... on ... I'm ... Hey Dwight, I too have played around with a friend's mandolin. He was freaked out when I told him I had never played one before but picked...
While I agree, with Ken, I would have to say that playing you can really learn alot from playing/listening to other instruments. I played mandolin for years...
... Rob, you are so right. The best example I have of things sounding different is our little group at the duck huntin camp. None of us are professionals,...
We're 31 strong right now. If you haven't already introduced yourself, feel free to do so. How long have you been playing? Are you in a band? Where do you...
... Hi Dwight and all, Rich here. I've been playing fiddle for a little over three years and found Cajun as soon as I began to learn double stops. I love the...
New Member Introduction: Wendy is my name, Took classical lessons for a short time, many years ago. Stopped playing. A couple of years ago, I purchased a new...
Hello to all, Scott here in Detroit area. Not too much in the way of cajun music around here so I'm glad to find this group. I play a mess of different...
... Welcome Scott. I'm lucky enough to live in an area that has several cajun and zydeco bands, and with musicians who are very sharing of their knowledge. ...
I'd like to poll everyone for their experience with fiddle pickups. I'm lucky enough to have found a loud fiddle with a nice round tone, but I've been having...
hello... i use a clip on mic designed by audix. i run that directly into the sound board. throw on a little bit of reverb....this allows what i have found is ...
... the sound ... found is ... Thanks, Roger. I tried a couple of clip ons but not an Audix. They had such a wild booming peak right about on the D-string...
... They ... try ... I have the Fishman bridge pickup and I agree that about the only thing it really does well is make you louder than the accordion. It picks...
In a message dated 6/10/02 2:23:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time, qrss64k@... ... i attach it between the bridge and the Fholes....in the beginning it freaked ...
Hi everyone. One thing I've found with fishman pick-ups is that they need to be moved around to find the sweetspot.Sometimes a very sn=mall adjustment makes a...
... qrss64k@a... ... Most bridge-mounted pickups (including Fishman and Baggs) and some mics come with a kludgy 1/4" carpenter jack connector that, as an ...
OK, I know adversity builds character, and in this case, my ear. I lost my electronic tuner a week or so ago, so I figured I'd tough it out. I went and bought...
... perlon ... fiddle. I know ... I'm ... guess I ... Dwight, why not have someone push/pull your accordion while you tune. If you're tuned down, the notes...
... The sound coming from my fiddle was too harsh to tune to, I thought. There were several factors involved though. I was in a small room, and I think the...
on the great string debate...... when i first started playing fiddle 5 years ago, i was in for quite a shock. prior to that, i had played gtr for 25 years, i...
We picked up a couple of new members this morning. Say hello if you feel like it, tell us about your playing, your successes, your near misses, etc. Dwight...
Hi, I'm one of the new members. I have to confess, though, that I'm not a fiddler. I'll be teaching a course on Cajun music, zydeco, and swamp-pop at...
Hey everyone! I'm Holly, and I just joined this group a few days ago. I'm from Texas and just started playing the fiddle about 4 months ago. In other words,...
Oddly enough, I can't find the label listing at the moment, but I'm sure it's in my notes somewhere. In any case, since the record came out in 1929, even if...
Carlton is Preston's uncle. I think the Bellard record is on Vocalion. I'm going to send off to get a recording of this off of an old 78. The album I just got...
Thanks. Not familiar with Creole Connection. Is this a Keith Frank side project? He has several family members in his band, plus as you point out his father...
... Sorry if I missed this in an earlier post, but could you give us the URL to your site? Thanks, Rob __________________________________________________ Do...
... Its just another Yahoo site: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/czunmod Then click on the "How to Play Cajun Accordion" link. In the menu there should be a...
