Hi John J, I've struck this myself recently when I was invited to a regular Wednesday night jam. A regular member of the jam was playing a 12 string guitar and in a world of his own. At first I thought he was kidding by hitting it so hard, but then I realised that he didn't have a clue. After a few subtle hints and two weeks of this, I decided it wasn't my cup of tea and as I was the new guy, I simply stayed away. Singing up to the instruments isn't easy on the voice and can be short lived. Funnily enough, I kept getting calls to join them and Mr 12 String went off & did his own thing. The sad thing is that the guy wasn't aware of his lack of volume control. Not gettin' hoarse... Holstein
On Apr 9, 9:37 pm, "Rich DelGrosso" <bluzma...@earthlink.net> wrote: > Dennis, > > I play a National Resonator mandolin, one of their new ones. I call it the > "jaminator." I take it with me when I work the camps and find myself in jams > with guitar, piano and harmonica. I never have trouble being heard. Think > about it. > > Rich > > From: taterbugmando@googlegroups.com [mailto:taterbugma...@googlegroups.com] > On Behalf Of Dennis Fehling > Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 8:17 PM > To: taterbug e-mail > Subject: RE: Loud Jamming > > I have a brother in law that has a friend that was a self proclaimed rock > star in the 80's this guy does not know the meaning of the word quiet. He > plays the guitar so loud that my little mandolin cannot compete no matter > how loud I play so I just get up get another beer and wait until he stops or > leaves. As far as the the Banjo players if there is more than one then I > would probably just kill myself and get it over with. > > Dennis > > www.friendsforlifedogtraining.com > <http://www.friendsforlifedogtraining.com/> > > When will the madness stop. Spay and Neuter your pets > > <http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Home/?source=EML_WLHM_GreaterGood> > i'mEMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD > Join me > > _____ > > From: docbrownrestd...@hotmail.com > To: taterbugmando@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: Loud Jamming > Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 21:11:58 -0400 > > John J. > > You need to get a new group! We need to make music not noise-break up into > smaller groups and play at levels that you all can hear each other. > Remember, our objective is to play music not play louder or drown out the > nuclear banjos or fiddles. This can be accomplished by asking your group > mates not to play so loudly. You must not be doing any singing, because you > would be seriously hoarse by now. > > What I really mean by this rant is that you and your picking buddies need to > learn dynamics. Music doesn't have to be loud to be good. Learning to play > backup and supporting the soloist or singer can be just as satisfying as > playing a "hot" break. You need to listen to each other and play off of each > other. Players who understand the subtleties of music are always more fun to > jam with! Save your wrist and broken strings- you don't need a Spinal Tap > amp that goes up to 11. > > I remember Bill Monroe in 1969 at the Philadelphia Folk Festival warming up > to play before they went on-they were really cooking ,but they were playing > at a very low volume so as not to disturb the people who were performing on > stage. Great self control. Try it you may like it! > > To more focused and better jamming. > > RSB > > > > > > > Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 14:22:27 -0700 > > Subject: Loud Jamming > > From: jp...@hotmail.com > > To: taterbugmando@googlegroups.com > > > Hey ya'll, > > I've been lurking around for quite a while and enjoying some of the > > discussions but today I would like to get some feed back from this > > great collection of fellow taterbugs. > > Last night night I got in a really fun jam with some good > > pickers . Unfortunately there was 3 banjos , 2 guitars and a couple of > > mandolins.Needless to say it was pretty darn loud.Sooo when it got > > time to take a break one had to bang away to be heard. Unfortunately > > for me , I have a hard time pickin that loud. Consequently it was > > usually pretty ugly. How can we practice for that situation? I tried > > to hint to the group to tone it down some but that lasted one guitar > > break. > > I just got a little frustrated with my crummy pickin so I'm going > > to Tate & get him to teach me some in your face Monroe. > > Thanks for letting me > > vent. John J > > </html > > </html- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
