... 3000 ... Popette this recalculation is not to be told to the non-believers particularly to Tim the antichrist Seriously, I find myself adjusting the way I...
This is not entirely on subject- is in fact a new one- but is there ANY way to tell by listening whether someone is playing clawhammer or two-finger? I was...
... I am convinced that I can hear differences in timbe. Also I listen for the way that drone notes are struck and their timing against the melody notes....
... A couple years ago before any of this ... Are you talking about where the thumb is bent at a right angle? I am tired of using English to talk about it....
Eric - You can invite me, and wish me happy birthday today! Could this explain why TT and I are opposite sides of the same personality that exists in a higher ...
Happy Birthday Tim. Tell me when your flight will land at Seattle- Tacoma Airport and I will schedule the party around that. Maybe we will have it in a sleazy...
... Gemini ... I used to hang around with a bunch of folks who worked at Boeing I and at the test center ont he way out to the rainier valley --at the time...
I wanted to pull Eric's words out and post them again for emphasis. Boy, have I found what he says to be accurate for me. The more I learn to do a certain...
... Oh having just gotten the Field Collector's magnificent recording of Fred Cockerham (after a couple years of folks sending me mp3 cuts from all over that...
yes, that's the one I've been listening to, over and over. "Roustabout" is cosmic. h ... W A R N I N G * * * * Please be advised that as the result of the...
Pardon me for using this forum for a query about a banjo player who was probably white. Okay, he was white. (So maybe, some kind soul could forward this to...
Tony, I'm going to de-cloak and put in my two cents worth on your questions concerning right hand technique... I believe you're right on the money with your...
Paul, I have a few Chubby Parker 78s and he is playing a 5-string banjo. I have a photocopy of the "New Electrobeam Gennett - Records of Old Timer Tunes"....
Just talked to my Dad and got his recap of Midwest Banjo Camp. Sounds like he did a good job of changing the camp's complexion. He played in the faculty...
... This was a really useful post, one I have copied and saved to my banjo techniques and practice notes. I must say the materials on your web site and your...
Thank you Eric! I don't quite know how to respond to such flattery... The MBC was, as expected, a weekend full of great music and fellowship. The unexpected ...
Maybe the members can give a report of their own, but I wanted to say I thoroughly enjoyed their CD party and their dancing!! in the contest. congrats to...
hi! thanks for the kind words! We had a fabulous time at Mt Airy - it really exceeded all our expectations. When we first decided to get together as a band...
Yeah, we had a great time and I am still recovering. Those all night square dances are a killer. There is another melanin-enriched young lady who lives in OH...
I had a great time too. I enjoyed my very first NC festival and the delicious spectacle of it. Good jamming, good people and we had the best crowd during our...
Oh man. This feels like the end of the tv special. The little raisins that could have won the band championship and they are being carried off stage by the...
O.K. I think I just missed a few words in this sentence from your earlier message: "When we first decided to get together as a band our only goal was to...
... his ... double ... could ... am ... extremes. ... the ... your ... has ... I missed this post, so if some of my subsequent comments sound dopeier than...
... raisins ... chapter ... From now on members, particularly those with reports of activity must send their posts directly the Eric. Eric will reinterpret...
