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Hey folks!

It's been a long time since I've posted. Over the last year and a half or so I've sort of fallen off of the mandolin wagon and into the tenor guitar world. I bought a 1971 martin tenor...

Slight upate! It's finally on iTunes/Apple music too if that's your poison. Cheers guys!

iTunes link: https://music.apple.com/us/album/retro/1482828159

Hey folks.

I just released an album, titled "Retro," on Spotify/Amazon/iTunes. I believe it's currently live on Spotify and Amazon and should be live on iTunes by the end of the weekend. It's a 20...

I'm going to jump back in real quick and answer a few more things.

First of all Jim DeSalvo: Here's a longer video that just consists of the mandolin being played:

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I really dug your review as well!

A ton of the initial impact of any instrument is the way that it is set up. That was my complaint about the tuners - they just didn't feel good. But I'm sure if I...

I intentionally chose a very simple setup to show off the tone of the instrument. I just ran the mandolin straight into a Fishman Loudbox Artist.

The eq was pretty flat and I threw on a small...

I'm not a classical musician by any means, but I love Chopin's Op. 28 No. 4 and I arranged it for mandolin a few weeks ago.

I put together a rough recording and a (very) rough sheet music/tab...

Hey guys. It's been a while since I regularly posted any sort of video or arrangements, and I finally have had the time again. This is one I put together this week of the Billy Joel tune "Movin Out."...

Sorry I haven't been posting every month! I've been going through some crazy life changes and it's been hard to have the time.

I recorded this one about a year ago though and I thought it was...

I did a quick take last night! It's a bit of a strange approach. What a beautiful song though.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZU1yU-D-xA

Also sorry I missed last month!

Here’s my take on it. This is a real simple rendition, just played the melody and soloed a couple times.

I based the head and form on the Art Blakey recording of the tune, in which the head is...

Thanks for the kind words folks! Glad to hear everyone who participated too!

Sounds good Pete!

Tried a bit of a chord melody thing with a chorus and a half of solos.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppzH-koUep0

Moved across the country this week, so I barely had any time, but I put together this quick one-chorus improvised chord melody.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfJACT6n8Nk

I thought I’d give it a try.


https://youtu.be/vuDeztHC91E

Here are some options:

7 x x
3 2 2
5 2 7
x 2 5

You can play it so many ways!

I personally really dig it. Redwood has a kind of darker/midrange tone that I love, especially in a jazz context.

Thanks!

Here's the final video/update. A little behind the scenes video about the record.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H1DOvOtpp0

It comes out Friday!

Back with the second of three videos (next Tuesday I'll be putting up an EPK type video)!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaaR6sEvB4Q

This is another original tune from the record, titled...

Hey guys!

I'm incredibly excited to let you know I'm going to be releasing a duo record on May 5th. I had the pleasure of recording the whole thing with the very talented Mike Gurrola on bass.
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Thanks!

I used Adobe Premiere Pro, but there are a bunch of video applications out there that can do this.

Hey! I typically don't post these on the cafe, but it's holiday time, and I thought you may enjoy. Here's a little arrangement of You're A Mean One Mr. Grinch.


https://youtu.be/Kv1hBD-25-A


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Thanks Nick! I appreciate it!

Also John Soper definitely caught a wrong note. If anyone else catches one PM me and I'll fix it and send you a sticker!

Teak -

You may notice some of the chords throughout the book don't perfectly line up with the real books. This is partially a personal preference for me. I tried to use extension-less chords as...

Mandobart - I know I replied to your email but I'll also respond here so people can see.

The songs are not all written in C. Due to the chromatic nature of the solos, I decided to not use key...