Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!gcd.org!news.yamada.gr.jp!passion.nalgo.co.jp!news.moat.net!feeder.enertel.nl!nntpfeed-01.ops.asmr-01.energis-idc.net!216.196.110.149.MISMATCH!border2.nntp.ams.giganews.com!border1.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "John W." Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Karaoke at home Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2005 18:28:39 -0600 Lines: 59 Message-ID: <41DF2937.7030306@yahoo.com> References: <1104761265.142561.112290@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> <1104778854.866022.209190@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> <41DA13FD.60009@yahoo.com> <41DA4447.40707@hotmail.com> <1gent05nrviterdkvvjh335nue91213s7l@4ax.com> <9a3ede1657172dcc74c3b82a48670974@grapevine.islandnet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net 02wj+JxgTN6aAxn53W4C4gnGepn6G0bd8sFL4bC1u4fkiDSVoc User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win 9x 4.90; en-US; rv:1.0.2) Gecko/20021120 Netscape/7.01 X-Accept-Language: ja,en Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:24293 Dan Rempel wrote: > Michael Cash wrote: > >> On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 16:22:47 +0900, Declan Murphy >> brought down from the Mount tablets >> inscribed: >> >> >>> John W. wrote: >>> >>>> Brett Robson wrote: >>> >>> >>>>>> Michael Cash wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Your stuff would be in Nashville. Lotsa banjos there. You don't want >>>>>>> your stuff around banjos, do you? Might pick up some bad habits. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I forgot Nashville, I was thinking sunny Cali. I know there are many >>>>> great musicians in Nashville but there would also be a lot of very bad >>>>> ones as well. >>>>> >>>>> John W. wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> I maintain a banjo-free environment, though I was very tempted to >>>>>> buy a >>>>>> dulcimer from Wal Mart for $100; came with an instructional CD and >>>>>> everything. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Careful that is the thin edge. >>>>> >>>> >>>> I was serious. Had it been a hammered dulcimer I would have bought it. >>>> They have a mandolin and banjo as well; I'm very tempted by both. >>> >>> >>> Everytime I listen to the Fargone Beauties I start thinking of buying a >>> banjo. USD$100 heh? Cheaper than here for sure. Would be fun to learn to >>> play, and very useful if I retire to somewhere like Queensland. Will it >>> make any of my teeth fall out? >> >> >> >> You have to have a dentist's certification of lack of dentition before >> you're allowed to buy one. > > > Definition of perfect pitch: tossing a banjo into a dumpster without > hitting the sides. (Feel free to insert favourite/least favourite > instrument). > Not pertaining to a banjo, but Bluegrass legends The Dillards said once that tuning a mandolin was like tuning bed springs. John W.