Hello to everyone and a big welcome to all new members. Sorry I've been out of contact these last few weeks. Both Bones Fest VI and the Avoca Festival drew my...
Thanks for the update Steve. I'm working on a production run estimate for John and Kay Cahill. Kay is working on a book about Mr. Bones and it will have bones...
Hi Mike, Boy and I thought I was busy. Great to hear you're working with John Cahill. Its one of the things that never fails to amaze me at bones fest is how...
Hey JOn, boy do I want to talk to you, I'll call tonight. Re: bone bones, I was selling Walt Watkins another 2 pairs of bones at Bones Fest and said,"Gee Walt...
SEPTEMBER 29, (SUNDAY) 2 - 4 P.M. Mc Cabes, 3101 West Pico Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 310-828-4497 Join Aaron Plunkett for a one day workshop at Mc Cabes (Just ...
Boy, I wish I could be there. I hope Arron is making a video. I'd buy it. The quality of his bones instruction video is top notch. Mike Passerotti ... From:...
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Hey Steve Can I answer letters at this address? Does this get sent to everyone? Guess if I get a copy of it that's a yes. Some of this might not make sense to ...
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I researched an article about Brother Bones and during my search I ran across the http://www.basichip.com/ website. I downloaded some Brother Bones'...
I just finished watching my short presentation on bones playing and the 100th anniversary of Brother Bones' birth on our local CBS television affiliate. The...
Hi Adam, Yes this goes to everyone (hello every one) so I will answer mostly in a private email to you, which I should write later today. Sorry it took so long...
Mike, Its right around this time of year, probably next issue of the newsletter. Just think the dues are the same and the newsletter has gone up to 6 pages!...
Any chance I can help with next year's Bones Fest? Do you all think we could hook up with a dixiland band next year? Never too early to start planning a...
I attended the Fall Homecoming of the Museum of Appalachia which is dedicated to old time music and craft. Ralph Stanley and Doc Watson were two of the...
Well, I never knew this before now. This has to do with cutting up vegetables for cooking. Those of you who may have dabbled in Japanese cuisine may know that...
Hey, everybody, At Bones Fest VI, there was some inconclusive discussion of smaller, regional gatherings of bones-players, as a way to keep in contact...
I thought I'd open a discussion on bone playing. I've been toying around with tone. Wood selection and shape create a note on the scale just like a xylophone...
Hi Mike, that's wild! Steve Brown and I were talking briefly on Sunday about what makes the tone of a bone. He was noting that even if two bones are identical...
... Hi Mike, Your note struck a chord (note?) with me. At the Avoca Festival this year I was preparing to go on back stage and heard an unusual bell like sound...
Wood tonality has much to do with it. Some wood sticks ring really well. Some ring really well but not in our normal hearing range. My best resonance comes...
Wow. Handbell choirs made of bones. Along that line-- I think I remember Steve Wixson playing a pair of bones with a little metal xylophone bar mounted on one...
I played in the band at church last night. My bones playing got drowned out pretty bad. It was a big incentive to get plugged in. I've been wanting to get...
I get to sit in with a local celtic band this Saturday. I've invited the group to play at a harvest festival my sub-division is having. I practiced with them...
I was thinking of making up some business cards with the RBS web page address on them and maybe the contact address to subscribe to the newsletter. I found...
Hi Mike, At festivals I have handed out the Rhythm bones Society blurb from the web site along with membership applications which I also print from the web...
