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Thanks JL, that discussion explains my word of caution in excellent detail! :)

It's probably worth pointing out though that ,near me, and I suspect more generally in Irish trad, good "backers"...

Hi Derp,
Great advice from others on this thread. I play a lot of backing for Irish music on the guitar. Where I live there are a bunch of good Irish tune players (usually 2nd or 3rd generation),...

Hi Dagger, hope you're well?

I completely agree about the TG4 documentaries. As well as the ones that you listed, I really enjoyed this one about the great pioneering Irish guitarist Arty McGlynn...

Great thread, I love a good music documentary. In these challenging times when it is more difficult to get out and play with others, it seems like an opportune time to indulge in some quality music...

I hope this isn't going too far off piste. A jazz trumpeter that I know a bit who also plays Irish trad has come up with a 3d version of the circle of fifths. This video below explains it. In these...

Just seen this sad news. Arty was an excellent and pioneering guitarist for Irish trad although he played other genres....

Hi Dagger, I completely agree that working with other musicians is really important, not just for the development of musicianship but also for the general social experience and camaraderie. I'm sure...

Hi folks,
Next weekend I'm going to the Birmingham tradfest (I've got an 18 month old little boy so weekends off are a rarity these days, but more than compensated for by the little man)....

I'm very sorry and sad to hear this news.

I had the pleasure of meeting Ivan a handful times a few years back (via this website) and did a bit of jamming with him. I remember a kind, curious and...

This doesn't necessarily answer your question Br1ck, but I thought it worth sharing this clip where guru Grisman talks about improv and offers (to my mind at least) some profound insights about the...

Here is the amazing Tim Edey demonstrating an Ashbury
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rn6IuIAkirY

Great to see some klezmer mandolin :mandosmiley:

I've been loosely involved with both the Irish music and klezmer scenes in Manchester for about the last 20 years. Admittedly, I play more guitar...

The session website lists traditional Irish music sessions, I'm not saying that this is complete or all the sessions are definitely running but may be worth a look....

I found this to be a really informative lesson on the subject, thanks Aaron...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_vdd5bM2sk

Another great resource for Irish trad backing on the guitar is Frank Kilkelly's website which also includes information about key players, I don't have his books but there is plenty of info about...

Like most things in music, "fingerstyle guitar" covers a wide range of things. I think that a good place to start is decide which guitar players you would like to emulate and focus on one of those....

I really like this recording which has Stuart on mandolin :mandosmiley:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j526fXDhBLc

Congratulations Jordan, it was great to meet you a couple of years ago when you were gigging in Lancaster (UK). I was blown away by your playing and as others have intimated, you're a real gentleman...

Interesting thread - I'm not a huge fan of purely electronic music but have some friends who are and I have had some great times listening and dancing to electronic music with them.

There is a...

Thanks Ivan,
I've got one and like it - the three corners have different degrees of "pointiness" which is interesting, here is some more information:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_xo_t8hNZo

This sounds well worth checking out for a mandolin enthusiast :)

I hope life is good Ivan, will be nice to catch up soon :mandosmiley:

Thanks Scot, we've got about 10 tracks recorded and will probably aim to do another 3-4 and then may release an album. Here are another couple of videos, hope you like them :) The first is with the...

Thanks for the comments folks, I'm the mando player in this band. :)

The pedal steel player is a fantastic musician and just after that video was shot went on to tour the world playing with Billy...

This is a really interesting thread with plenty of great posts :).

I'm certainly no expert on the history of the banjo but it seems clear that Earl Scruggs was the first person to play like Earl...

Talking of jingle bells, I find this to be an interesting video, Mike show you how to play the tune in various ways. As people have said you can transpose any tune to any key (think of putting a capo...