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Music: A Cure for Modern Day Complexity
Go check your email. Can’t do it? Maybe the SMTP server is down. Call ’em up and find out. Search for their number and find it if you’re lucky. Go through the voicemail maze and finally leave a message in … Continue reading
Posted in Banjos and Society, Music in General, Philosophical Ramblings
Tagged Complexity, Cure, Information Technology, Music, Refreshing
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People are Important
I used to love playing Tony Trischka’s Chromania (still do, actually). It’s a rather challenging tune to play from one of his early melodic banjo tablature books. It’s a very satisfying feeling to be able to play it cleanly and … Continue reading
Posted in Banjos and Society, Music in General
Tagged Chromania, Dr. Carrol Ellis, Humanity, Importance, Music, People, technical, Tony Trischka
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Should Music be Cubby-holed?
A friend and I were talking about various qualities of musical instruments and he made the comment that guitars, banjos and such instruments can easily play alone, whereas a brass or woodwind instrument, say, a trombone, really needs other instruments … Continue reading
Posted in Banjoists and Others, Music in General
Tagged Banjo, Charlie Rich, Country, Cubby Hole, Dulcimer, Jazz, MLS, Music, R&B, Rock, Sitar, Trombone
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Talent versus Persistence
We should value persistence, even more so than talent, in students. Continue reading
Posted in Tips & Techniques
Tagged Music, Persistence, Talent
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Complexity in Songs
The more full-featured something is (car, computer application, banjo, song, etc.), the more complex it is and so the more difficult to construct. (Also more expensive to fix and less apt to be fixable by yourself!) This seems intuitive as … Continue reading
Posted in Music in General, Philosophical Ramblings
Tagged Complexity, Dave Grusin, Greensleeves, Mountain Dance, Music, Simple, Songs, songwriting, Twinkle Little Star
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