I'll just have so much fun it will take a day or two to get my head back in the game at work.
I'll just have so much fun it will take a day or two to get my head back in the game at work.
Just got back from the New England Folk Festival (NEFFA), and spent at least five or six hours each day jamming. Gotta love it.
Now my reason not to go to jams here is that they're not as good as the ones at NEFFA.
Allen Hopkins
Gibsn: '54 F5 3pt F2 A-N Custm K1 m'cello
Natl Triolian Dobro mando
Victoria b-back Merrill alumnm b-back
H-O mandolinetto
Stradolin Vega banjolin
Sobell'dola Washburn b-back'dola
Eastmn: 615'dola 805 m'cello
Flatiron 3K OM
I have just as much fun playing alone at home. (No I don't pull down the shades.)
I refuse to jam for free on a Tuesday at venues I have played for money on a Saturday.
They don't serve beer there.
They serve beer there.
The jammers don't listen.
The jammers will hear me play.
They have singing.
They don't have singing.
Too many banjos...
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2013 Collings MF, 2017 Northfield NF2S, 2019 Northfield Big Mon F
1968 Martin D12-20, 2008 Martin HD28, 2022 Martin CEO 7
1978 Ibanez Artist "Flying Eagle" Masterclone Banjo
Need more cowbell.
-- Don
"Music: A minor auditory irritation occasionally characterized as pleasant."
"It is a lot more fun to make music than it is to argue about it."
2002 Gibson F-9
2016 MK LFSTB
1975 Suzuki taterbug (plus many other noisemakers)
[About how I tune my mandolins]
[Our recent arrival]
While opening some shows for the Bluegrass Boys, I was walking to the corner store for doughnuts with Tater Tate and Billy Joe Foster, a couple of great fiddlers I was really hoping to jam with. Tater said "The promoter wants us all to jam after the show. I don't get much out of jamming."
There goes that idea.
Very funny lists! Jammin' is the greatest! But here's a "real" reason if I stay away from a jam -- sorry folks.... "There's a hammered dulcimer player there, who comes regularly." Gosh, those things are LOUD. I'll find another jam! (If anyone has a solution to my phobia, I'm listening.....)
Best thread ever!!! Hope no one minds if I steal I few of these.
I don't jam - too many beginners there.
I don't jam - they are way too experienced.
I don't jam, I have to stay home and take care of the dog, (cat, parakeet, monkey).
I got a pet dog, (cat, parakeet, monkey) because I was spending too much time at home and wanted some companionship.
I don't jam because I don't have a fancy brand instrument to show off.
I don't jam because I have a really expensive mandolin and so I would be expected to be real good.
No one goes there any more, it's too crowded.
I can't, I have work to do.
I can't, I just got off work.
I can't. I am way to busy.
I can't, this is the first free time I have had in weeks.
I can't, the kids are away and I can finally get something done around here.
I can't, the kids are here.
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