Re: Why did you choose the mandolin over another instrument?
I chose the mandolin as an adult in my 30s. I had played French Horn 6-9th grade and nothing since. A friend encouraged me to learn something and I had been volunteering at a Folk Festival for a few years and enjoyed Old Time music and grew up with SOME bluegrass. I liked mandolin based on it being obscure (everyone plays guitar - how boring). It was that or open back banjo. I think what pushed me over the edge was sitting right next to Chris Thile while he jammed with other musicians. I was captivated.
I don't regret my choice at all.
Jamie
There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and, after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second. Logan Pearsall Smith, 1865 - 1946
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