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I don't play for free, since I formed my band 8 months ago. I am booking agent and promoter. No open mic. No jam sessions. No free music. No pay, no music.

I fear the microphone. I have "microphobia"! I must conquer the fear! I am getting used to it, though. The first time I tried to play being mic'ed and with all the equipment around me, I was...

Here's a Celtic number for mandolin. It's one of my favorites in the Key of Dm.
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Ya know, in the olden days, the way to clean a chimney was by dropping a live chicken down the chimney, and the chicken would scratch at the sides of the chimney, (terrible life for the chicken!)...

Isn't it weird to listen to recordings of yourself playing mandolin, or any other instrument?
This is a true story.
A friend was recently listening to a new album, and I didn't really pay much...

Thanks! I want to learn the hen sound. "puck-puck-puck-p'kaw" Gonna try it today! :)

Do you use any props while playing, such as putting on a hat or wig, or whatever? During Chicken Reel, a friend is going to put on a chicken head and play banjo, while I play mandolin, and I can't...

I love playing Chicken Reel on mandolin, but I need some help learning how to make the sounds of clucking to make it really interesting. Any help would be appreciated.

I have been having difficulty getting vibrato on violin. I have tried "shaking the tic tac box", and all that. I wish I could get it. I have been taking violin lessons for around 6 years, and it...

Amelia Earhardt's Last Flight

Just like Mandolin Mick said, take one string at a time.

Tone Monster is the biggest star on here, in my opinion, and he plays mandolin, although he in not known for his mandolin playing, he is known for being a movie producer. He's really cool too.

I have sheet music for the Dill Pickle Rag. Great tune, but I don't have what you are looking for, sorry!

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When my instruments need surgery, I take them to a qualified surgeon. One of my instruments was in critical condition, and needed open heart surgery, and it came through with flying colors. I had...

I had one guy say to me "You should come to our jam session more often for practice!" He assumed that because I attend the jam session only a few times a year, that is the only time I play. I...

Not often enough. I play classical guitar once a week with Poener who excels on guitar, and who is my idol. http://www.myemoticons.com/images/emotions/awad/bow-down-before-you.gif

I wore this hat once while playing mandolin, and they called me a cross between a hippie and a redneck. :mandosmiley: I guess it's better than my cuban dictator hat. I plan on getting a hat with a...

Thanks for the song. I learned it this morning on fiddle. Good one!!!! :mandosmiley:

Seal. His performance during a benefit for Haiti made me stop dead in my tracks. His voice and stage presence blows me away.

According to Ihor, who is Ukranian violin teacher, the bandura has 63 strings, and is played like a piano, with one hand plucking the bass notes, while the other hand plucks the melody. (Wow! 63...

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My Uncle gave me this one and it was through a fire, so the first thing I noticed was the smell of smoke, then I noticed how...

Lorena is my favorite pre-Civil war song, and for some reason, the song became a favorite of the Confederacy, and , in time, came to be identified with the Southern cause. Hundreds of Southern girls...

A lot of musicians who I play music with have a hard time playing music that is supposed to be played slow, such as a beautiful waltz. I have been told that the hardest thing for any musician to do...