Hey dude! Happy to see you're participating again this year
Damn dude, you're bluegrass chops have improved significantly since 2024. Cool to hear the mandolin incorporated too! I'm also impressed by the overall quality of the recording because it does sound like a pretty authentic jam of a trio playing together.
Keep twang'n

Hey dude! Happy to see you're participating again this year :) Damn dude, you're bluegrass chops have improved significantly since 2024. Cool to hear the mandolin incorporated too! I'm also impressed by the overall quality of the recording because it does sound like a pretty authentic jam of a trio playing together. Keep twang'n

very live and alive ˗ˏˋ ˎˊ˗

very live and alive ˗ˏˋ <3 ˎˊ˗

I typed folk into the search hoping, and here I am listening with my jaw wide open. Fantastic tune me laddy!

I typed folk into the search hoping, and here I am listening with my jaw wide open. Fantastic tune me laddy!

wow this is executed really well. Really enjoyable listen.

wow this is executed really well. Really enjoyable listen.

Amazing! It was really refreshing to hear mandolin amongst the submissions.

Congrats!

Amazing! It was really refreshing to hear mandolin amongst the submissions. Congrats!

Love the feel of this from the start.  I feel like I'm sitting in a saloon watching everyone dance and enjoy themselves to the live band.  Can't tell if I'm in the show deadwood or the witcher, it's so catchy.  The rhythm is so energetic and it's impossible not to hum or shake your leg in time.  Well done! Good to hear you back!

Love the feel of this from the start. I feel like I'm sitting in a saloon watching everyone dance and enjoy themselves to the live band. Can't tell if I'm in the show deadwood or the witcher, it's so catchy. The rhythm is so energetic and it's impossible not to hum or shake your leg in time. Well done! Good to hear you back!

Nice playing and composition! Sick mando solo! Bluegrass such a fun style, I saw a jam with like 10 bluegrass players all just groovin on smth like this for a long time trading solos, it looked and sounded super entertaining!

I'm not sure it's worth as a solo musician trying to emulate the feeling of playing w other ppl past a certain degree. It will never sound real cause even if it does, you would just be good at copying your own groove. Playing with others involves other more exotic compatibilities and incompatibilities that make music magic. You can never get as excited alone as you can together with the right folks about anything. I question it in my own process a lot... Much more fun to play w folks! Fun exercise tho. It sounds convincing from your track!

Anyway, great track and looking forward to more!

Nice playing and composition! Sick mando solo! Bluegrass such a fun style, I saw a jam with like 10 bluegrass players all just groovin on smth like this for a long time trading solos, it looked and sounded super entertaining! I'm not sure it's worth as a solo musician trying to emulate the feeling of playing w other ppl past a certain degree. It will never sound real cause even if it does, you would just be good at copying your own groove. Playing with others involves other more exotic compatibilities and incompatibilities that make music magic. You can never get as excited alone as you can together with the right folks about anything. I question it in my own process a lot... Much more fun to play w folks! Fun exercise tho. It sounds convincing from your track! Anyway, great track and looking forward to more!

such a beautiful ditty!

such a beautiful ditty!

This is really great. Very impressive playing, and it sounds really nice too. Welcome back!

This is really great. Very impressive playing, and it sounds really nice too. Welcome back!

Nice playing and I really like how everything sits in the mix, fluid and good energy

Nice playing and I really like how everything sits in the mix, fluid and good energy

nice! i feel inspired to learn an instrument!

nice! i feel inspired to learn an instrument!

Oh my goodness this is exceptional. Great playing & lovely composition that sounds like it should be an old favourite that everyone requests at local weddings.

Oh my goodness this is exceptional. Great playing & lovely composition that sounds like it should be an old favourite that everyone requests at local weddings.

Nice one, Big Cactus. This is very fun!

Nice one, Big Cactus. This is very fun!

this is absolutely wonderful! i love it!

this is absolutely wonderful! i love it!

Thanks! Working on them a little every day. And thanks, glad the recording turned out ok.

Thank you very much!

Thank you!

Thanks!

