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Wednesday, May 09, 2012

Memorial Day Festival Extended Guitar Workshop


Don’t forget about the special 2 hour extended guitar workshop being held at the Memorial Day festival. It will be conducted by Dan Miller, the editor and publisher of Flatpicking Guitar Magazine (FGM), a bi-monthly periodical dedicated to presenting all aspects of the art of flatpicking the acoustic guitar. FGM has been published non-stop since September 1996. Each issue contains interviews with top performers (which include tablature of their favorite licks and breaks ) as well as a wide variety of columns written by an impressive group of contributors. Since September 1999, a 68-minute companion audio CD has been available with each issue. Dan has authored or co-authored many publications, including the  popular eight volume Flatpicking Essentials guitar course and the book, The Guitar Player's Guide to Developing Speed, Accuracy, and Tone. Through FGM, Dan has published many of his own instructional materials as well as many written by other notable performers and instructors. Through the related FGM Records, he has also released many recordings from such notable performers as Brad Davis, Tim Stafford, Jim Nunally, Robert Bowlin, and John Carlini.

The workshop will focus on how to use efficient left and right hand technique and mechanics to increase speed, improve note clarity and fluidity, and develop good tone and volume. Dan said, "After interviewing over 200 professional guitar players for Flatpicking Guitar Magazine I took all of the information that I had gathered about developing speed, accuracy, and tone and worked with my good friends Brad Davis and Tim May to develop a book, DVD, and workshop presentation that would help players of all levels break through playing barriers and improve their tone, volume, speed, fluidity, and note accuracy." 

The workshop will be held at 2 PM on Friday afternoon and is well worth the $25 registration fee, but registration is limited so sign up early. You can register by calling 419 721 8016, or emailing bands@nibga.com.

Friday, May 04, 2012

Jammers wanted 8/18-19


I am the site naturalist at Gene Stratton-Porter State Historic Site in Rome City. I am in the process of planning our annual Chautauqua Days festival Saturday August 18th & Sunday August 19th from Noon to 4pm both days. We are looking for musicians willing to come to the site and play for our visitors. We have had the Fike Brothers out here in the past but due to budget restraints this year, we are unable to use them. Any musician or group who wants to come out and play is more than welcome to. There is no cost to them to participate and they can bring out any product they might have to sell. I picked up a flyer for the bluegrass festivals in Kendallville and found this email on the bottom of it. If you could share this information with the rest of the association that would be extremely helpful. Thank you in advance for your help.

Tiffany Conrad
Interpretive Naturalist
Gene Stratton-Porter SHS

Wednesday, May 02, 2012

Ralph Bondy, very ill

May 2, 2012
Lorraine called to say Ralph is in the University hospital, London, ONT after a triple bypass operation 2 weeks ago. Ralph has been a fixture at the festival and can be seen driving the taxi's around the fair grounds.

Lorraine was hopeful that Ralph would be transferred to a hospital closer to home in Windsor, Ont. soon.

She wanted the Kendallville festival folks to know that they might not make it down this spring.

Ralph Bondy

10588 CR 42 RRH 3
Maidstone, ONT   N0R 1K0
Canada

New Album from "The Mid North"


Hi,

I am Scott from the band "The Mid North" out of Australia.

Just a quick note to let you know that our debut 15 track bluegrass album 'you were right about the stars' has been released. I am hoping that you might be able to post something about us and the album on your blog or newsletter.

The album is all original music and features players such as Mick Albeck (fiddle), Jenny Shimmin (Banjo), Pete Fidler (Dobro), Nick Dear (Mandolin) Kat Mear (Fiddle), Ross Nickerson, Mark Miracle, Peter McLaughlin and more. The album is available to listen to and buy at:
www.cdbaby.com/themidnorth It is also available for digital download on itunes and other digital music sites. Hard copies of the cd are available for $20 plus postage via the band website.

The band can be contacted and friended here:

The band website is www.themidnorth.com

ABC radio in Australia has picked up the first single 'Rosewood' and has been playing it for the last month. Very exciting. 

If you require or would like any further information please do not hesitate to call or email. 

with warmth


Scott Collins
www.noiselab.com.au
ph: 02 6655 2591
mb: 0410 242 033