Cicero

And... Back to the music. Here's another example... Even if you're not a fan, this young man is quite impressive. In this tune in particular, what he is doing rhythmically and harmonically is quite beautiful.

Friday night randomness happened, aided by gin.

That dude could do a masterclass in Eyebrow Agility & Facial Expression. Counts as 60 units towards any OU undergraduate course, incidentally.

Shabbat Ranks was once a popular cover artist in Tel Aviv.

Is that grilled or fried? And does it come with Humus?

Lyre...

Have you ever tried playing Reggae on an Oud? 🙉

Glockenspiel, Marimba and the Oud, mostly in the capacity of performing post-modernist marxist neo-soul jazz opera in the style of the Gypsy Kings meets Pantera.

Try the Coffee!

It's looped. He does everything live, using live recorded looping and sequencing, of real instruments.

Buy one!

Padron? I didn't quite catch that...

Gotta be careful - it can get waxy in there.

I guess I should be very concerned... 🤔😂

... You know, the ridiculously creative, talented multi-instrumentalist types. Nope... Not jealous 🤔

So, basically, River People... Which is another piece I'm working on 😁

Why would being bad at the bass and the sax make you caca your pants? Do you perhaps mean self-deprecation? That would be less messy, at least...

I can pretty much play it perfectly using T-2-1, but, it seems like cheating to me! As you say, I'm trying to be as technically proficient about it as possible.

Yes, I've known about this for some time. Amazing tool for learning and practice. If only I had this when I was a teen! With youtube and so much online content, they don't know how lucky they are!

My main issue is sounding out the notes on the third string as clearly as possible at speed, and not sounding out the second string (muted, nonetheless) when returning to the first string. Currently I'm playing it as 1-2-1 1-2-1 finger-wise, if that makes sense. I just can't work out if it's supposed to feel that unnatural, or whether I'm doing it wrong!

I'm working on 'Don't Give Hate a Chance' by Jamiroquai... I can kinda do it, but it's taken a hell of a lot of practice, and still doesn't sound 100% there. Something about the technique - or at least my technique - needed to play this seems unconventional / unnatural. Anyone else tried this / have any tips? I'm specifically referring to the verse 'galloping' bits. Cheers

Bienvenue 😎🇫🇷

Didn't think this was the place for a banjo string query... 🤔