Banjo Newsletter columns!

2009

• 1-09 The Year of Good Tone - PDF
• 2-09 Jam Etiquette re Breaks, and Choices in Recording Banjo - PDF
• 3-09 Steve Martin and Ambassadors of the Banjo: "I've always loved the sound of a banjo." - PDF
• 6-09 Let's Get This Straight: Controversial Topics: Two-finger plant? Metronome? 2-4 slide? Syncopation? - PDF
• 7-09 Breaking News! Banjo Goes Mass Media, Media Go Buggy Over Steve Martin - PDF
• 8-09 The Pleasures, Perks, and Lessons of Busking - PDF
• 9-09 Music for the Masses - PDF
• 10-09 Not Clutching at Jams - PDF
• 11-09 Hot Rize for Public Consumption - PDF
• 12-09 Get Out of the Rut - PDF

2008

• 1-08 Breaking out of the Intermediate rut, and Learning to play in D - PDF - Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4
• 3-08 Advice to a young player; Changing chords faster - PDF - Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4, Page 5
• 4-08 Stepping into a group - PDF - Page 1, Page 2, Page 3
• 5-08 Banjo Claus Spotted in Eastern Kentucky - PDF - Page 1, Page 2
• 7-08 Ten repertoires - PDF - Page 1, Page 2
• 8-08 A jam skill you can use: Hearing chord changes - PDF - Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4
• 9-08 "Can't find people to jam?" - PDF - Page 1, Page 2
• 10-08 Getting away from strict memorizing and creating your own solos - PDF - Page 1, Page 2
• 11-08 Productive practicing - PDF - Page 1, Page 2
• 12-08 Back to basics: Are you a successful musician? and Pick noise - PDF - Page 1, Page 2

2007

• 1-07 The loop exercise method for fast progress - PDF - Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4
• 2-07 Prucha's Elban, and playing plugged-in banjo - PDF - Page 1, Page 2
• 3-07 Find a lead singer; backup video; the prewar sound - PDF - Page 1, Page 2, Page 3
• 4-07 Tough banjo love result: "My breaks are mine." - PDF - Page 1, Page 2
• 6-07 End "thwonging" thumb pick; new Flexigrass CD - PDF - Page 1
• 7-07 Work less on instrumentals, more on singing? Year of the melody - PDF - Page 1, Page 2
• 9-07 Sound bites from Hollywood and West Virginia - PDF - Page 1, Page 2
• 10-07 Teachers: help your students more with DVDs - PDF - Page 1, Page 2
• 12-07 Jamming fundamentals; chord changing made easy - PDF - Page 1, Page 2, Page 3