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    Re: Free V-Picks - Right Here

    I'd be up for trying something new!
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    Re: Why is Fast, Fast and Faster Better ?

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    Re: Adam Steffey - New Primitive Interview

    These tracks sound great. It's interesting that Adam Steffey and John Reischman have each put out mandolin-centric solo albums around the same time that meld bluegrass and old-time. Just a...
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    Re: Tune talk for Contra dances

    I'm enjoying learning lots of new (to me) tunes from the Portland Collection volumes 1 & 2 that Clyde Curley and Susan Songer published. They've also put out some accompanying CDs of them playing a...
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    Re: What happens if no-one pays for music?

    Wasn't Bieber "discovered" by a talent scout after watching his YouTube videos? It wasn't as though he was totally manufactured for mass-market pop music consumption. I don't really like his music...
  6. Re: Free Matt Flinner CDs - 100th Music du Jour performance

    I'm in!
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    Re: Rest in peace, John McGann

    Very shocking. I always read his frequent posts with great interest and was amazed by his knowledge and willingness (and patience) to share with anyone who would listen.
  8. Re: Best book for hot solos/breaks for singing songs

    Check out Designing Mandolin Solos for Bluegrass Songs, by Paul Kramer (a former Winfield national mandolin champion). He presents breaks for several standard BG songs which you could just memorize...
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    Re: Steve Carlson

    I was the caretaker of an '89 A5-L for about 6 years. A great mandolin.

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    Re: Matt Flinner Trio - Winter Harvest

    Can't wait to hear the rest of this recording. Is that a cat meowing near the end of lead-off track! :))
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    Re: Matt Flinner

    Get 'em all, after all, he supports a wife and two young kids with his music! Matt's one of the most innovative players out there, constantly pushing himself and he does it all - orginals, bluegrass,...
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    Re: Good Bluegrass Mandolin

    Why does it have to be an F-style? For under $2K you can get an excellent A-style mandolin that will hold it's own with most F-styles that cost $4K. Really, you pay twice as much for the scrolls and...
  13. Re: Advanced Practice: Chords, Scales, Arpeggios and Other Patter

    In the absence of playing with actual people, record yourself playing rhythm or loop in software like band-in-a-box the chord changes to an actual song or tune you know or want to learn. Start with a...
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    Re: Chris Thile Soloing tips

    I agree with coletrickle's take on what Thile meant about avoiding the blue notes (or b7 in this case) being particular to this tune. There are many modal fiddle tunes, like Salt Creek, Red Haired...
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    Re: 10 Questions for Matt Flinner

    Excellent interview. Matt's one of my favorite mandolin players. His compositions are top-notch and he plays with a feeling that's both relaxed and intense at the same time. I'm glad to have seen him...
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    Re: The Other Chop Chords

    I've noticed plenty of top players doing a standard chop rhythm and playing some open string chords. They use their pinky and or pinky + ring fingers to dampen the chord quickly. For example, you can...
  17. Re: Hamilton de Holanda new website/english version

    Looks great to me. Lots of excellent content there and a clean look.
  18. Re: Chord melody arrangements--how do you do it?

    I played through Jethro's arrangement of America The Beautiful a couple of times today. It's so perfect it's almost as if it was composed on the mandolin! Now that's fun to imagine. Speaking of...
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    Re: Happy Birthday - Don Stiernberg

    Happy Birthday, Don. Your music and generosity in helping others less skilled at playing the cool notes continues to be a tremendous inspiration.
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    Re: Jethro Said...

    Excellent advice and a wealth of information as usual, Don. Thanks! I'm really digging your chord melody arrangements in Mandolin Magazine, even if I struggle to get them under my fingers. Some of...
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    Re: Jethro Said...

    Good stuff danbui! Yes, smooth voice leading is another piece to the puzzle. Ah, so much to think about and practice! Speaking of practicing, gotta go :mandosmiley:
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    Re: Jethro Said...

    Don Julin's website and Youtube videos are also a great resource. He posted a very helpful two-page pdf you can download for free that covers three-note chord shapes in major, minor, augmented and...
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    Re: Don Stiernberg - Swing 220

    Great CD. Congrats, Don, for the well-deserved recognition. When is Swing 221 being released?
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    Re: Chord Melody

    Perry, this chord melody arrangement is great. I'm really enjoying learning this and while I'm not able to play it through smoothly yet it's getting there - perhaps by Christmas if I really practice!...
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    Re: Dearstone Mandolins

    I heard Blue Highway play on Saturday for the first time and was impressed with Shawn Lane's overall musicianship. He played mandolin, fiddle and guitar and sang lead and tenor on songs he or others...
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