Tags: mandolin
Workshop: Mandolin Deep Dive I & II
Mandolin Deep Dive 1 (1pm-2:50 pm) This first class of 2 is suitable for all ability levels. We will start by dropping into a more somatic approach to learning the mandolin. ThereREAD MORE
Playing with Silence: The Value of the Rest. Part 2.
“Don’t play what’s there; play what’s not there.” -Miles Davis In part one of this series I touched on the importance of focusing attention the resting places in music. READ MORE
THE VELVET HATCHET
I’ve now played this beauty for over 11 years. Like a fine bottle of wine ((with refills)).. Collings Mf5-r serial no. 54. <3
The “HOW” vs. the “WHAT”. Remembering What Matters in Music
Like most musicians and songwriters, I’ve chased after ghosts: grasped at that far-off, elusive thing that all my heroes seemed to have. How the hell do they do it!? Naturally,READ MORE
Playing with Silence: The Value of the Rest (Part 1)
“After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.” – Aldous Huxley Musicians love to talk about how the silences in a piece are just as importantREAD MORE