3 in a row, that's something! I played Evening prayer blues, couldn't think of another tune that would sound good without guitar backup (that I know good enough to play by myself on a stage anyway).
/Jonas 2010/8/7 Terry Bullin <[email protected]> > Jonas, > > > Congrats on 2nd place, thats great! I wish I had got to hear you play. > What tune did you do? > > That fiddlers convention is one of the best ones in this area. It says > alot that someone from Sweden can win there. At most of the others, the ony > ones that win anything are the local people. > > > > Don, > > Thanks for the kind words. You are right, at most contests "the most > notes" do win. Even if they play a Monroe tune they clutter it up with too > many notes. > > I've been lucky this year. I've won 1st place at the 3 contests I > entered. I played Kentucky Mandolin twice and Southern Flavor. I tryed to > play them as close to Bill's version as I could. I think I'll quit while > I"m ahead.........lol. > > Terry > > --- On *Sat, 8/7/10, Jonas Mattebo <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: Jonas Mattebo <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Monroe Mando Camp Schedule 2010 > To: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, August 7, 2010, 3:01 AM > > > I'm glad I entered the competition too (I didn't even bring my Campanella, > I borrowed a Gibson F5 from a nice picker I met there). I got second place > and that came as a complete shock to me, I guess the judges liked the Monroe > stuff. > > It felt weird that a guy from Sweden would do well in a mandolin > competition in the Blue Ridge Mountains, but I was happy as can be of course > :) > > /Jonas > > 2010/8/7 Don > <[email protected]<http://us.mc1113.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > > Hey Terry, congratulations. I'm really happy to hear that some Monroe-style > did well at a contest. Seems like those are all "the most notes wins" these > days. From what I've seen and heard of your playing on youtube, you > certainly would represent the Monroe style at its best in a contest--and > provide some real nourishing content amongst all that empty calorie notey > stuff. Congrats! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Taterbugmando" group. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]<http://us.mc1113.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > . > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<http://us.mc1113.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=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]<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]<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.
