I found this inspiring! Thank you sharing. On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 4:26 PM, Holstein <[email protected]> wrote:
> Howdy Campers, > > Of late, we (that beings Bo'Weavil and myself) seem to be making good > headway and enjoying playing and arranging as a mandolin / guitar duo > with all the harmony bells and whistles. > > The very interesting thing, is that people are suggesting that we seem > to be limiting ourselves by not being a band..."When are you going to > introduce a bass, banjo, fiddle" etc etc. If we want to perform at > some of the festivals and so on, we should have a 'full band', as we > are not able to represent with just two of us. The positive feedback > about our actual performances is a bit overwhelming, so it's a bit > confusing. Maybe we just really suck eggs. > > I like the duo format in this particular case. We seem to make plenty > of sound together and have lots of fun. There's nobody to hide behind > and we can't blame anyone for any derailment except ourselves. Nothing > like the feeling of being out front...stand and deliver. It's exciting > having to come up with stuff that doesn't sound skinny, and it's a > challenge to work things between two of us. Initially we did have a > nice fiddle player start rehearsing, but she didn't appear to have the > same energy or adventurous spirit. We all had to play breaks and sing. > Therein was her problem, she was too reserved. So she politely just > stopped coming and so we had to re-work all pieces and harmonies etc. > A bit of a distraction really, but now we're flying again. Perhaps > she'll return later, but for now it's all good. > > I first saw MC perform on stage as a solo act in Brisbane exactly two > years ago. I sat there and thought to myself...this guy isn't going to > perform all on his own is he? How is this going to work, I wonder when > someone else/the others will join him on stage. And then he played! > Needless to say, I was spellbound for the entire deal. Afterwards I > was speechless and I didn't have a buck on me to buy his cd so I was > too embarrassed to go up and say hello. > > I believe certain establishments in TN will not book duos. > > Anyhow, I wondered to myself, what is a band, and what do my friends > out there think of this 'rule'? Should we compromise....heck no. We're > having too much fun. I love playing in any format, but we shouldn't be > held back just because the number is two. Should we? > > Holstein > > -- > 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]<taterbugmando%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en. > > -- 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.
