Been busy fatherin' and workin'. My youngest girl just turned one and is turning the house upside down faster than a burgler. Picking has been a bit scarce. I purchased an Ajr. via Fleabay and have it in the shop. Can't wait till it is playable. All those model ones got me wanting an oval hole so I ignored my wife's advice and bought this 24' Snakehead Ajr. I am looking forward to Prof. Tater's Monroe stlye camp in Ky. in a few weeks. My brain shall be porous and absorbent. Take care, John
On Aug 22, 9:13 am, Mando Chef <[email protected]> wrote: > Well I've been trying to set up a band... limited on local banjo > player that are 1/2 decent 40 min drive with no traffic and for those > that don't know the 4 largest city carries a load of traffic. Feeling > more and more comfortable with my progress, been playin about 6 years > now. > > Mark's new axe is well beyond my skill level too but I am so grateful > he let me play that beast... what a killer instrument. 8 months till > a new mando for me!!! Can't wait to get that rascall. And thanks to > Mark been workin out Southern Flavor, may need a session with the > Presiden-tater to fix what I figured out but I think I got most of it! > > Also been working on singin' harmony and my voice in general. > > Other than that workin on life in general, > > Adam > > On Aug 21, 9:24 am, Val Mindel <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Thanks, Mike. I'm in NYC today and should be able to find those > > strings somewhere. best, val > > > On Aug 20, 3:11 pm, mistertaterbug <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Val, > > > Try the 77's. Or, D'addario makes a lighter gauge set of steels. I > > > forget the catalogue number now. Also, GHS makes a silk and bronze set > > > that would sound like a million bucks on that A4, but they don't last > > > very long. Try the 77's(80/20 bronze). > > > > Puhtater > > > > On Aug 18, 9:05 am, Val Mindel <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > SF ... miss that fog, Tater. I'm in Kansas at the moment, with the > > > > thunder clouds and the lightning and all, about to head to NYC where > > > > there is supposedly an OT session on Wednesday nights. Anyone know > > > > where that is? Also Tater (who was an amazing presence at the Augusta > > > > Heritage Center's Old Time week in WV) suggested I take a wire cutter > > > > to the strings I'm using for my 1924 A-4 Gibson (Thomastik flatwounds) > > > > but I don't know what to replace them with. Any suggestions? I've > > > > tried the D'Addario J74s but wasn't wild about them. val > > > > > On Aug 18, 8:44 am, ljt <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I am in two community music groups, one is an old time string band and > > > > > the other a heritage fiddle ensemble, playing traditional dance tunes > > > > > of Tasmania. Both are bidding for a spot at our National Folk > > > > > Festival so we have been participating in making the supporting > > > > > materials to go with applications, recording, picture taking, a bit of > > > > > filming too. We won't know if we are successful until November > > > > > sometime. I will only play with one group...so there is a decision to > > > > > be made if both get an offer. > > > > > > I am finding time to transcribe some of the fiddle tunes I like, > > > > > working over some recent lesson tunes and playing the banjolin some. > > > > > We have had a lot of rain, days and days of it, so inside, no sun, > > > > > cold - early spring weather. Reading a lot. I have a couple of > > > > > writing projects going to keep things interesting. > > > > > > Lulo Reinhardt actually came to tour Tasmania, and I managed to make > > > > > it to one of his gigs, it was good. The early spring flowering trees > > > > > are out...and more to come, a hopeful time. I lost my first tater > > > > > pick a couple of weeks ago, so am waiting for the one I ordered, might > > > > > be a while yet..I reckon. > > > > > ljt > > > > > > On Aug 18, 3:25 pm, Robin Gravina <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > All well, if too much work and not enough playing making me a dull > > > > > > boy. Have been experimenting with different picks and picking a mix > > > > > > of > > > > > > fiddle tunes and TOW's, as well as weaning my daughter off Hannah > > > > > > Montana and onto her new ukulele... cannot think in 'solfeo' though: > > > > > > do, la si, re.... > > > > > > > On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 7:12 AM, diptanshu > > > > > > roy<[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > alls good in here tater... i am busy sowing the bluegrass seed in > > > > > > > here. can > > > > > > > i import a fiddler and a banjo player and a bass guy from > > > > > > > somewhere :p- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
