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Love has a powerful effect on me, true. More than the attachment and longing and desire. It's influences are varied and unique.
I have avoided learning any style of banjo other than the old timey frailing style that I play. Bluegrass banjo sounds like trash to me and ragtime banjo is too simular to the guitar for my to find engaging. I've pretty much avoided learning them.
When I first met Cate she played "Dream A Little Dream Of Me" for the boy she appeared to be in love with. While I have put out as much energy I could imagine into woo-ing this girl's attention and affection to no avail, and had decided to not spend anymore time on the fruitlessness of it, I got struck with the idea of learning that song on the banjo to possibley impress her.
I took on the task and found that it was not complimented by teh frailing style of banjo playing. It has none of the charm of that trite-but-pretty pop song when its played old timey style. Almost with no pause I investigated the elementaries of ragtime-pop banjo. Since it translate so easily from the guitar, its no big stretch and while I can't say I've mastered the charms of that style, its come easily. That song is down, easily, with both a solo and the back up memorized and played well. What's more, I'm excited by it. I got a book on melodic plectrum banjo style, which is really just a course in music theory through the banjo. I'm into it!
All for love! No. Not FOR love, but FROM it. While the its true that I have not made my feelings felt to this girl, never mind returned, it is still refreshing and inspiring to see how desiring someone has expanded my life. Word up, folks: love someone.
In other news...
BAD: the organizer at the Plan It Festival messed up in scheduling and at this time I am NOT scheduled to organize the banjo workshop. To those who don't know, this is something I have been way, wya excited about for months now. I was going to coordinate my workshop with Lucy's fiddle workshop and try and arrange and old timey jam at the fest. But they messed up. The dude says I need to chill out and changes are still being made. Fine, I will chill out (dick head) but I am way bummed out. I am depressed and discouraged that things do not go my way.
GOOD: I have a new banjo!!!!!!! I traded my electric guitar with my hosue made for a banjo his father MADE! Its way big and well put together. He didn't like hand carve it or anything intense like that. Its from a "make your own banjo" kit, but he's made other instruments and knew what he was doing. Its loud and heavy. Its really a bluegrass banjo, but not crazy over the top. It'll help to play with people to get some noise out. More than two instruments will drown out a banjo easily. Its neat to need to get used to a new banjo. I know mine so well, and this one feel so differant. I look foward to knowing it in and out and finding its strengths. It needs a small repair, twenty dollars tops. Exciting!
I have avoided learning any style of banjo other than the old timey frailing style that I play. Bluegrass banjo sounds like trash to me and ragtime banjo is too simular to the guitar for my to find engaging. I've pretty much avoided learning them.
When I first met Cate she played "Dream A Little Dream Of Me" for the boy she appeared to be in love with. While I have put out as much energy I could imagine into woo-ing this girl's attention and affection to no avail, and had decided to not spend anymore time on the fruitlessness of it, I got struck with the idea of learning that song on the banjo to possibley impress her.
I took on the task and found that it was not complimented by teh frailing style of banjo playing. It has none of the charm of that trite-but-pretty pop song when its played old timey style. Almost with no pause I investigated the elementaries of ragtime-pop banjo. Since it translate so easily from the guitar, its no big stretch and while I can't say I've mastered the charms of that style, its come easily. That song is down, easily, with both a solo and the back up memorized and played well. What's more, I'm excited by it. I got a book on melodic plectrum banjo style, which is really just a course in music theory through the banjo. I'm into it!
All for love! No. Not FOR love, but FROM it. While the its true that I have not made my feelings felt to this girl, never mind returned, it is still refreshing and inspiring to see how desiring someone has expanded my life. Word up, folks: love someone.
In other news...
BAD: the organizer at the Plan It Festival messed up in scheduling and at this time I am NOT scheduled to organize the banjo workshop. To those who don't know, this is something I have been way, wya excited about for months now. I was going to coordinate my workshop with Lucy's fiddle workshop and try and arrange and old timey jam at the fest. But they messed up. The dude says I need to chill out and changes are still being made. Fine, I will chill out (dick head) but I am way bummed out. I am depressed and discouraged that things do not go my way.
GOOD: I have a new banjo!!!!!!! I traded my electric guitar with my hosue made for a banjo his father MADE! Its way big and well put together. He didn't like hand carve it or anything intense like that. Its from a "make your own banjo" kit, but he's made other instruments and knew what he was doing. Its loud and heavy. Its really a bluegrass banjo, but not crazy over the top. It'll help to play with people to get some noise out. More than two instruments will drown out a banjo easily. Its neat to need to get used to a new banjo. I know mine so well, and this one feel so differant. I look foward to knowing it in and out and finding its strengths. It needs a small repair, twenty dollars tops. Exciting!