matt’s two hundred and twenty-seven comments

you can often hear one or both leading the session at the Burren on sunday afternoons. I don’t feel like they do a lot of performances, at least not that I see advertised. more…

All tunings do some things well and some not. more…

are you after learning how to make accompaniment parts or looking for tunes with chords written in? (the former is harder, but way more rewarding!) more…

It’s in the Colm O’Lochlainn “Street Ballads of Ireland” with lyrics and melody. more…

just chiming in to say that when I first read the title of this thread, I literally thought it said “losing concertinas” and I was fascinated how that could be a thing. more…

not cheap, but I’ve always been a fan of countryman mics; they have a number of headset types. more…

Yeah, Tony M is one of the few folks I hear who plays fingerstyle and really makes the rhythm and ornamentation work. more…

I’m back. Just listened to Russell. Ick. Hated it. Sounds exactly like a classical musician making a tune sound like classical music. I’ll stick with his albums of classical guitar repertoire! more…

I’m biased toward flat picking for faster melodies, if only for the triplets. more…

Flatwounds?! Wow. Are many folks using flats? (I’m using Elixir guitar strings, which I haven’t changed since mid pandemic.) more…