Just a few quick comments and I'll let well enough alone...
1)The common quest seems to be self-expression, to improvise, to contribute to the "conversation" at hand. Why? That seems to be the number one desire among players across the board regardless of region, genre or level of accomplishment. Why are there so many different ways of approaching improvisation? Why is there not one set way of teaching it? 2)What does one do when "...the shit I do everyday..." IS play music? Uncle Doc Watson is quoted as saying that the quickest way to lose your love for it is to do it for your living. 3)How do you know when you are playing like you? What are the earmarks of your style that let you know you are not playing like one of your heros? I will say this about that...I know I don't, nor will I ever sound like Bill Monroe, but I do use aspects of his style(among others) to play. But I absolutely cannot sit down and tell you what "my" style sounds like. 4)I've got a killer black bean soup recipe and peanut butter pie recipe if anybody wants it. Like everything else I do, I borrowed it from somebody else. <G> Back to lurk... Taterbug On Nov 6, 9:21 am, sgarrity <[email protected]> wrote: > I gave up trying to sound like anyone else a long time ago. I fully > agree that your limitations dictate your style and I've played long > enough now that people can recognize my playing in a jam before they > see who it is. It's kind of a combination of fiddle style playing > with a strong right hand. I wish I could do Monroe-style as good as > Spud does it, but until I get off my duff and start taking some webcam > lessons, I'm gonna sound just like me and I'm fine with that! > > As far as mastering a style, I think that's great advice if you're > gonna be a professional musician. If you're a hobby picker like me, I > doubt I'll ever master any style. But I have a helluva lot of fun > dabbling in several of them. Bluegrass, old-time, and Irish/Cape > Breton music all get some playing time at my house. Throw in > flatpicking guitar in an old-timey Norman Blake style and the octave > mandolin, and my hands are full. I do find taht playing multiple > instruments has made me a better musician and helps me learn faster. > And playing the octave mando.....it's like swinging a weighted bat for > my regular mando playing. Really makes you get that pinky finger > working. > > So much good music, so little time to learn it all!! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
