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I'm not the best piano player so this took me a hot minute to learn but I'm pretty happy with it. I love learning both sections... I feel like it gives me a better appreciation for the piece....

Really fun tune in the key of g. I can’t remember where I first heard it but I remember I loved it lol

https://youtu.be/eDMzn0PM_2M

I had this build a few months back and have been meaning to make a demo video for it... I just couldn't figure out what song I wanted to do. I think I'm happy with this one. Anyways, link below :-)
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learning the piano part on this kicked my butt haha but i eventually got there :-) Link below

https://youtu.be/AYjYsJm2Rng

So my main mando was back at the factory for a few months getting some work done. I got it back a little less than a month ago and wanted to do something special so i thought I try to learn...

I took a little break from my 1001 Irish tunes project to work up this Ray Charles Classic... link below

https://youtu.be/etwEwxyhh2w

So, i'm on day 19 of my 1001 Irish tunes... somehow this one was more challenging than it should have been lol but I got it done and i'm pretty happy about how it turned out. Link below.
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So I’ve decided to use the slow down in live music productively and create a new challenge for myself. I’m gonna try to go through chief O’Neill’s legendary 1001 Irish dance tunes. Here’s my video...

I used to spend a lot of time on this arrangement. And I revisited it a couple days ago and finished it up. Let me know what you think... link below

https://youtu.be/gm3dtR4v6x4

I hope everyone is having a great Easter. The link to my new vid is below.

https://youtu.be/WiA-WM4PE74

With all the extra time on my hands due to the current pandemic, I decided to try to tackle a tune from on of my favorite mandolinists, Matt Flinner. Let me know what you think!
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The awesome folks at Thomastik-Infeld were so kind and sent me a couple sets of their flatwound mando strings when they heard I used them at Winfield. I restrung my mando and made this vid for them...

I'm still working on improving speed and dexterity... So on new years, I thought I'd start learning flight of the bumblebee... Its a great time for speed and dexterity. Anyways, the link is below.
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Almost forgot to do a cheesy Christmas song! Luckily my wife has been playing Charlie Brown Christmas music all week lol so I did a medley. I posted the link below.

https://youtu.be/jJKhSjOMBro

I've been working on building speed for a little bit and I thought I would share some of the things that worked well for me. The li,k to the vid is below and you can find tabs and a bonus vid on my...

Well... it was time to change the strings on my new Collings MF5... I feel like one of the most exhausting things about a new instrument is finding out which strings pair well with it... anyways, I...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rh2TtBHTwE

This is one of my favorite mandolin waltzes :-) I've been working on it on and off for a little while... I think it's come along well.

This was the first tune I played in the prelim round at Winfield this year. There were a lot of incredible players this year but I was fortunate enough to take top place
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Hey everyone! thanks for all of the positive words! It's crazy to think that people are talking about me on here. Anyways, my daughter is doing much better. If you want to know the full story, there...

This tune came in as a special request on my channel and I thought it might help somebody on here! Let me know what you think :-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6QLh0jPrWk

Hey guys! I love this tune and figured it out the other week. Hopefully this can help somebody else learn it too!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=janLE0vSsCs

I've been really into this tune lately and you don't hear as many people playing it so I though I'd try to spread it around :-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPS_H6q1Uts

Hey guys! Hope you like

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kGeud6H5y4

Hey guys! Let me know what you think. This was a pretty good amount of work for a three minute video :-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vaZW0NJhYo

Hey guys. Here's a new instrumental of mine. I'm playing with my band from ETSU's bluegrass program. Let me know what you think!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YY8IE1qtikY