Thank you, Ed! And you're welcome - it's my pleasure!
bratsche
Thank you, Ed! And you're welcome - it's my pleasure!
bratsche
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Here's "Seneca Square Dance". I actually live only a few miles from Seneca, SC, which is in Oconee County. I don't know if the tune is the same Seneca or not....
Steven E. Cantrell
Campanella A
From last Saturday's benefit fundraiser, Hands Across The Gulf: Jeordie Schekeryk, (Melanie's daughter), with me providing backup. Not the greatest video/audio quality. No idea why the start was cut off. This was the first song of the set, and unrehearsed, so small wonder it's not too cohesive. But hey - for once the mandolin gets all the lead work, so be happy for that!
But that's just my opinion. I could be wrong. - Dennis Miller
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I learned this medley from my friends in the String Theory string band. Get their cd, you won't be disappointed!! NFI, etc....
http://www.tommyjordan.com/string.htm
Shaun Garrity
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"What a long, strange trip it's been..." - Robert Hunter
"Life is too important to be taken seriously." - Oscar Wilde
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Thanks, Ed. You are too kind. I was trying my level best to do my level best, making the best out of a bad situation - well, less-than-perfect anyway. I'm just glad the mix was pretty good in the house, because I couldn't tell on stage. Any success was accidental. This was a very low-rent situation, as should be obvious, but every time I play I try to make it worthwhile. Glad to hear you enjoyed it.
But that's just my opinion. I could be wrong. - Dennis Miller
Furthering Mandolin Consciousness
Finders Keepers, my duo with the astoundingly talented and versatile Patti Rothberg. Our EP is finally done, and available! PM me, while they last!
Patrick,
Sorry to be late to the party with my commentary, but I'd pay good money to hear more of what you and Matt are playing. Anything recorded for offer?
Jim Sims
Jim Sims
" Amateurs practice until they get it right - professionals practice until they can't get it wrong."
"Me?... I don't practice."
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Here's one that I am assuming everyone knows, but a good starting point for my wife, who is a rookie.
Steven E. Cantrell
Campanella A
Steven: That's just a lovely version! Very enjoyable. That's what it's all about! Thanks for posting.
c.1965 Harmony Monterey H410 Mandolin
"What a long, strange trip it's been..." - Robert Hunter
"Life is too important to be taken seriously." - Oscar Wilde
Think Hippie Thoughts...
Gear: The Current Cast of Characters
here is a clip of me playing with my band, The Cowtown String Band. The song was written by our guitarist/lead vocalist Matthew Williams and was previously recorded on Blueground Undergrass' last record "Faces". Any who, here it is
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Throwing in a short one of mine again...
the world is better off without bad ideas, good ideas are better off without the world
Last weekend I got my F5 out for the first time in a while, so I thought I'd make a recording of it. This is a simple slow waltz written by Bernardo De Pace with some nice double stops -- miles away from his Vaudeville repertoire as seen in this famous 1920s film.
The tune is called "Garden of Roses". I've previously recorded it on an old Vinaccia bowlback, but transferring it to an F5 changes the character completely -- now it reminds me more of Westphalia Waltz as played on the Bluegrass Mandolin Extravaganza album.
For something more classical, I've found that Mendelssohn's Spring Song is good fun to play on mandolin:
Martin
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My Fair Lady, some good tunes in that show...
I like this little melody called Sugar Tree Stomp
Carl Martin - Everyday I have the Blues
My gear : 1927 A0/Ajr , JM-11 , Fender 346 white XH
itīs from the Steve Parker Book "Ragtime for Fiddle and Mandolin", many fun tunes in it !
Ragtime for Fiddle and Mandolin
Carl Martin - Everyday I have the Blues
My gear : 1927 A0/Ajr , JM-11 , Fender 346 white XH
This is awesome. A lot of it reminds me of some of the stuff I've seen of Mike Compton, but then it has a very european feel as well.
I've got one! My first youtube video. Not playing mandolin on it though, although I will in the future. Guitar - Gillian Welch's Wayside (Back In Time):
edit: hmm, doesn't seem to be embedding. Here's the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZwNkcJs84o
I mess up the lyrics at the beginning.
Garnet Bruell
Thanx fwoompf. It's plain doublestops applied to ITM. And it is possible without wearing overalls!
Good singing there!
the world is better off without bad ideas, good ideas are better off without the world
Great stuff. Good job. If you hadn't said unrehearsed I would not have thought it.
I find playing in a line like that very uncomfortable. Just me personally. Have to turn your head from the audience to get eye contact from others in the band. Feel like a police line-up. Perhaps the secret is to have it down so well that no eye contact is needed till the bow. I know almost all bands do a it these days, its pretty standard.
thanks Jeff, glad you like it
here is another tune from that book
Carl Martin - Everyday I have the Blues
My gear : 1927 A0/Ajr , JM-11 , Fender 346 white XH
fwoompf,
Nice playing and good vocals. Good job man.
Bill Snyder
I posted my first youtube video the other day, and on the strength of a few postive emails, I'll post it here.
It's a song I began on my 27th birthday with the first verse and melody. The others were added on my 54th birthday, 27 years later. Skill level hasn't changed much (as evidenced my the flubbed last bit). I don't know how to embed, so here's the link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i06XB_mWkYA
If you always do what you always did,
you always get what you always got.
It's really pretty easy to embed videos. From the youtube url copy just the string of characters right after v= then at the Go Advanced window click on the red Tube icon and paste that string into the popup.
and from fwoompf:
But that's just my opinion. I could be wrong. - Dennis Miller
Furthering Mandolin Consciousness
Finders Keepers, my duo with the astoundingly talented and versatile Patti Rothberg. Our EP is finally done, and available! PM me, while they last!
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