I've enjoyed everyone's versions of this. Here's my effort:
That's really fine, OldSausage. I like your ending, very different than the standard 'shave and a haircut.' You need to provide more intro about yourself at least advertise your blog - http://mandoliniana.blogspot.com/ - it's quite good! (Whoops, seems like I beat you to it.)
Very nice picking, OldSausage!
OldSausage, that was great. Love the ornamentation and variations you put into it. Good tone, too.
OldSausage, you headless guy.... that was great! Tell us again about your mando!
Thanks all, and thanks to Joe for pushing my blog, it's much appreciated! Now I'll have to think up some new posts. The mandolin is just an Eastman 515 - I bought it new about a month ago, which is why it's still so shiny. I'll try and get my head in the picture next time. Although coincidentally I do need a shave and a haircut.
Kyle, you're doing great. I'm so proud of you! We'll get those strings changed and it'll help tremendously.
OldSausage... well, you know how it goes... two bits!
Wow, OldSausage. Very tasty. I really like those slides you're doing up from whatever the blue note is. I'm going to go straight home from work and try to steal some of your ideas. (g) I'm pretty sure I have that ending lick on an old Fairport Convention album somewhere...
Nice job, Old Sausage. I like that up the neck version. I'll have to try that out too.
Arrrgh - compared to you guys and gals, I'm playing this at a snails pace, but it is what it is for now - this is a new tune to me. I did just put new strings on the mandolin, tho - J74s - and I think it sounds cleaner for the effort.
Good job for just learnin' it, HddnKat! Whaddya think's better? Clean bed sheets or new mandolin strings? I'm torn between the 2.
guess that depends on how dirty the old sheets were, whether I have to sleep on 'em, and how bad the old mandolin strings are...... everything is relative! LOL
It might not be the fastest, but it was nice and steady - I like the arrangement too, where was that from?
Everyone has been doing a great job on this one. Here is my humble effort. Still playing the Hohner MM-200 solid mahogany f-style. According to my tracking notice, the Gypsy OM will be here Friday. Will
Will & Kat, those were both great! You have to be able to play something clean slowly, before you can play it clean and fast! Kat, yes, where did you get that arrangement? I liked it! Barb
Kat's arrangement sounds like the "intermediate" arrangement available Mandozine.
kat - you put a lot more music into the song that i did - made it sound orchestral! brava!
Yes, the arrangement is from Mandozine. I tried to see if I could record a second track with the chords on guitar behind me, but I didn't like the quality, so I'll worry about learning how to do that later. What I really admire about all the ones I've heard is the fluidity - (no pun intended) - I want to work on my picking so the notes flow from one to the next smoothly.
Kat, I've found recording a second track along with a first recording, is pretty tricky, with the limitations of the web cams, but sometimes, with perserverence, it comes out pretty good. I've found that I need to record the chord track first, then the melody track, or the chords drown out the melody!
In an attempt to catch up with my tune backlog, I'm letting this one go with more imperfections than I would prefer. It was done on my Eastman Model 815 mandolin.
Tom, that sounded fine to me! Thanks!
One time through on my Trinity College Octave
bgjunkie, that was great! Your OM sounds nice, too!
Very nice, Tom & bgjunkie!
Found one of Jim Richter playing
No video showing up here, either... wonder if something is going on with YouTube?
Really? I can see it. Here's the link...
It's showing up now, must have just been some computer glitch!
Bill, very nice! Sweet mandolin, too!
here's what the library of congress has to say about the song (with its alternate names): http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/...creed+13705a45)) ... and another knee-less! version of it:
That is very cool indeed, Bill. I almost didn't miss your knees. But I did miss your knees.
This one requires a bit of explanation. I treated this basically as a composition exercise, trying to come up with a bunch of interesting takes on the tune and make them work as a whole somehow. This is the version that made the final cut. Some of it I'm quite happy with, some I'm not, but overall I don't think it's a terrible effort. The playing is pretty sloppy in places, but trying to do something this long in one take is pretty daunting to begin with, so I'll live with it. I could either take a few weeks to get it really polished, or post what I have and move on to other things. Anyway, I hope you enjoy it. Warning! This is nearly 6 minutes long. No excuses are necessary for bailing out early if it gets too boring!
Blimey Ken, I guess you're the reason they put all those extra frets on a mandolin that the rest of us pay for but never use! Excellent stuff, that's a whole symphony right there - or at least an overture.
Ken, your playing makes me feel like I'm playing chopsticks most of the time! Excellent playing! You have such a good grasp of the whole mandolin package!
I especially like the feat of doing other things with your left hand while playing on and never missing a note You could have done that Whiskey before Breakfast challenge and take your drink while playing! I too like to modify tunes, but we're opposites here: I am Bob the Builder, you're the architect. Bertram
Catching up still
David, it's been fun to watch your progress. You're really doing great!
Had to try it again. I lead this song at a Saturday jam session and the group really like the tune. Even the way I played it! Thanks for this song.
SweetTea, that was good! These tunes are usually played two A parts, then 2 B parts, then repeat 2 or 3 times! Barb
Hi all, I just learned the song and really like it! Super fun! Still playing the jbovier F5Z with really DEAD elixirs. Now I just got 5 more songs to post! Will post more videos soon!
So this is really late, but I just started on it yesterday. I've been playing that Jesus Loves Me for a couple of weeks now. So here goes:
Very nice Liz!
Liz, that was great!
I just wanted to say that I really love this song. I always play it when I get out my mandolin. I think this tune will always stay with me. I might re-record it someday :-P
Nice work, everyone! I haven't played this tune a lot, but I've listened to it a lot, there's an awesome recording by Ben Paley. Anyway, here's my thing:
Susi, very nice! Video looks & sounds good, too! Back to being a right-handed player, I see! I've found with the webcams, you really have to play softly, or there's mic distortion, pops, clicks, etc. It's funny how if we aren't careful, we have such angry looks while playing!
Personally I like the angry look, it's a lot more "bluegrass". Also, I think the kitchen reverb helps the sound.
Hehe, yeah, maybe! I have a tube friend who always lets me know when I don't smile enough on the videos!!! I've gone back to use the Panasonic video camera, since iGlasses messed my computer up! I decided not to do anything about it, since I'm going to upgrade to the new Mac OS when it comes in September, and then everything will be brand new and well working Also, I got some nice surprises today. My video camera came with a software for Windows only, so I've been using VMware with a Windows installation on my Mac only to be able to upload the videos, then moving the ready mpeg2 files to the Mac to convert them to mp4 to be able to use iMovie.... quite some time consuming work! With the USB cable, iMovie 08 didn't understand the video camera no matter what everyone said it would... but the USB cable disappeared, and I bought a card reader instead. And today, out of the blue, when I inserted the memory card in the reader, iMovie opened and wanted to import the files! Yaaaaaay! So now I don't need no Windows... if not for school work later. Sooo happy, it makes video making so much faster and easier! I think the quality gets better too. So bye-bye to Windows (I can almost hear the hallelujah choir singing) and no more built-in webcam! At least not for videos.
Good pickin' there, Susi, and what a smile!!!!
