Homespun catalog on the Cafe

**jim_n_virginia** · Aug-24-2009, 7:54pm

Well thats a good sign of good customer service!

Happy Traum and Leaping Brain BOTH personally jumping on this to help out a glitch for someone!

**diptanshu** · Aug-25-2009, 6:39am

thanks grace...
my office file is working again... will let u know if i can fix the home comp. both are apple macs with similar config... and both use broad band... ill let you know if it works now.

thanks

**Rob Gerety** · Aug-25-2009, 6:43am

Originally Posted by Rob Gerety

Go to the cafe homepage - there is a process set up there I believe.

Correcting myself here - I see a link is at the Classified page. Sorry about that.

**Scott Tichenor** · Aug-25-2009, 8:22am

Originally Posted by Rob Gerety

Correcting myself here - I see a link is at the Classified page. Sorry about that.

The permanent link for this will always be located at:

http://www.mandolincafe.com/homespun/

**gfioravanti** · Aug-26-2009, 8:43pm

Hi Diptanshu,

I replied directly to your email about this.

Thanks!
Grace

Originally Posted by diptanshu

thanks grace...
my office file is working again... will let u know if i can fix the home comp. both are apple macs with similar config... and both use broad band... ill let you know if it works now.

thanks

**swampstomper** · Aug-26-2009, 10:48pm

It's great to see that Happy Traum (the publisher) and Grace (the software engineer) are not afraid to come here and answer all questions! Not that I am surprised, being a very happy Homespun customer for many years. I am also an expat and have ordered to a US adress and pick up the physical product when I visit. This will be much nicer.

I like Jim's idea of a time-limited rental that could be extended. Also interesting would be partial lessons piece-wise. So I could just buy the one song I'm interested in, or maybe just where Jesse shows the crosspicking fundamentals.

Anyway, great initiative, and as soon as I finish the Rory Block book (yes, I do play guitar) I'll see where my next Homespun project should be.

**fishdawg40** · Aug-27-2009, 8:43am

Hey Happy,

Any new mandolin DVDs/books on tap? Or if you tell me will you have to kill me

.

Thanks,
Joe

**chip** · Aug-27-2009, 9:19am

I'm glad they are going to offering more titles for the mandolin and that it's $5-$10 less expensive than buying the hard copy, although I prefer to have the DVD's...what kills me is the lack of interest on the cafe' for the Bluegrass College website that gets no mention or very little on the cafe'. They have been offering great lessons for years but yet very little activity. The price is much less than most other teaching sites and the lessons more in depth.

**David Lloyd** · Aug-27-2009, 8:39pm

Happy,
A lesson on fretboard tricks or knowledge would be nice.(patterns etc.) Mandolin is my only instrument. And thanks for all that you are doing!
Dave

**Paul vG** · Aug-28-2009, 12:31am

Bluegrass College website?

(pardon me while I google...)

...Well, I'll be - I did not know about this. Yet another resource.

**chip** · Aug-28-2009, 10:28am

I subscribed to the bluegrasscollege.org website over a year ago and it's been a valuable tool for learning and being able to watch, play along with at slow and fast speed and at a great place. I'm looking forward to the collaboration with the homespun tapes but there's not much there for me at this point as I have all four of the lessons they're offering at this point...
Check out www.bluegrasscollege.org for a look..I think you'll like it!

**grassrootphilosopher** · Aug-31-2009, 4:05am

Now, if it were possible to get guitar- and mandolinstrings via upload, what a Homespuner would I be. I used them for years and I still think they are the best.

And I surely loved the instruction material. The internet has come long ways.

**Happy Traum** · Sep-05-2009, 9:21am

Originally Posted by David Lloyd

Happy,
A lesson on fretboard tricks or knowledge would be nice.(patterns etc.) Mandolin is my only instrument. And thanks for all that you are doing!
Dave

We've just added Mike Marshall's amazing two-DVD set to our Homespun Instant Access downloads. These lessons are the best nuts-and-bolts exploration of mandolin technique, musicianship and general knowledge that I know of. Mike covers scales, chords, practice tips and lots more. I think this is just what Dave (and many other learning players) are needing.

Let us all know how you like these.

Best regards,

Happy

Happy Traum
Homespun Tapes
www.homespun.com

**Lanier Mote** · Sep-17-2009, 7:26am

I think it's a great idea , but have experienced problems with video freezing up. Grace at leaping brain has tried to help ,but she said my system was not compatiable with thier's. My laptop is new , DSL connection , a little disappointed it does not work right . Other similar programs I used work fine. They are going to mail me a DVD , just the wait is a pain now

**Omer** · Sep-17-2009, 7:52am

I too was unable to use the download system but only because my computer is, well, a dinosaur. There are system requirements here.

