by Bert Daniel | Sep 25, 2023 | Welcome Column
Musical instruments come in many shapes and sizes. In the bluegrass world we are familiar with six common ones plus a few extra. In the world of fretted instruments you only need one string if you’re good. Our ancestors probably made music that way when stringed...
by Bert Daniel | Sep 22, 2023 | Welcome Column
I promised you all an update on my quest to become a real banjo picker. The online course I chose is called the Thirty Days of Banjo and I must tell you, I’m really far behind schedule. I’m at almost up to twice the number of days already and I’m only about two thirds...
by Bert Daniel | Aug 30, 2023 | Welcome Column
Teach your children well. Their father’s hell did slowly go byFeed them on your dreams. The one they pick’s the one you’ll know by Those classic Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young lyrics remind me of the experience all parents have listening to one of...
by Bert Daniel | Aug 28, 2023 | Welcome Column
I was in no particular hurry to make the three and a half hour drive to Nevada County. It was a beautiful June Saturday morning, the second Saturday of the month, the day each year I head for nine days of bluegrass heaven, for me probably the best single day of the...
by Bert Daniel | Aug 21, 2023 | Welcome Column
People love to sing. You probably do too and I am no exception either. There’s just something about expressing your emotions through language and music that gets to people. Song is a way to preserve feelings and traditions through poetry and rhyme and it is a way to...
