Man, thankfully i'm NOT alone out there. I really had the same experience with Steve and wondered if what i was doing was right but then asked myself why wouldn't it be right. Its what I hear and most of all when I sit down by myself that IS what I play. I suppose I could spend countless hours memorizing the note for note stuff some of the "names" play but I have guns in the house and dammit I'm not afraid to use em.......
Terry, I would have loved to been there when you handed your mandolin to that guy. Thats great!!! I think your right there's a lot of players out there that just can't play monroe style and therefore poo poo it. I was out last thursday and a friend of mine who really knows the instrument, has some great licks and plays a freekin million notes turned around when I was doing one some downstroke stuff and said "man I just can't do that". To me that particular lick, once I loosened up enough to learn it, is easy and takes up a whole bar if you need it to and you never move your left hand. I felt a little vindicated, and honestly I like the way I sound, and enjoy playing even when no one else is around. Clyde, i'd like to hear more about the "box" style if you don't care....... On Mar 23, 11:03 pm, Mando Chef <[email protected]> wrote: > Well some one said at a jam here in what seems to be a pretty dry > bluegrass city for being the 4th largest city in the country... you > sound just like "Pat Compton"... I was playing one of the tunes that I > have actually got a handle on just ask Tater. I said you mean Mike? > > He seemed to really enjoy my attempt at the Monroe approach. I am > with you malagrass, I don't hear that flashy bidness either. > > My wife was just looking over my shoulder and agreed with Terry on the > "easy" line. She said in her self admitted uneducated and unfamiliar > ear that "monroe was clean, FAST and full of Passion." "Thile is well > thought out rehearsed and played licks." "While Monroe probably > didn't play anything the same way twice, only what was felt on that > day." I described the split string scenario that most of you have > probably seen on the McCoury Bluegrass Mandolin DVD on how the first E > string got hooked on the 6th fret after being pressed and he came down > on the 3rd fret and finished the break and he turned to Del and said > "did you hear what that man'lin just did"... > > I feel happy every time a Monroe Sound comes out of my mandolin when I > am improvising, it really makes me feel like this is startin' to sink > in more and more... > > Thanks Tater, > > Magilla > > a.k.a. Adam --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
