I am writing this and posting it largely to remind myself of the following lessons. Perhaps those of you who also play out will benefit from it. The Gig: • Outdoor gig at a Farmer's Market in a small town in California's central valley. • Four sets. • One hundred dollars for the band plus tips. Weather: • Sunny and breezy with gusts up to 25mph The Stage • A dirt median strip in a parking lot • Awning provided for shade ...
[Reprinted from the April 2010 issue of Stanislaus Connections] The annual Tule Fog Fete is a fundraising event for Modesto, California’s Great Valley Museum. Held outdoors at Caswell Memorial State Park, the child-centered event includes live animal exhibits, docent-led walks through the park’s many riverside paths, snacks, silent auctions, and live music. As a local amateur musician, I volunteer my services every year to the Great Valley Museum and the Tule Fog Fete. ...
Originally Posted by Jack Roberts All the tunes you could want are on: http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/FCfiles.html After you copy them to your clipboard (They are in ABC format), paste them to http://www.concertina.net/tunes_convert.html and you can print out a pdf in standard notation. No charge. (You may have to remove extra lines from your paste depending on your software.)
I started playing mandolin in high school. I found out it was truely in my blood. My mother and father was taking me to bluegrass festivals almost every weekend so it was really seeping in at a very young age. My first festival was Raccoon Creek at age 7. I got my first mandolin at age 13 and that is where the madness began. My first group I was in was called "I'll have to come back to it, I honestly can't remember". Second group was the most longest running show. It was "Misery River" ...
Hi Folks, I've just posted a new video to YouTube. The content is apropos of nothing on the Mandolin Café, unless you count the fact that I wrote and can play it on mandolin too. I left space for you to jam with me... Key of G. Four bars at the top over the G chord (I'm hammering onto the B note from the open A) and a full verse after the bridge. G, C, Am7, D, G, Am7, G. If you enjoy it please consider subscribing to my channel (http://www.youtube.com/user/Nestlerode), ...
Updated Jan-08-2022 at 5:00pm by Mandolin Cafe
This quote from the recent Mike Marshall interview got my attention: I just borrowed a nylon string mandolin from Caterina Lichtenberg that with a little work, I think is going to be very very hip. I have always wanted one of these. I think I may tune it to a E, B, F#, C# (low to high) to make it a little looser. This will put it right in between a mandolin and a mandola. I know we all really don't like the Key of E, so imagine playing a G chord and sounding an E! You can do this if you put a mandolin ...
Updated Jan-08-2022 at 11:45am by Mandolin Cafe
Originally Posted by fred d In the last couple years my wife and I have attended at least a 14-15 different jams bluegrass? Most say that they welcome beginers and new people???? YA well I play at least a dozen songs and sing them, by memory and a couple single string. My wife playes tenor banjo we have been told that the tenor does't go with blue grass OK so I tuned A 5 string like a tenor and lowered the 5th so she didn't hit it ! and she is asked to play and encourged to try a break! But I"m trying to ...
Did anyone see the movie, Crazy Heart? Jeff Bridges' character, Bad Blake, plays a really cool looking, older, accoustic guitar...I was trying to figure out if it was a Gibson. They never showed the peghead up close. Any guesses? Thanks! By the way, the film was really good!
6 years. Its been 6 years...and only now am I comfortable picking up, holding, and picking on the mandolin in the most basic way. Competence really is a stumble...one of these days I'll figure out how to fret clean every time. Still, got my first tune picked at 230 BPM the other day. I feel some sort of limit has been raised.
Who says an overdriven 8 string sounds bad? The attached file is a QDAF (Computer nerds may get the allusion) Quick & Dirty Audio File I did for a class in Audacity I'm teaching on Wednesday. Tune: Ashokan Farewell Key: D I'm actually working on a version of Ashokan that changes keys. I'm going for a Steve Vai/Joe Satriani vibe. Ashokan is such a great melody that I think it can handle a lot of different interpretations. This recording ...
Updated Feb-09-2010 at 12:28pm by Daniel Nestlerode