I wasn't aware of those requirements and purchased a video only to find it wouldn't play correctly. However, Grace at Leapingbrain, and Homespun were prompt and kind enough to offer a DVD at no extra charge. Good folks there.

**Scott Tichenor** · Oct-13-2009, 7:06am

I've just received word that some new Instant Access mandolin titles have been added to the Homespun Catalog. The list includes:

Bluegrass Mandolin taught by Sam Bush
The Mandolin of Norman Blake
Blues Mandolin DVD1 Taught by Steve James
Blues Mandolin DVD2 Taught by Steve James

In addition, we anticipate the following will also be available, possibly as soon as later today:

The Mandolin of Bill Monroe: DVD1 - One on One With the Master
The Mandolin of Bill Monroe: DVD2 - A Detailed Analysis by Sam Bush

Screen shot below of what these look like in the software:

**OldSausage** · Oct-13-2009, 8:44pm

Good news, I've been hoping those Monroe ones would show up soon.

**Scott Tichenor** · Oct-14-2009, 6:39am

The Monroe sets have now been added as mentioned yesterday. These include:

The Mandolin of Bill Monroe - DVD 1 (with Monroe playing)
The Mandolin of Bill Monroe - DVD 2 (Sam Bush dissects Monroe's playing)
The Mandolin of Bill Monroe - combined set made up of the two above.

**Scott Tichenor** · Oct-28-2009, 2:44pm

Wouldn't it be nice if John Reischman had a video lesson on Homespun? Any agree?

**Newtdude** · Nov-01-2009, 9:25am

Yes yes yes!! I agree!!!

**bgjunkie** · Nov-06-2009, 3:02pm

I found this statement on the Homespun Tapes website interesting "With Homespun Instant Access your purchases will be stored on our server, so you can delete it from your hard drive and re-download it later, whenever you want to view it again." That statement is not on the similar page here on the cafe.

That is a nice feature. I have an account with the MP3 download site eMusic.com and the do the same thing. If I accidentally delete an MP3 or loose a hard drive, I can go download the items I have already purchases from my account on the website. It has save me a couple of times.

**Mike Bunting** · Nov-06-2009, 3:19pm

[QUOTE=Scott Tichenor;728205]Wouldn't it be nice if John Reischman had a video lesson on Homespun? Any agree?

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T'would be nice if it was anywhere.

**un5trung** · Nov-06-2009, 6:01pm

In August Tichenor wrote:

Mike Marshall's blockbuster two-DVD Mandolin Fundamentals for All Players is said to be the next available release via Instant Access and available within 7-10 days of this announcement.

I didn't realize it was so new, but I've had the Marshall set for a few months. I have it on streaming (rather than holding the discs in my hand) and it's worked out well except that it won't run on the screen resolution of my netbook.

The lessons are good too. I didn't want to learn bluegrass or Celtic or whatever, I wanted to get some fundamentals down first, and Marshall does a good job of teaching them. When I'm comfortable with those lessons I think my next step will be the Steve James blues lessons.

**Rob Fowler** · Nov-07-2009, 10:51am

This has nothing to do with the titles from Homespun but more the functionality of the program.

I just downloaded Mike Marshall's 2 disc set. STOKED! But I didn't notice any keys like fast forward, rewind, pause, etc. so I played around with it a little bit. If you click on the video on the right hand side it will fast forward and to the left....it rewinds. I just decided to hit "enter" on the keyboard and that paused the video for me.

Am I just a slow learner or did other users of this awesome resource find these little tricks out, also? I didn't really see any instructions on how to watch the video or these little tips and tricks? Are there other little tricks to know about with these videos? Did I miss something?

**un5trung** · Nov-07-2009, 11:22am

Rob, some of the tips and tricks you write of may just reflect experience with the computer. If you're a lawyer or a plumber you may not spend a lot of time on a computer, but if you're in information professional chances are likely you do. I'm neither a lawyer nor a plumber, so guess what I do ;-)

I hadn't seen the "click on the right to advance to the end of the chapter." Rather, I use the Next and Last buttons in the lower right to go back and forth between chapters. I use the navigation bar on the right margin to skip forward or backward several chapters. In order to move around within a chapter I place the cursor on the round button, left-click (or just plain click on my Mac), and drag right or left.

You're right, I didn't find explicit instructions either. But I didn't look for them because that's not the kind of learner I am; I just jump in and fiddle (or mando?!) about.