oil change? what is that? i have not serviced one of mandolin for 10 years not and plays fine... sounds better than ever!
On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 10:04 PM, erik berry <eberr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > New pickups and bridges. Broke 30 strings on the last tour, including > 8 in one night. Needed new gear to arrive in mail, I spent 5 minutes > taking a look and then said "a professional's gonna have to help me > here." It's sort of one of those things where every little bit that's > pushed me here seemed like it had to happen at the time. Now I'm here > and I'm scared. > > I'm not too nervous about a crowd saying to itself, "that mandolin > player's fatigued, I can tell. Looks like he got some sun though." I'm > nervous about being so fatigued that the other guys in the band > (who've been gigging with side projects this summer) will have to > cover me. It's a big gig for them too and I don't want to let them > down. > > THanks for the elastic band advice. I don't plan on running scales so > much as playing the hell out of my band's tunes in the garage. And > thanks for the reminder that I'm my own biggest critic. > > erik > > > On Jul 15, 8:29 am, mistertaterbug <taterbugmu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Nothing substitutes for regular practice/playing. Nothing. I have a > > pub gig tonight which will consist of a lot of fast-moving bluegrass > > songs and usually some songs I don't know or don't play regularly > > enough to be on top of. I'm not ready for it, but it's a bar crowd, so > > who's going to know if I screw up or my confidence level is down? Me, > > that's who. Won't matter otherwise. I already know I'm not going to be > > on top of it, but it doesn't matter. I'll enjoy it, get paid, have a > > beer and go home. > > > > It's been my experience that doing anything makes one better at it and > > keeps your "chops" up(sorry), and the reverse is certainly true. I > > can't say that I agree with Topher in the least except for the rubber > > bands advice. I know of a few fellows here in Tennyshoe that have used > > that treatment to great benefit. But onward to protest...How would > > playing a nylon-stringed instrument with a different scale length > > prepare one for a gig using a mandolin with metal strings? Nylon does > > not play like bronze/brass/steel strings. Hell, even plain steel plays > > differently than wound steel, so how does this help? I suppose Topher > > should have told you which ukelele you are supposed to warm up with, > > as they are different. Also, are you going to be playing scales on > > your gig? How about warming up with minimal amount of scales/exercises > > and go right to the meat? > > > > So you've got the "biggest gig of your life" coming up and you've got > > your mandolins off someplace else getting an oil change and front end > > alignment? Why? > > > > Tatuh > > > > On Jul 15, 3:11 am, Topher Gayle <surfns...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Wow - That really does seem like a conundrum. > > > > > Both hanging on to a paint scraper, and shoveling will tire your grip, > and > > > also maybe overuse your clenching muscles. I am not a doctor or > anything, > > > but I bet it would be a good thing to work the reverse muscles to keep > some > > > sort of muscular balance. So maybe take a heavy elastic band and open > your > > > hand against the resistance for a few minutes before and after each > hour of > > > shoveling or scraping? > > > > > Aside from that, I dunno - pick up a ukulele and tune it like a > low-pitched > > > mando and run scales? > > > > > Topher > > > > > On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 9:59 PM, MinnesotaMandolin <eberr...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > > > > Anyone ever run into this? My personal situation (just bought a > house, > > > > getting married in a few weeks, new garage, garden, etc) has resulted > > > > in my being unable to play mandolin for several weeks due to the > > > > physical work I've been doing. It's normally tricky at home anyway > > > > because the house is little and my 2 year old is a big fan of dad's > > > > instrument, but not necessarily of dad's efforts at practicing said > > > > instrument. > > > > > > In about 10 days I have a huge gig. I won't go into the details, but > > > > suffice to say it's going to be the biggest show of my life (thus > > > > far). > > > > > > My mandolins are in the shop, getting ready for this gig, and won't > be > > > > back in my hands until probably thursday. > > > > > > I find if I let the instrument go for some days and then play a > show, > > > > I can feel muscle exhaustion. It goes away quickly, but in a day > > > > quickly, not during a show quickly. Any suggestions for jump starting > > > > my abilities? The band is rehearsing on Saturday. I'm planning on > > > > practicing or just playing for 30 or more minutes, at night in the > > > > garage if that's what I gotta do. > > > > > > Any one got any song or exercise suggestions to help cover my bases. > > > > Anyone got any similar stories? Any advice on how to scrape paint or > > > > shovel gravel in a way that helps with mando technique? > > > > > > thanks, > > > > erik- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
