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Post by maninashed on Jul 1, 2021 5:24:26 GMT
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Post by maninashed on Jun 30, 2021 10:11:18 GMT
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Post by maninashed on May 5, 2021 4:45:03 GMT
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Post by maninashed on May 2, 2021 12:49:09 GMT
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Post by maninashed on May 1, 2021 10:09:48 GMT
I'm glad you posted that! I listened to the first series but I didn't know the second has started. It's been a long time and I had forgotten about it.
It amazes me that country is so big in America but how little is known about it in the UK beyond the 'both kinds' of music and Nashville schmaltz cliches.
The podcast brings home what a rich music tradition country is and what incredible stories there are to be told.
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Post by maninashed on Apr 8, 2021 3:53:59 GMT
I really enjoyed this vid about the history of country guitar styles. Some great picking and interesting stories. I always wondered why the G string is unwound on electric guitars.
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Post by maninashed on Apr 6, 2021 10:47:33 GMT
Sad to hear that. Jimmy Giuffre's The Train and the River is one of my favourite pieces of music and I really like Dave Evans' guitar version as well
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Post by maninashed on Apr 3, 2021 4:53:38 GMT
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Post by maninashed on Mar 27, 2021 5:07:38 GMT
I've been a huge fan for decades. That acoustic solo on The Herald... It's one of the reasons I started playing guitar again, it's still a long term goal to be able to play it. If you liked Electric Eden, check out "Seasons They Change: The Story Of Acid And Psychedelic Folk" by Jeanette Leech too, covers some of the same ground. Thanks for the recommendation! I've always loved listening to folk music but being more excited by punk in the '70s it was unfashionable and readily dimissed in my circles, so I know very little about the backround to it. Electric Eden was fascinating and really resonated with me and I'm enjoying exploring some of the weirder stuff on youtube, so I'll look forward to reading Seasons They Change.
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Post by maninashed on Mar 23, 2021 3:38:05 GMT
I'd never heard of Comus bfore I read Electric Eden by Rob Young. Since then First Utterance has become one of my favourite albums
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Post by maninashed on Mar 10, 2021 5:04:03 GMT
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Post by maninashed on Mar 6, 2021 7:21:11 GMT
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Post by maninashed on Mar 6, 2021 7:15:55 GMT
Anyone play clawhammer uke?
I started playing ukulele about 5 years ago, first learning chord melody fingerstyle then campanella. I've always liked the sound of clawhammer ukulele, where the uke is played like a banjo, the 2 instruments sharing the feature of re-entrant tuning and now is the time to try to learn how to do it. Fiddle tunes played clawhammer style sound great.
There are some excellent resources available, Aaron Kiem's book and videos and Cathy Fink's videos in particular and not too may new techniques to learn. The left hand is quite easy but uses lots of hammer ons, pull offs and slides, but the right hand is so different to what I'm used to it's taking quite a while to perfect. I've pretty much got the basic bum-ditty strum but double thumbing and drop thumbing are taking their time. The only way is to repeat exercises until it becomes second nature. I'm not very patient doing exercises though so it feels like hard work!
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Post by maninashed on Feb 19, 2021 12:53:51 GMT
Not a frozen shoulder, but I had an unstable right shoulder that kept dislocating, the last when I turned over in bed one night, that did a lot of damage and eventualy I had surgery to fix it and it's been fine since. Before the op I had restricted mobility in my right shoulder that made playing a big guitar quite uncomfortable. I wanted a new acoustic and got a Crafter parlour guitar. It's 12 fret but I've become much more comfortable with it. The bridge is further back than a 14 fret neck and my right hand picking position is more natural. 14 fret necks feel like I'm stretching a bit now. That was my experience, I hope you find a guitar you feel good playing soon!
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Post by maninashed on Feb 15, 2021 9:02:05 GMT
One I found of some benefit was using a hand moisturiser that includes Keratin. e.g. Vaseline Intensive Care. There really was a benefit to the nails. Obviously not as strong as artificial nails, but although a managed to play OK with a thumb pick I could never get the hang of artificial aids on the fingers. At the risk of being gross I'll add that in by an odd coincidence when I started using it for my finger nails I was using a thumb pick due to a verruca/wart type growth at the end of my thumb under the nail (I was careless with treating a couple of foot verrucas at the time ). I'd been trying the usual medical solutions for these with no success. Within a week of using the moisturiser the one on my thumb had gone. Tried it on my foot too - also worked. Odd because the verruca/wart occurs due to a virus that causes an excess amount of keratin, a hard protein, to develop in the top skin layer. Why adding Keratin to something caused by Keratin should kill it I know not. Mark I second the Vaseline Intensive Care Hand and Nails. Made a big difference to my nails. I used to use plastic fingerpicks but do't need them anymore after using it.
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