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Posted on 07/12/2005 8:11:36 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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Hah! Now *that* is a lunch box.
Evenin' folkses! [sip] :-)
Evening!
Here for a bit, then venturing out into the wilds of Fort Collins night life. Kinda. Going to that bluegrass jam.
It's gonna make me homesick for the one back home (where they played at sane speeds and were a bit more low key and where there were more mandolinists so I could hide), but I guess ya gotta start somewhere.
Evening!
I'm going to hang with friends in a bit... geek dudes... there will be booze.
Of course. :-)
No other reason for bein' sociable, right? Just to get a free drink out of it...
Hello everyone!
:-D
Hiya, Ruthy!
I'm here for about an hour. Almost don't wanna go anywhere tonight. *sigh* But I guess it's good fer me.
I just ain't a sociable critter by nature.
Of course it's good for you!
But it is ~so~ tempting to sit home, read a book and munch on chocolate. :-D
Tell me about it.
Especially as I sound wayyyy better at home. Funny how that works.
Come on. You just believe you sound better because you aren't so worried about what other people think.
Relax, have fun and be yourself, chica. We love ya, so why shouldn't everyone else? ;-)
Heh...because unlike the jam back home, this one is primarily frequented by young guitar slinger guys who are there primarily to show off, and they have vey little patience with a displaced Celtic musician who's not young, not cute, and doesn't know the tunes. ;-) Not that anyone's said anything. And at least the two banjo players and one mandolinist who were there last time were kind and helpful when I wasn't catching the odder chord progressions.
But when I know I'm better than I'm being, it just makes me mad at the world. And when I don't take chances for fear of falling on my face, musically speaking (which is the nature of jams, and why I rarely improvise on tunes I don't know well), I get mad at myself for my cowardice.
Much more info than you wanted, I'm sure!
*sigh* Though on the bright side, I suppose the young guitar slingers are easier to deal with than the nearly-fifty-year-old bitter divorced guys that occasionally hit on me at the last jam.
I'm so picky.
Girl, you need to realize that you ~are~ young, cute and know some pretty kickass tunes yourself.
If I had half your talent, I'd be doing a little showing off myself! Teach them gee-tahr slingers a thing or too. *wink*
Not picky.
Selective.
Hi there!! :-)
*sigh*
I shouldn't hang out on single wimmin threads. They get me down for the rest of the day. I feel like I should be put out to pasture.
Welcome back. :-D
I just wish there was a Celtic session nearby. I'd at least be able to play on some stuff there.
Bluegrass...I'm a beginner still, really. And I know it's my own fault. I just find Celtic stuff more fun to play. And my improvisational skills stink. A big part of bluegrass is improvising a solo, even if you've never heard the song or tune before. I just can't do that!
Also, everyone takes turns playing solos, whereas in Celtic, the melody instruments all play together, and sticking with the basic tune is the norm. And melody instruments don't play chords...so I'm not very good at that, either.
They played slower and did more mixed stuff at the "bluegrass" jam back home - more old country and even some of our Celtic tunes. They also did less complicated stuff. And there was just a different atmosphere...this one often feels like a competition.
Of course, I'm also judging it through serious homesickness. ;-)
Kinda like when I lurk in the divorced folks/child-support threads.
Icky.
I stay here except for silent_jonny's reality show threads and Hair's Saddle Club thread.
Oh yeah, I do read the news once in a while. *grin*
There's "single wimmin" threads?
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