Mandolin

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Aug 062011
 

I’ve been playing guitar for quite a few years now. It’s not anything I could do professionally, but it feels good and its fun to jam with friends.

A year or so ago, I got interested in playing mandolin, and bought a cheap $50 mandolin on the internet, just to see if I really liked it, and had any aptitude for it.

I recently got this Eastman 515. The difference in tone is amazing, of course, and although I’ve got a long way to go, I can have a lot of fun jamming along with friends on guitar… Thank goodness for the pentatonic scale!

 

 Posted by Troll at 10:46 pm

MP3s

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Jul 281999
 

Here are a few MP3s of me playing guitar. Nothing spectacular, but fun for me.

 
 
 
 
 
 Posted by Troll at 10:42 am

Guitar

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Aug 061996
 

When I was 18, my parents gave me a guitar for my birthday.

I tried to learn to play it, but, at 18, I think I didn’t have the patience. I was too busy trying to get laid, I think…

Years later, faced with growing frustration at work, and my daughter Maia’s disability, I was looking for some sort of stress-relief. For some reason, I picked up the guitar.

I progressed more rapidly, partly because I had more patience, partly because I worked hard at it because I found some release in it, but a great part of my success was because Maia encouraged it. She would perk up and smile and laugh and squeal with joy when I played. So I played a LOT.

After a year or so, I decided that I wanted a higher quality guitar, and After shopping around, I settled on a used Taylor 810.

 Posted by Troll at 10:48 pm
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