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Why do singers make such terrible roommates?
They can never find the key and they don't know when they're supposed to come in anyway.

Throw a...

I must be super-advanced then, there are times even I don't know what key I'm playing in! :mandosmiley:

In the classical world you can find repertoire and educational material that's ranked by...

Often it's handled separately from general checked baggage and delivered back to you at your arrival gate, but I've also had gate-checked bags taken and sent to the carousel at the baggage claim, so...

Link to the performance on Youtube here

That was quite a treat! I'm a fan of Sara Bareilles as well as Sarah Jarosz and Aoife O'Donovan

It has always seemed to me, and this thread has kind of reinforced, that while the Bluegrass world tends to be dominated by the F5, there's a wide variety of mandolin styles seen in Celtic music.
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My trick, when working with a recording of myself (either my own albums or work I've done with other folks) is that I have to put it on repeat for a while, till I stop hearing ME and start hearing it...

In my early 40s with a low-paying blue collar job and a daughter just entering college, my instrument acquisition journey is more about learning to be happy with what I've got. I've been fortunate...

I don't think I tend to go past 17 in the course of actually playing. I may have plinked out a couple of super high notes as special effects on occasion when messing around.

Only the jumpsuit knows for sure

I always bring an instrument with me when I travel, though not always a mandolin. My good mandolin only comes with me if I've got a performance where I'm headed, otherwise I bring my less-precious...

If it seems like it's just a polite conversational gambit, I'll usually go with "folk, mostly Irish and American stuff" or a similar answer. If they're actually interested beyond that I'll go into...

Fair enough, I figure that as someone who has regular musical commitments, which make up a small but much appreciated part of my income, I like to be able to show up no matter what. But it's not a...

I pretty much use the same instrument (a 10-year-old Breedlove) for everything, I'm used to the feel and I've come to think of its particular sound as "my sound."
On the other hand, even though...

Very nice! I recently picked up their "Mini-Mo" as a travel instrument and it's made me curious about the sound of their jumbos. I like it.

While I certainly won't argue that a nicer instrument will sound better in every way, I think a decent setup can have a noticeable impact on even a cheap mandolin.
I've had a number of used...

I pretty much have a favorite mandolin I play 95% of the time for gigging and practice, then I have a less expensive instrument that I'll use for camping and gigs where I worry about getting my good...

I've done a lot of Steampunk stuff, and mandolin fits right in there. Since it's more a literary/costume thing, there's a lot of different takes on Steampunk music (in spite of several acts that will...

As much as I prefer to mic my mando, sometimes with groups I play using a pickup (Baggs Radius). Normally this isn't a big deal as I'm usually standing when I play, but every now and then I get a...

I've wrapped mine in a blanket and/or an aluminized survival blanket before. Usually to "double bag" it I wrap the survival blanket around the case and another blanket over that. Seems to help quite...

I like my BC, but to be honest it doesn't sound all that much different from my Jazzmando picks, and not 35 times as nice. But I also work in the bicycle industry, where I've seen people pay $85 for...

I feel like splitting fees with the venue or renting a hall are different from the "pay to play" type scam. The way it seems to go around NYC is you pay the bar owner for stage time, and they keep...

I hear the live music scene in the Outer Spiral Arm of the Galaxy isn't what it used to be. All the good clubs went under and turned into sportsbars. :grin:

Part of what got me interested in mandolin was how portable it is, if I wanted an instrument that never leaves the house I'd have bought a piano!

A week off from the mando can be healthy, sometimes after taking a short break due to injury or travel I've come back feeling like a better player.
On the other hand, I've thought about getting a...