all things jamming

My husband (who is not a skilled banjo player) recently purchased a 1920's four string banjo. While it had an okay sound, it played horribly off key and so on my advice he got new strings for it. He had to choose between a heavy and a light string and I suggested the lighter strings.
Now he insists that the strings do not have enough tension even though they are tuned to pitch. It does sound different than it did but it does play in perfect pitch from low to high (all the way up the neck).

Howdy All,
I'm Mudskipper Cory, and I am a banjo player that is looking for people to jam with, whether it be Jams, or getting together and starting a band.
I am looking for more experience with playing with other musicians. Eventually I would like to do this as a career.
If interested or know of place in the Orange County New York area, Please, Please email me at bumba27@hotmail.com....
Thanks

Keep On Pickin
Mudskipper Cory

really like the dobro and I'm interested in locating one

any dobro picker with good advice for a beginner?

Once again, for lack of a better place to post this sort of thing, I played the guitars, mandolin and some harmonicas as well as did the vocal on this tune, 'Till A Tear Becomes A Rose'. Most of the fun is doing the mixing. I love it.
Using Band In A box 2008, I have never heard a better computer generated pedal steel, fiddle or dobro as I have with this software. Great between live jam sessions.

http://www.myspace.com/mattaspenlieder

'Till A Tear Becomes A Rose'

I try to make this one when I can. Hope to make it for and hour or so on April 12th.

Does anyone know the name of the man on the fiddle last month.

I had to leave before talking with him. He was awesome. The mood of the room really seemed to change when he joined in that afternoon.

Harris "Lips" Deutsch
(Shawnee, Kansas)

I just saw a reference to this flow by on the fiddle-l and thought it was a great idea. It is a palm OS program that will play ABC tunes and show notation. If you already carry a phone such as the Treo, this is an interesting way to carry along a tune database so that you can keep track of how tunes start.

http://www.palmabc.ganderband.com/

Scott

Are there any other people out there who are looking to form a group with which to collaborate? I play 6 and 12 string guitar,a little flute, a little mandolin, a little sitar, and other hybrids in the making. I mostly do originals, but I would be willing to commit to a concept of doing traditional standards of celtic or other genres. I live in the Roswell area, and prefer not to travel lengthy distances, unless the situation is irresistable.

I can do some traditional flatpick, and fingerstyle by the book if I have the book that is, (I do read music). But when it comes to my own music I kind of let myself go as far as the literal definitions are concerned and combine strumming with a little of this and that, and I don’t use a pick either. I have been invited to a few bluegrass jams lately (new for me), and haven’t played out for a few years now, and when I did we either covered, or rehearsed hours on end before playing. A question that seems to come up a lot is what style do you play.

The Panhandle Bluegrass and Old Thyme Music Association held its annual Jamboree. I jumped in this year and got a room where I displayed many instruments for sale. I want to thank all who came by to look and those that jammed in the room. A good time was had by all is how the saying goes and it was at case the weekend of January 17-20.

The picking rooms were full with the good sounds of great players. The hotel rooms were filled with folks with even more great pickers.

I recommend if you go to this event for great fun and great playing.

The Irish TV station RTE One currently has this series viewable online.
It's highly recommended.

Check the following:

www.rte.ie/tv/transatlanticsessions/