Playing Since: 2005
Experience Level: Purty Good
Interests:
[Teaching] [Jamming] [Socializing] [Helping]
Occupation: Musician
Gender: Male
Age: 30
My Instruments:
I own a Blueridge 160, which is my main guitar. I have a couple of beginner instruments that I am currently working on fixing so I can sell them, and I just acquirred a copy of a Gibson Hummingbird, made by a company called Emperador. I also play my brother's Fairbuilt, which is a copy of a jumbo body Gibson.
Favorite Bands/Musicians:
Alison Krauss and Union Station, Newgrass Revival, Sierra Hull, Kenny Smith, Chris Thile, and anyone else who plays bluegrass! Also Simon and Garfunkel, James Taylor, and Gordon Lightfoot.
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Created 6/12/2012
Last Visit 6/16/2012
I started playing fiddle when I was 12, but I stopped that and picked up the mandolin. It was at this time that my mother said some of the most inspiring words to me that forever changed my life. "You'll never learn to play the mandolin." I had tons of support as a beginner, eh? So I decided to prove her wrong, and started following my brother Buddy around to different jams. He would show me the basics, chopping, tuning, timing, and all of the essentials. I learned alot by watching him and his many bands he was in. During this time, I also started to learn guitar and bass. Mandolin was my main instrument until last year, when I started a band with my sister, Elizabeth, and her boyfriend, Taylor Baker. Elizabeth plays the fiddle, and Taylor plays the mandolin. Taylor is an amazing mandolinist, way beyond my level, so I was pushed to guitar. I do not regret that move at all. I am currently playing in the same band, which is called Banana Express. Taylor still plays mandolin, Elizabeth plays fiddle and clawhammer banjo, and we added our little sister Mary on bass.
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