Surely there is a HUGE need for this material as evidenced. I think the way to go would be to publish it direct though; make available via your site etc. Think Andrew White and insane transcriptions, etc.
On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 8:33 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > Howdy Michael. Wow, you know i never ever thought of it like that. I > guess when i think about it, the way i hear music has been shaped by > by listenin to electric gitar ( which i i've played since i was 15 ) . > When i first started listenin to bluegrass, Monroe moved me the least. > But now he's one of the few mando players that move me. > > Also, if you do put out the definitive Munroe instruction collection, > i'd buy it in a minute. > > On Oct 17, 1:23 pm, mistertaterbug <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yak, > > I have thought about it, but not much and not often, at least not > > until recently. I have been told on a number of occasions that I > > "should" do it and the answer usually to my "why" question is > > inevitably the same thing...because I could make $$$ with it. Well, > > while that may be true, I don't see that as a good reason. No, I'm not > > being holy and pure of motive and I definitely could use the money, > > but it's the same reason I've never put out a solo recording > > project...I just don't see that I have any sort of "vision" or that it > > needs doing enough to put the effort into it, not until recently. I am > > in the process of seriously going about getting the recording underway > > and I have been thinking that I probably should go on and finish > > transcribing all of Monroe's output (about 750 cuts, and that's not > > counting the hundreds of live cuts that are worth considering) and > > make a "complete recorded works transcriptions" collection and be done > > with it. Nobody else is going to do it and I think it seriously needs > > doing. Some of this stuff is damned near impossible to write out due > > to the "performance art" (to use a Matt Combs term) involved. Butch > > Baldassari got a start on it with the "16 Gems" book. The > > transcriptions there are accurately represented. I've read through > > others that weren't in the ballpark. > > > > I think it takes a lot of listening over and over and over to get an > > ear for this stuff and I really don't see that most people either "get > > it" or even care to, primarily because Monroe is old-fashioned by > > today's standards and not hip. I hear sounds in his playing now that I > > didn't hear years ago. I think a person has to learn "how" to listen > > to Monroe. The culture we're in is far removed from Bill's, more all > > the time, and it takes going on a journey to get back there. We're for > > the most part influenced by electric guitars and not fiddlers like > > Bill's generation was. So, it's not nearly as easy for us to interpret/ > > understand what that old mandolin style is about. It takes a lot of > > listening and learning. Sort of same situation as Mike Hoffman's > > friend/mentor Frankie has put himself in to learn what's going on with > > the black string band tradition as far as I can tell. It takes a > > helluva lot of time and energy and love to get in the ballpark and > > even then, it's an imitation of the real thing. > > > > I shudder to think that I'd go to all that work to put out a > > collection of notation/tab as extensive as that, that I thought was > > worth investing the time and energy into to get done right only to > > have every other armchair critic on earth start popping out of the > > damned woodwork just to shoot a few arrows into it, or to have > > somebody in the family or a publishing/copyright person come up and > > say "Hey, wait a minute, you can't do that unless you gimme part of > > it". I think I'd lose it. I know this is way more than a "yes or no" > > answer, and I do realize your question was about MY take on the tunes, > > but I figured I should go on and answer in full. As for the > > instructional DVD, there was some brief amount of talk years ago about > > doing something on Homespun, but that fell by the way. I have had a > > few conversations in the past couple years with reputable people about > > the DVD idea and I think that there is an avenue I'd like to pursue. > > But all of this involves expenditures of cash. I don't really have it > > to spare. > > > > Okay, I'll shut up. > > Tater > > > > On Oct 16, 9:24 pm, Mandoyak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Have you ever considered putting out an instructional book/tab/ > > > notation/semiphore/cd/dvd of your take on Monroe tunes (instrumentals > > > I mean...preferably some of the more obscure ones...not to ask too > > > much...)? > > > > > Just curious. I for one would buy it right quick. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
