This board is too quiet again. So check out this video I just posted on YouTube. It shows a percussion-driven band called Raw Earth. They play music based on...
I put together a video of me doing the "little old lady who swallowed a fly". I did that at the bones fest, but I don't have a video of me at the bones fest. ...
Hi Mike - thanks for that song - I remember you doing at the Fest & thought it was great. Thanks for not making me depend on my memory to retrieve it. I...
Mike, After their comment about the missing cat I had to rewind the video to see for myself! But I never notice song lyrics anyhow. Speaking of weird, I gotta...
"Dad, it's the bird that's missing, not the cat!" the kids just told me. Little buggers. What are they doing up anyhow, it's past their bedtime. Scott...
Has anyone you know of tried to work out a set of rudiments for bones? I recently have been thinking about it and made a list of what I might call bones...
Are there different levels of rudiments? For example: I think most of us would consider the "tap" and "triplet" (by whatever names) to be among the very...
... my list. BTW some of the simplest of these are quite hard (for me anyway), but good for practice. ie in/out triplet one hand: outward single inward single ...
Bob - I have made and played bones for many years and I have also had some
success at playing bones combined with a bodhran stick. Perhaps there is room to...
Hi Bob, I've been teaching the advanced bones workshops for the past 4 years at our Bonesfests. This has been one of several subjects that we've discussed. I...
Rudiments? Get a click, then a clack, then a clickity clack! And the absolute necessity: Have Fun! Anything beyond that is advanced. Don't forget the advanced...
Kenny, cheers to you as well. Seems like you've been working out exactly what I was thinking of- converted drum rudiments. simple figures for various tempos...
i've been too busy recently to give these videos a proper watching. finally yesterday i gave a look. great shots, great performances. thanks Mike. my archiving...
Hi Bob, Just a quick note. Here's your first advanced bones lesson in rudimental playing. The key is to practice playing a gallop rhythm in your dominant...
Just uploaded some minstrel bones videos from my weekend gig at the historic Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop in Olathe, Kansas (the last stagecoach stop open to the...
Very Well Done, Scott! Need a new camera man. The period costumes and the one video with the stage coach rolling behind you made such an hollywood set! Mike...
Thank you for the kind comments, Mike. Yes, it is dang near impossible to get good pix unless you have a "staff photographer" with you. The video with the ...
I keep looking for small hollow bone plastic pieces, about 3-4 inches long. Skulls might do, but I'd prefer leg or arm bone looking pieces. I need cheap...
Here is the specific info on the Regional Bones Fest, Sorry it took so long to post it. Richard Clifford is coming up from Conneticut, and Shorty Boulet, Ernie...
Hi. I'm a bagpiper who is interested in learning the bones. Any suggestions on purchasing a DVD/video and a set of bones? Nate I Kings 1:40: And all the...
Another thing--is there really a difference between wood bones and bone bones in terms of sound? Nate I Kings 1:40: And all the people came up after him,and...
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