Re: Why/how did you start playing mandolin?
Originally Posted by
AndyV
... Did the universe dictate this, or is it just telling me I have no free will?
Hey, you're free to just say "No" to each & every opportunity that life presents. Either grab it and go, or sit and watch TV - your choice.
I suspect that many of us had a circuitous route to mandolin. In short, a shattered humerus (upper right arm) 11 years ago put me out of work for 6 months and prevented me from playing guitar for well over a year, but I could hold a mandolin after only a few weeks. I had previously bought a cheapo 'cause it was, ya know, cheap, and had learned a bunch of chords, but time at home gave me the chance to pursue the music theory that I had assiduously avoided for decades.
Long story short: Now retired, I play in a mandolin orchestra, a very active 5-piece Italian music group (2 mandos, flute, guitar, bass guitar), a Thursday-afternoon mando group at the local library that plays mostly for nursing-home folks, a monthly acoustic folk-rock jam, and occasional reunions of my college rock band. Except for the last, it was mandolin that got me into all of these groups, even if -HA!- I end up playing guitar and bass. It's the monthly rock jam where I play mandolin the most!
Last edited by EdHanrahan; Jul-01-2018 at 10:12am.
- Ed
"Then one day we weren't as young as before
Our mistakes weren't quite so easy to undo
But by all those roads, my friend, we've travelled down
I'm a better man for just the knowin' of you."
- Ian Tyson
Bookmarks