sorry... too=two. sorry. i suck at spelling. david
On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 11:17 PM, David Long <[email protected]> wrote: > It would be great to have Caleb Klauder there. To my ears, he hits all the > buttons, so to speak. And though it may be a long shot, Luke Plumb might > offer a wonderful sense of some Scotch-Irish styles, and I think it would > show the true cross-continental evolution of this music right before our > eyes and ears. These are too young and very formidable practitioners that > are a bit over looked in our fair circle. I hope this is to be considered. > Carl Jackson also crossed my mind as well. And if I may say, there is is > no one more suited to run this process than Mike Compton. > Best to all, > David > > > > On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 10:49 PM, mistertaterbug > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> I agreed today to take the administrative (uhm...or was that advisory) >> duties for the International Bluegrass Music Museum's Bill Monroe >> Mandolin Camp 2009. I understand that Mike Lawing doesn't work at the >> museum anymore, so that leaves a gap. From what I can gather thus far, >> the camp will basically be similar in format to the last few. It will >> be on/around Monroe's birthday and will be Friday/Saturday/Sunday. >> There will be at least 5 instructors and the topics will be somewhat >> similar, but I am looking at other aspects of KY style bluegrass >> mandolin that have not been touched on so much before. >> >> I know some of you on this here list have been to the camp, whilst >> others have not. What I would like for you to do, beings we have this >> forum, is to think about what it was you didn't get last time that >> would have been welcome knowledge. What aspects of Bill's music did >> not get looked at, either at all or adequately? Is there something >> slipping through the cracks that I'm just not thinking of? What have I >> left out? Are there artists currently working that have not worked as >> instructors at the camp before that either loosely base some of their >> work on Monroe's mandolin style or whom you'd like to see tackle KY >> style mandolin with a more contemporary flair? The camp is, of course, >> devoted to furthering and explaining Monroe's work and music, so I'm >> not saying we need to get too far out on a limb. I am also looking at >> possibly having the "before bluegrass" idea actively pursued, as well >> as the black mandolin culture. Maybe we should go to Arnold Schultz' >> gravesite. >> >> Anyway, I would welcome any suggestions/requests/complaints that may >> be floating around. I think there needs to be some other activities to >> do besides classes too, but right now at this early stage in the game, >> I'm drawing a blank. Now's the time to have your say. >> >> Tater >> >> >> > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