Thanks! I really like that instrument, hoping to use this year's weekly beats as a way to get more practice with it.

Glad you liked it! If it sounds danceable then I think it was a success!

Thanks for checking it out! Glad you liked it. I know what you mean about the not being able to replicated multiple musicians thing. Best I can hope for is to have the tracks blend in to each other smoothly enough that it's hard to hear where the takes begin or end.

Thank you!

Thanks! Glad to be back for another year.

Thank you!

Thanks! Go for it!

Thanks! Definitely tried to make it sound like an old-time fiddle tune for sure.

Thank you!

Thanks for checking it out!

[quote=ViridianLoom]Hey dude! Happy to see you're participating again this year :) Damn dude, you're bluegrass chops have improved significantly since 2024. Cool to hear the mandolin incorporated too! I'm also impressed by the overall quality of the recording because it does sound like a pretty authentic jam of a trio playing together. Keep twang'n[/quote] Thanks! Working on them a little every day. And thanks, glad the recording turned out ok. [quote=zirafa]very live and alive ˗ˏˋ <3 ˎˊ˗[/quote] Thank you very much! [quote=frogcity]I typed folk into the search hoping, and here I am listening with my jaw wide open. Fantastic tune me laddy![/quote] Thank you! [quote=ENC_]wow this is executed really well. Really enjoyable listen.[/quote] Thanks! [quote=xavier marques]Amazing! It was really refreshing to hear mandolin amongst the submissions. Congrats![/quote] Thanks! I really like that instrument, hoping to use this year's weekly beats as a way to get more practice with it. [quote=Tone Matrix]Love the feel of this from the start. I feel like I'm sitting in a saloon watching everyone dance and enjoy themselves to the live band. Can't tell if I'm in the show deadwood or the witcher, it's so catchy. The rhythm is so energetic and it's impossible not to hum or shake your leg in time. Well done! Good to hear you back![/quote] Glad you liked it! If it sounds danceable then I think it was a success! [quote=horatiuromantic]Nice playing and composition! Sick mando solo! Bluegrass such a fun style, I saw a jam with like 10 bluegrass players all just groovin on smth like this for a long time trading solos, it looked and sounded super entertaining! I'm not sure it's worth as a solo musician trying to emulate the feeling of playing w other ppl past a certain degree. It will never sound real cause even if it does, you would just be good at copying your own groove. Playing with others involves other more exotic compatibilities and incompatibilities that make music magic. You can never get as excited alone as you can together with the right folks about anything. I question it in my own process a lot... Much more fun to play w folks! Fun exercise tho. It sounds convincing from your track! Anyway, great track and looking forward to more! [/quote] Thanks for checking it out! Glad you liked it. I know what you mean about the not being able to replicated multiple musicians thing. Best I can hope for is to have the tracks blend in to each other smoothly enough that it's hard to hear where the takes begin or end. [quote=RajaTheResidentAlien]such a beautiful ditty![/quote] Thank you! [quote=blighters_rock]This is really great. Very impressive playing, and it sounds really nice too. Welcome back![/quote] Thanks! Glad to be back for another year. [quote=tired_moniker]Nice playing and I really like how everything sits in the mix, fluid and good energy[/quote] Thank you! [quote=fetalface]nice! i feel inspired to learn an instrument![/quote] Thanks! Go for it! [quote=MRDRCAT]Oh my goodness this is exceptional. Great playing & lovely composition that sounds like it should be an old favourite that everyone requests at local weddings.[/quote] Thanks! Definitely tried to make it sound like an old-time fiddle tune for sure. [quote=Cakes]Nice one, Big Cactus. This is very fun![/quote] Thank you! [quote=theskyis256k]this is absolutely wonderful! i love it! [/quote] Thanks for checking it out!

Sweet!

Sweet!

You're right, this is fun
Really digging it
- Ebrit

You're right, this is fun Really digging it - Ebrit

Wonderful! It really does sound like a trio playing it live!

Wonderful! It really does sound like a trio playing it live!

nice!!

nice!!

lovely!

lovely!