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[1910]

You Folk on the wrong side of the "BOG" have sure got a good savvy of geography! But howse about your banjo bashin? Seriously..the sooner a jam is arranged in Kent the better, I will even brave the Dartford crossing to take part.My passport is up to date.Thanks for the welcome.

[mandomister]

Hi Everyone,
I live up in county Durham , 46 y.o i play mandolin, Tenor guitar & a little bit of 6 string guitar,
I have a varied taste in music but love acoustic sounds country blues ,folk etc.

I, dont get out & play anymore but i,m looking to get to a few festivals this year.
cheers Dave

[thomasv]

Hi Everyone(?)
I have kind of a issue. We're a band from Sweden who would like to come and play som "Countryinspired Irish Kind of Music" in the UK. I have no idea where to turn if I want to tell the world about our band. Let me know if you have some tips! As i said: I have NO idea!

Mail me:
[e-mail]

Visit our website:
tippintractors.hemsida24.se

Thank you!
/Thomas Vejgarden
Tippin' Tractors

[sawmillsam]

Hi all, I'm Mike, I've been playing clawhammer for just coming up to 2 yrs now here in North Wales. I'm self taught, apart from looking up bum dity and drop thumb on youtube but dropped the strum part in favor of another single note. I can't read music or tabs and don't play chords, so everything is by ear and melody based, seems to work for me . The hardest thing for me is getting the tune in my head ,once there, I can usually do something with it . Anyway, look forward to chatting with you lot, Mike.

[yorkiedave]

Hi I'm Dave from Lancashire. I play fiddle and mandolin in a couple of bands and also make electric fiddles to order.

[AlbionLass]

Hi, I'm Mandy from Derby. I play fiddle at local sessions and for a local morris side. I'm a multi-instrumentalist but mainly concentrate on violin and guitar now. Also a real-ale fanatic and CAMRA member.

[charlatan]

hello folks
new to the board thought i would tell a little bit about my self,
57 years of and live in newcastle upon tyne i was given a dreadnought (vintage 400n) and have just started getting open chords clear and crisp
dont know i will ever learn but going to have fun trying the guitar it self sounds nice but i think the body may be just a bit on the bulky side.     
i hope to learn finger picking what do you guys think a suitable guitar would be for that style.
i dont want to spend to much (£ 150 £ 200 ) i was thinking folk style.
 
 thank you in advance charltan                                                         

[el]

get on all,
ive been listening to bluegrass since a youngun as a lot of us who used to watch american animated cartoons wacky races penelope pitstop etc have, i think thats where it stems from, well that and convoy, anyways last year i thought id see if i could pick banjo, so with a little help from mother dearest on my 37th i got an open back Ashbury 5 string and found a load of lessons on the interweb and started learning the old classics cripple creek, foggy mountain breakdown and the like which i still like to pay homage to BUT my real interest lies in making up my own stuff which is part of the reason i joined, for some honest feedback or input something which eludes people on american sites, so hoping i can get that here cheeeeers

[simonashmead]

Hi all. I'm Simon, a 32 year old singer and pianist from East Yorkshire. I've recently acquired a taste for folk music, and made the decision to buy a penny whistle and an Appalachian dulcimer, so since it seems I'm pretty well committed now I thought it might be a good idea to find some like-minded people online.

[vin]

hi I,m alan from ferryhill in co-durham .fairly new to 5string banjo,started frailing then tried blue grass. gone back to frailing with pat and Patrick. (still struggling). can anybody tell me ,is there any difference between frailing and clawhammer, and if so what.

[swrbassamp]

Hello, everyone! I am slightly cheating by registering here, because it says in the title "for the folkies based in the UK", and I am not, I've actually visited UK only ones briefly, staying for two weeks in a friend's place in Devon some years ago. But my music, the music I listen to and the one that I write or play, has very much to do with UK, being influenced immensely by the likes of Nick Drake, John Martyn, Pentangle and many others. I simply could not find an "international folkies forum" to register to. I hope you would still welcome me here and I promise I'll do my best not to offend anyone :-)