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Chiming in as a novice mandolin/mandocello player! I've been playing mandolin off and on for about 2 years, only very seriously for the past 4 or 5 months, though. I just bought a mandocello and it's totally awesome. I haven't had the chance to play either in a group yet, so I'm still just a wannabe. I do want to leave this here, though: http://www.themandolinstore.com/Scripts/default.asp Best mandolin retailer. BEST.
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Pinky the Cube posted:Hah! As a classical cellist I can say I have a hard time saying the word "fiddle" seriously. I tell this joke that the difference between a violin and a fiddle is you don't clean a fiddle. 
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May 17, 2011 22:23
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Keepin this bad boy alive! Not bluegrass exactly but close enough, I did a quick take of this tonight and thought I'd post it here: http://tindeck.com/listen/xstt So anybody up for some sort of internet collab? I don't really know how it would work but we can pick a simple song and I could put down some rythm on my bitchin' mandocello for people to use and play over and then somebody (me, I guess?) can piece it all together.
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Jun 6, 2011 07:05
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Roctor posted:So anybody up for some sort of internet collab? I don't really know how it would work but we can pick a simple song and I could put down some rythm on my bitchin' mandocello for people to use and play over and then somebody (me, I guess?) can piece it all together. Said this a while ago, and I finally did it! Not great, but whatever you guys can suck it! Here's my track with my crappy solo. As you can tell by listening to it (if you have ears?) I haven't got the second part up to speed yet, but i gave it the old college try, I figure if I give you guys a crappy example that will encourage you to contribute. Can't do worse! http://tindeck.com/listen/oenr just rythm: http://tindeck.com/listen/onno I guess you have to actually download the wavs to listen to them as the tindeck flash player won't play them? Whatever. Whatever. bonus bach: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF7D0Q1mcWE&feature=feedwll&list=WL edit: oh yeah, the song's the old classic "whiskey before breakfast". Most of you will likely recognize it when you hear it, but I want to make sure the name is in this post somewhere 
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Jul 3, 2011 03:59
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Darth Windu posted:For someone who has no friends Here's what I'd do. Find out where the best high school and/or elementary school orchestras tell all their students to get their gear. It will very likely have a stupid name, like beaver's band box. Go to that place and say "PLZ RENT VIOLIN" and they will give you one that will suit your needs. You can almost certainly find one for $200 or less, but if you ever do I would recommend tossing it in the garbage and starting over. I'm a bit of a snob though as somebody who grew up playing classical instruments and only recently got into bluegrass. Maybe these vets will say "just pick up one for $50 from a pawn shop and it'll be fine".
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Jul 8, 2011 03:34
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TapTheForwardAssist posted:At one point on Banjo Hangout where folks had gotten into telling total noobs to save up for a $1500 custom clawhammer banjo with a 6-month waitlist, someone popped in with a comment along the lines of "most of the banjo greats of clawhammer did most of their playing on banjos that were probably shoddier than a $200 made-in-China banjo, and somehow they got by." I agree and I think rentals are that happy medium for violins.
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Jul 9, 2011 00:50
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Just a heads up, Tim May is touring around doing workshops on improvisation for mandolin and guitar. I assume they'd be cool with any plucked/strummed instrument. I already reserved my spot in the Surprise,AZ one. http://www.flatpick.com/workshops/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEAB5Bib02M Tim May's the one on the left. Music starts about a third of the way through.
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Sep 29, 2011 02:21
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Well this is the closest thing we've got to an Irish music thread. I just wanted to share https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZP23XDfCWk e: not really Irish music technically, but whatever
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Mar 2, 2014 03:59
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dem tenors
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Mar 11, 2014 05:07
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Have you guys heard of the Song-A-Week social group over on the mandolin cafe forums? http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/group.php?groupid=67 I'm going to make a recording of Bridget Cruise for this week, and I think I'll try and participate regularly. My first impression is that they have a pretty good selection of tunes, this weeks is a slower air, but last week was Blue Moon of Kentucky.
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Mar 11, 2014 16:36
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Planet X posted:Does anyone here play traditional Irish music? Not exactly, but I'm getting into it. There's a regular session here (in Phoenix) that I try to go to.
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Bilirubin posted:Yeah I've been a member over there for an embarrassingly long time given my current mandolin abilities. Tell you what, I will try and join you on the song a week project. It will give me an excuse to learn how to use the recording equipment I just picked up... Did the first song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3U4tY2XWh8
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