically-trained fiddler. Started slow, then picked up the tempo.
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    Re: what are you currently listening too

    I'm wearing out "Lullaby of Birdland" from Bireli Lagrene's "Gypsy Trio" CD (2009). No bad tunes on this project.
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    Re: Happy Birthday, MandolinCafe.com!

    A teenager no longer! The best years lie ahead!:mandosmiley:
  13. Re: Poll - what musical style do you primarily play on mandolin?

    Gypsy Jazz
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    Re: Introducing the Sorensen AX

    That "mystery picker" description sounds like Johnny Staats...
  15. Rockbridge Festival, Buena Vista, VA, 9/11-12

    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...
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    Re: A7b9 arpeggio fingering

    Gotta be the pinky for me on that C#.
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    Re: LaPlant Mandolins

    Lloyd is 86, according to his granddaughter Emily's Facebook post of July 28, 2015.
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    Re: Gypsy Jazz Advice

    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...
  19. Re: Swannanoa Gathering - Mando, Banjo, Fiddle Week

    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!
  20. Re: Swannanoa Gathering - Mando, Banjo, Fiddle Week

    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...
  21. Re: Swannanoa Gathering - Mando, Banjo, Fiddle Week

    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...
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    Re: Make of tuners on a Mix F5

    They were spec'd with Grover tuners, with Waverly's available as an option.
  23. Re: Gypsy Jazz Guitarist Stephane Wrembel shares his regimen

    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...
  24. Gypsy Jazz Guitarist Stephane Wrembel shares his regimen

    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...
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    Re: General thoughts on covering pop songs

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW8F_kWueLs
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