Thursday, April 2, 2020

BEGINNER 5 STRING BANJO - Learn Banjo From Scratch! Banjo




BEGINNER 5 STRING BANJO - Learn Banjo From Scratch! Banjo
Beginner Banjo Course - BANJO FROM THE BEGINNING - BEGINNER 5 STRING BANJO - Online Banjo Lessons - Bluegrass
Beginner Banjo - Start banjo from Scratch - The most In depth Beginner Banjo Course Online
Banjo Lessons
Who this course is for:
  • All ages - Kids to Adult
  • All ages - I once had a 96 year old man who wanting to take lessons. His goal was to learn 5 songs so he could die a happy man. He did exactly that and died a happy man. So if you are telling yourself you are to old, seriously it is never too late.
  • For the people that are saying my fingers are too fat or long, believe me I have heard all of that but truly believe anyone can play the banjo if you are willing to put in the work. It takes time to learn the banjo. For most people it doesn’t just happen overnight but when things finally start to click it is really fun.
  • For anyone looking to meet new people. Playing the banjo is a great way to make new friends. I have met my closest friends playing music. There is a huge community of like-minded people playing music in every part of the world.

Friday, March 27, 2020

Beginner Violin Course - VIOLIN MASTERY FROM THE BEGINNING.





#1 VIOLIN COURSE ONLINE
Beginner Violin Course - VIOLIN MASTERY FROM THE BEGINNING.


Beginner Violin Course - Start Violin from Scratch
The most in depth beginner violin course available online.

Why take a violin course from this guy?

My passion is inspiring others to feel more confident in themselves  and their playing. I feel like playing violin can do that. After years of  performing and teaching all over the US. at workshops, out of my home and through multiple schools, I was asked by many of my students to make videos of my violin course.  So here is the result.
I hope you will join me on the inside of this violin course where you will learn some awesome violin secrets

Building a strong foundation:

·       For the beginner players who would like to learn and/or improve their violin skills
·       Learn your basics - I will teach you a shortcut way to play violin to make it easier to learn violin faster. Every detail will be broken down and explained in easy to understand parts to help you succeed. 
·       You will learn everything to get you started on the violin from start to learning how to play on your own.
·       You will learn all the violin scales you need to know
·       You will get backing tracks to be able to play along with to help develop your violin skills

Who is the target audience for this violin course? 

·       Anyone interested in learning the violin
·       Anyone who wants to play violin for enjoyment
·       Anyone who wants to be a performer or a musician
·       Great for all ages

Violin course that's filled with all the information you need to succeed.

·       All these violin videos are all broken down to the smallest detail. It's assumed that a person who has never attempted to play violin is watching this course. If you have experience, and it's too broken down for you, simply increase the speed of the video to skim over the topics and discussion points, and/or skip to a video that more suits your needs.


Saturday, February 22, 2020

Walnut Valley Festival


Walnut Valley Festival – Winfield, KS

A Mix of Bluegrass, Oldtime and Folk Music played from the Heart and Soul


INTRODUCTION

WE FINALLY MADE IT TO WINFIELD!!!
Ever since our girls were little, we’ve been invited to come down from Minnesota to the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, Kansas. We’ve seen our friends eyes light up when they’ve talked about the festival, but it falls every year on the third weekend in September. The festival is around the time our kids start the new school year and it never worked out, but this year we had the dream become a reality.
Now that our children are grown and off to college, it was one of the first things to check off the bucket list. For a music festival that was 667 miles away and 9.5 hours of drive time, the family friendly Walnut Valley Festival was everything we imagined the event to be and so much more we couldn’t have dreamed of.

FIRST NIGHT

The first night we arrived, our eyes were a little big after seeing how massive the festival was and all the people that were there already. We found out later that the attendance is typically around 10,000 to 13,000.
People come from miles around, show up a week or two before the event and line up for what is called Land Rush. They park their cars, trucks, campers and trailers in an orderly fashion and wait for the festival staff to open the gates. Everyone wants their same spot year after year.
It was dark by the time we arrived, and there were lines of people streaming in with their campers. The staff was on their game, trying to direct multiple folks at the same time while getting the right people to assist us with our tickets. They were very helpful as they taxied our RV into an electric spot so we could use our air conditioner. We were really glad to be plugged in because it was going to be a hot weekend.
After we were settled in with the RV parked, electric hooked up and our slides out, we set off for our first nights adventure to get the lay of the land.

CAMPING AREAS 

At the Walnut Valley Festival, there are two main camping areas, and first we ventured off to Pecan Grove. Music was already being performed on a multitude of campsite small stages mixed in with campers, colorful lights, costumes and people. There were huge groups of folks huddled around, listening to all of the performers. Swarms of golf carts puttered about as it was the preferred method of transportation in the vast festival grounds.
Next was West Camping, a more traditional area for festival goers. There was still a lot of folks jamming, but there was a difference between the look and feel of the two different camping areas. Pecan Grove seemed to be home to an overall younger crowd and we heard a lot of string band/jam grass being played as an overarching theme to go along with the glitz and glamour of the colorful lights and regalia. What we experienced when we walked through West camping was more of an older crowd with traditional bluegrass, contemporary bluegrass and a little bit of swing being played.

CAMP THEMES

A unique part of the Walnut Valley Festival, was that there were fun and crazy themes for each of the camps. The camps had whimsical names like Carp Camp, Chuck and the Chicks, Nowhere (which turned into Now Here when the words are divided), Next to Nowhere, Easy Pickin, Flamingo Camp, The Middle of Nowhere, Camp Cowabunga, No-Mad, Bluegrass Chicks Rule and a huge array of others. A contest was held this year for the best camp, and the entries didn’t disappoint.


WALNUT VALLEY APP

Walnut Valley Festival blended today’s modern technology with the charm of music from long ago by offering a Festival App to use on your smartphone. This is where we found the Schedules, Performers, Workshops Contests, Vendors, Campgrounds, Do and See in Winfield, Kids Activities, Navigation, Festival Goers, Notifications, Feedback and Information, List of Campsite Names and their Location, etc.
One of the things we enjoyed most about this app was that we could create our own schedule of events that we wanted to see. The schedule part of the app was divided into parts. Full Lineup, My Schedule, Stage I, II, III and IV. With four stages having music all day. It’s tricky to mentally put together an itinerary of all the bands and contests you’d like to attend and this was such a great way to keep track of what we wanted to do each day. Every festival can learn something from this Walnut Valley Festival App.