Ever have those nights...

[billkilpatrick]

Mentioned before but the reason a mandolin is "off" could be because the player is as well. A simple exercise to break the mood is to play "bells" - listening to the ringing sound of the instrument itself. Works for me:

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

[Bertram Henze]

That is a lovely little piece, Bill (and what is that instrument?).
Everybody should have a peace piece for grounding himself.

[billkilpatrick]

That is a lovely little piece, Bill (and what is that instrument?).
Everybody should have a peace piece for grounding himself.

Indeed. It's a Charango from Bolivia - musically speaking, it's a living dinosaur carried by Spanish colonists, alive and well in South America.