Hi Dagger...
Well, now! The first word that leaps to mind after listening to your new recording of that set is "blistering". To be able to achieve that level of energy when playing solo is a...
Hi Dagger...
Well, now! The first word that leaps to mind after listening to your new recording of that set is "blistering". To be able to achieve that level of energy when playing solo is a...
Because the search facility at The Mandolin Cafe doesn't seem to work properly, I've created a spreadsheet in Excel which contains links to individual tunes in the Mandolin Players In Ireland Social...
Thanks, Tate.
I've posted lots more of electric mandolin playing at the social group "Mandolin Players In Ireland". Mostly solos - but a few "arrangements" as above. Why not pop across and check...
I've been posting quite prolifically to the Song-A-Week Social Group (https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/group.php?groupid=67) over the past few weeks. (There's a thread below...). The group is a...
I wonder how many of those active in this forum are aware of the Song-A-Week Social Group?
(Despite the title, songs feature only very rarely. It's very much focused on tunes.)
The tunes are...
A summary of new additions to my YouTube channel this week (18/9/23-24/9/23) http://youtube.com/TheIrishMandolin
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Hi Bill
If you enjoy learning abiut a tune then Ian Lynch's podcast in the Fire Draw Near series about "John Anderson"/"Johnny Comes Marching Home" and its tributaries and derivatives might appeal...
A quick note about some changes which I've recently made to my youtube channel - http://youtube.com/TheIrishMandolin
Users of the channel may be aware that I have categorised the tune learning...
It's been a while since I last updated this thread...
While my work continues on tabbing out Irish traditional tunes and making them available via my website and youtube channel, I've also...
Yesterday was a red letter day for my YouTube channel http:/youtube.com/TheIrishMandolin. 1,000 subscribers. I had no idea when I started out on my venture, trying to make Irish music as accessible...
Two pieces of news ... one good. The other, not so.
First the good news. I'm delighted that Bill Black - a fine musician and a maven who will be well-known to many with a keen interest in Irish...
Michael Eskin has recently developed a useful abc converter to produce sheet music and tablature for mandolin (and whistle).
You can find the converter here...
By way of a Christmas present to fellow mandoliers everywhere, a few YouTube videos which have captured my attention recently...
Ian McDonald and Bethany Waickman play The Fox On The Town/Palmer's...
No need to go to Facebook, folks. Colin's YouTube channel also features his output. See https://www.youtube.com/@colinbotts
An alternative while the site appears to be down is folktab.com
In my opinion the output is not quite so readable and certainly not as compact as that at mandolintab.net, but it’s a useful port in...
Ed...
I've been giving your post some thought over a coffee this morning.
All of these tunes have been around for a long time - even a tune like the Stack Of Rye which was, in the scheme of...
Lovely words, Tim, and much appreciated. It's a resource to be dipped into as and when you wish. I have no plans to step away from either the website or the YouTube channel and for as long as I am...
Thank you for that, Michael. Much appreciated. Aidan
Thanks, Dagger. Good to hear that you're still at the mandolin. I caught your recent (well, not so recent now; time flies!) appearance on David Benedict's weekly mandolin showcase. Very nice it...
Time for an update on the usage of my website and its associated YouTube channel. I sometimes wonder if the amount of time and effort which I put into maintaining both of these is worth it. That's...
Hi Mike...
I've been an admirer of Colin's flawless and soulful playing for a long time. What a characterful instrument! And Colin finds the sweet spot on each and every note.
Aidan
Living with memories of loved ones who have quit the stage is hard, Bren. I hope that sharing those memories somehow makes the loss a little easier.
And again from a different perspective, for...
I hope this link works. It's from Twitter and while I've embedded many's a YouTube video, I haven't, as far as I can remember, pasted a Twitter link before.
Anyway, the video features Christy...
From time to time I get a chance to play virtual long-distance mandolin duets with some of my online friends. I was delighted to be able to make the recording below with John Williamson who takes...
Every six months or so I like to run some stats on how my website and YouTube channel are performing. Maintaining both is a lot of hard work and sometimes - in dark moments - I ask myself whether...