If they "frown upon" your playing, its because they can't do it. Play what YOU like. If the Monroe style is your thing, stick to it! What's wrong with playing the melody without all the junk? Are the bluegrass police there? If so, they should be policing the other guys for NOT playing the melody. You should play more Monroe style than less and rub their noses in it. Unless you're making a living at it and you have to play things you don't care for just to get paid, then play what you want to hear. I had a guy at a jam tell me once, "I don't play Monroe stuff, its too easy". I held out my mandolin and said, "Well, if its so easy, let me hear you do it". He declined my offer and left. Ok, stepping off soapbox now.
--- On Mon, 3/23/09, malagrass <[email protected]> wrote: From: malagrass <[email protected]> Subject: Question about style To: "Taterbugmando" <[email protected]> Date: Monday, March 23, 2009, 1:07 PM How does your playing (Monroe style) go over in a jam type atmosphere. It seems that the places I in-frequent have a lot of players that play a lot of notes and flashy at that. Damn them..... and my style of playing which is heavily influenced by big mon/tater is almost frowned upon. The last time I visited a local jam, I played attempted to play more “notes” and there was much more reaction or at least that was my feeling. But, I don’t hear all those notes in a song and second it takes a lot of work to get all the notes in. The people who play in that style seem to have a gazillion licks but don’t hover around the melody, and what I hear IS the melody. So when I play what I hear, it probably is a lot simpler and less flashy. Is Monroe style of playing seen as simplistic or rudimentary, cause I’m here to tell ya it aint! Or is it not recognized in today’s modern world? Or.......... do I just suck.............! Don't answer that..! per-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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
