Tonight: Stop 1:: early set at Barbes. Old school Americana with personal fave Nora Brown... and friends. I love Brown so much, some day will be sawherwhen material. History lesson and sweet music all in one.
In light of #Bandcamp being sold to #Songtradr, workers being locked out of internal systems by #Epic, and layoffs looming, @bandcampunited needs all our support.
Today's #BandcampFriday may possibly be the last, so if you have some disposable income now would be a great way to support independent artists that rely on the platform!
#FolkMusic: Me, with #banjo, playing "Queen Amang the Heather" from my forthcoming (January 2024) CD, at John Ive's studio in Fleet for his Folk O'Clock project (see his group on Facebook): https://youtu.be/cilbmtR4F_g
I feel so soap-boxy lately, maybe because I’m teaching a class, but here’s another kernel of truth I’ll throw at y’all about communities:
If you are trying to get new people,especially diverse people and young people into your hobby, and your first reaction is to show off your really expensive kit and say how much it cost, you are gatekeeping mega mode, even if you’re just trying to share your interest. Nobody wants to hear there is a $1500 (or $5000) barrier to entry to their new hobby. It’s demoralizing, not educational, and they’re just gonna leave.
Happens in bicycles, drones, photography, astronomy, gaming, marksmanship… you name it, there’s a rich older white dude ready to show off his six grand investment in a hobby to a college student with a three digit bank account.
@hacks4pancakes
Shopgoodwill has some damn good stuff! Also some crap unfortunately.
If you buy an old #banjo for $150, take it apart completely, clean and learn every part, put it back together and THEN learn to play it, it's a little more immediately personal that way!
After a day of remove, I think this isn't too bad - it took me more time than I'd like to get an uninterrupted take, playing 3 long, mostly unique, improvised solos back-to-back is kinda hard... It's the back-to-back aspect, my concentration starts to falter and I start making mistakes that I wouldn't otherwise. Something to work on.
Here's a bit of Frank Wakefield's New Camptown Races.
Cillian Murphy choosing Lisa O'Neill's Old Note on 6 & I'm crying in my car.
She is just astonishing. 😭❤️
She's playing #Belfast Empire in December and I couldn't get my ticket fast enough.
Last time I saw her I cried the whole way through so tissues at the ready! #LisaONeill#Irish#IrishMusic#FolkMusic#Banjo#Music
Re-introduction: I’ve just transferred to @sunny.garden, a friendly, smaller server intended for artists, musicians, makers and such. I’m hoping my followers are forwarded, as is supposed to happen, and that those I’m connected with the interesting bunch of folks I’ve met. If there are any new who stumble across this, I play #bluegrass#banjo, #countryblues#guitar, and dabble in #watercolors and a bit of #landscape#photography.
OC Collab video of Theme Time (youtu.be)
In advance of our individual instrument demonstrations at this year's Naseby bluegrass festival.
OC Angelina Baker (imgur.com)
Deering Zombie Killer Banjo
Online Banjo with Noam Pikelny (my.artistworks.com)
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