Mike / all, I went the first year - I believe it was 2006 - and had a ball.
Things I liked the year I went: - the teachers - Mike, Red?& Chris Henry, David Long, Skip Gorman - they all did a great job and hit on different aspects - the museum setting - good spot for it - the other students - the museum staff - very friendly and helpful Things that might have made it better: - break up some of the classes with some jamming time - maybe a little more about the dynamics of the mando in a band setting - controlling tempo and playing on the ? front edge of the beat - a fiddler to do classes on interacting with the fiddle and fiddle back up - improvising in different keys and positions - better after hours jamming opportunities Other folks I'd suggest for instructors (assuming they teach): - Ronnie McCoury - David McLaughlin from the Johnson Mountain Boys - David Davis - Warrior River boys Folks who've taught who'd be good have back: - Bobby Osborne - Frank Wakefield - Roland White Good luck with it - hope I can make it back sometime. John Gay Memphis -----Original Message----- From: mistertaterbug <taterbugmu...@gmail.com> To: Taterbugmando <taterbugmando@googlegroups.com> Sent: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 10:49 pm Subject: Monroe Camp 2009 I agreed today to take the administrative (uhm...or was that advisory) duties for the International Bluegrass Music Museum's Bill Monroe Mandolin Camp 2009. I understand that Mike Lawing doesn't work at the museum anymore, so that leaves a gap. From what I can gather thus far, the camp will basically be similar in format to the last few. It will be on/around Monroe's birthday and will be Friday/Saturday/Sunday. There will be at least 5 instructors and the topics will be somewhat similar, but I am looking at other aspects of KY style bluegrass mandolin that have not been touched on so much before. I know some of you on this here list have been to the camp, whilst others have not. What I would like for you to do, beings we have this forum, is to think about what it was you didn't get last time that would have been welcome knowledge. What aspects of Bill's music did not get looked at, either at all or adequately? Is there something slipping through the cracks that I'm just not thinking of? What have I left out? Are there artists currently working that have not worked as instructors at the camp before that either loosely base some of their work on Monroe's mandolin style or whom you'd like to see tackle KY style mandolin with a more contemporary flair? The camp is, of course, devoted to furthering and explaining Monroe's work and music, so I'm not saying we need to get too far out on a limb. I am also looking at possibly having the "before bluegrass" idea actively pursued, as well as the black mandolin culture. Maybe we should go to Arnold Schultz' gravesite. Anyway, I would welcome any suggestions/requests/complaints that may be floating around. I think there needs to be some other activities to do besides classes too, but right now at this early stage in the game, I'm drawing a blank. Now's the time to have your say. Tater --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to taterbugmando@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to taterbugmando+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
