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Post by gibsonpicker on Mar 20, 2008 22:49:25 GMT
Come on guys, with spring just around the corner how about a Berks,Middx,Oxf jam,a small get together of like minded people,any one interested i can supply the venue,a quaint pub in Berks.
Come on guys dont let me down.
Keep on picking.
Cheers Piers.
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Post by Fingers n thumbs on Mar 26, 2008 20:19:48 GMT
Hi I go to Reading/Maidenhead pretty often with work and would be up fer a jam before going home - i would be up fer having a go  ) Rogf |
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Post by mark on Mar 27, 2008 19:15:32 GMT
Good for me Piers, I happen to be in West Berks :-)
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Post by Danny on Mar 27, 2008 19:24:44 GMT
I'd love too mate, but I live in kent and don't drive
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Post by Fingers n thumbs on Apr 4, 2008 10:08:56 GMT
I can probably get another person to come along too
Rogf
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Post by gibsonpicker on Apr 12, 2008 12:02:47 GMT
Sorry about my lack of response,have been up north lookinf after a very frail mother.
The response has been good,so lets get jamming. I am based in Hurley,(in between Maidenhead and Henley). I can arrange any date to suit ,who knows if we have decent weather we could even pluck around in the garden.
Cheers Piers.
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Post by Fingers n thumbs on Apr 22, 2008 11:52:04 GMT
Hi Piers
I think a date needs to be set then we can go from there. Otherwise we could be saying yes let's do it in 09 ;D
Personally i can do evenings most tues weds & fridays, i have a site i visit in Pinkneys green M'head regularly, and would also be fine if it's a w/e
Rog
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Post by mark on May 6, 2008 9:05:36 GMT
most evenings apart from Wed & Thurs. Most weekends.
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Post by duggyk on Jul 28, 2008 11:45:45 GMT
Howdy!
I'm up for jamming and am pretty local to you too (Flackwell Heath / work in Bracknell).
(I play with 'fingers n thumbs' - also in this thread, regularly).
As long as im not trapseing off round the UK (got a few long weekends booked up) or on childcare duty, i'm free most evenings !!!
Dug.
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Post by leadfingers on Jan 10, 2009 15:28:26 GMT
There is a Tunes session at The Seven Stars , Knowl Hill , on the A4 West of Maidenhead , 2nd Monday Every month ! Next one is 12th Jan - Next Monday !!
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Post by duggyk on Jan 10, 2009 17:10:06 GMT
Cool! What kind of music gets played? Is it a jam? or a floor spot evening? or a bit a both ? 'Not sure I can make this Monday...but I could probably make the next one....
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Post by Jon Freeman on Jan 10, 2009 22:25:22 GMT
Here we go. Terminology...
"Tune session" would suggest to me the event probably has dance music of the British Isles. This could be specific, eg. English, Irish etc. or mixed music. The format is all join in together.
"Session" alone (at least to me) would imply an instrumental session or one with the very occasional song. I would expect other qualifications, eg. "mixed" or "singing" if it was to be anything else.
"Jam" is not a term I usually encounter on my own folk travels. In the folk context, I tend (perhaps wrongly) to think that the use of that term instead of "session" would suggest an event where people join in together but I would be thinking more in terms of bluegrass (or perhaps old time as well?).
Of course others may read the use of these terms differently.
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Post by leadfingers on Jan 11, 2009 15:05:53 GMT
Hi Jon !- Thats about it ! Dance tunes , English and Irish predominate , but we do have a pretty fair Scottish fiddler who turns up quite often . It IS Tunes , but I dont for one moment think any one would object to the occasional song ! Most of us are Singers , as well as Musos .
Duggyk - Not that far from you in Frackle ! I used to live in High Wycombe !!
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Post by Jon Freeman on Jan 11, 2009 15:43:19 GMT
I'm pretty sure your event would suit me well (though I look firstly for Irish sessions, repertoire wise, I'm mostly Irish "old standards" - Kesh Jig and Blackthorn Sticks,- Silver Spears and Spires, etc. with some English, eg. a Three Round Three, Galopede, Jimmy Allen, etc. in there somewhere and can once in a while give a Johny Jump Up or Maybe a 3 Score and 10, etc.).
Just getting out of Norfolk is too far! But maybe one day I'll meet you (and perhaps others here) in a session/jam.
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Post by leadfingers on Jan 13, 2009 0:36:30 GMT
Good session , nice turnout . English Scottish and Irish tunes , with Melodeons , concertinas , Accordion , Mandolins , Guitars and whistle - Oh yes and two fiddles
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