etiquette

I havn't seemed to find any references to this matter. Occationally, I enjoy posting a notification of a new arrangement I produced in hopes for some constructive critisizm. I think this also opens up avenues to folks who may wish to jam or work together on a project.

Anything I post is off-site and found only via the link provided; just remember to click on the link with your wheel on the mouse or open it in a new window to avoid being taken out of this site. After a week or two goes by, I try to pull the post to avoid any controversy.

Last night (9/9/08), in Lyons, CO I had to leave the jam with someone else's Collings mandolin case. I assume, maybe, that same person whose case I have might have taken my case home by accident. I looked for my case at the end of the night and it was gone, but there was this Collings case. The case I've got is a Collings, it has a Turkey Creek Ramblers sticker on it and it's dusty!

Send me an email if I have YOUR case and you have mine and we'll make the switcheroo!

a.finders@yahoo.com

Thanks!

Amy Finders

I love playing with others, beginners too, but become frustrated when the proper chord progression isn't followed and the player doesn't seem to know it. Eye contact with the person leading the song and listening is so important. If you can't hear the other players turn yourself down. Also annoying to me is when the song leader/vocalist is interrupted by another who either doesn't follow the song and verse structure intended by the leader, or worse deliberately derails the song, taking it somewhere else without so much as a wink or a nod of approval first.

Hi all,

So here's an etiquette question that I grapple with from time to time...

When you are in a big circle jam, say more than 8 people, should
you still make it a point to offer the lead to each one in the group,
or should you spread it around between breaks or songs? This mainly
concerns 'bluegrass' format jams where you have pretty simple songs
and people taking turns on the lead. I know people who are adamant
that each person in the circle be offered a break during each
instrumental segment, no matter what and I've played with those

There's a discussion on the dulcimers list about etiquette in jamming. Paul Goeltz wrote a great one and I saw other thoughts. Use the links to get them.

Jim

Here are links to several session etiquette articles on-line

http://www.eaglequest.com/~pgoelz/ettiquet1.html by Paul Goelz

http://www.voyagerrecords.com/arjam.htm by Vivian Williams

http://www.ink.org/public/kppa/p6a_jam_etiquette.htm by Ernie Hill from
the Walnut Valley Festival