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| Posted: Thu Dec 23rd, 2004 07:09 am |
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ToddGreenwood Approved
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I'm learning to post a message here to this groups. I' think I'm here. But I'm not sure On picks for mando I play a lot of mando and I use different picks. I like the nylon picks best because they can be quite hard and still have some give to them. I use the 1mm for when I'm practicing something really hard but then I lighten up to these gray ones that are quite common for live work when the mando is plugged in. They are like a fender medium but they don't crack and break. So you can play more slopply with them. For live, that's important. Hey, every body makes mistakes. doing something like devils dream is hard with a hard pick but a lot cleaner. With a lighter pick, the notes are not as clearly timed and so one can blurr things togerther in a beer laden atmosphere and non's the wiser. Sincerely, Nice t be here Todd Greenwood
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| Posted: Thu Dec 23rd, 2004 07:39 pm |
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Hi Todd, Nice to see you in the forums, and thanks for posting one of your band's tunes. So are you guys having a white Christmas up your way? Being a little geographically challenged, I looked up Saskatchewan to get an idea where you're from. Wow... it said it's 29 below zero up there. Dang. I'd have a hard time getting out of bed in that weather, much less playing an instrument. Then I noticed it was -29 C.... hmmm.... you guys are on a different scale than us eh? Thank God I had 9th grade math four times... it helped me remember my formulas. Let's see. C times 1.8 plus 32. -29 x 1.8 = -52.2 -52 + 32 = -20 F Zat right? 
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| Posted: Thu Dec 23rd, 2004 07:50 pm |
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Canadians and Americans are very much alike while there are some distinct differences. Both countries are very diverse and both contries have educated versions of hippies and rednecks and non educated versions of hippies and rednecks and everything in between. So ... were nothing but hippies and rednecks up here. 29 degrees C is still cold. Both the F and C meet at 40 degrees below zero. Bloody cold anyway. Gald ya know were Saskatchewan is. It doesn't look that bad on the map. But it's actually artic weather that blows down the middle of the continent on it's way to Chicago. That's why it gets so cold. Christmas will mean snuggleing up for sure. So ... I'm posting so that's great. Love see the Carolinas some time.
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| Posted: Mon Sep 5th, 2005 07:59 pm |
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ToddGreenwood wrote: Gald ya know were Saskatchewan is. It doesn't look that bad on the map. But it's actually artic weather that blows down the middle of the continent on it's way to Chicago. That's why it gets so cold. You forgot to add this to your last line: "that's why it gets so cold IN CHICAGO." Only two seasons here: Winter and Road Repair... Mark
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| Posted: Sun Sep 18th, 2005 04:58 pm |
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ToddGreenwood wrote: I'm learning to post a message here to this groups. I've tried several picks in my mando career (which spans all of about 3 months now) from the "Dawg" to the "Golden Gate" which I am told are REAL mando picks, but the things are so damn stiff when I try to play kind of quiet, they fly out of my fingers. Ended up trying the Everly Star Picks (elderly.com has them) and they seemed to solve my problem, at least most of the time. THey have a star punched into the middle of them, allowing thumb and index fingers to "meet." I've passed out several to friends, who pooh-poohed them at first, but now I notice that they're using them all the time...Mark
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