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Purrs for new hobby
Soon I will have a new toy with which to terrorize the cats - a Gibson RB Deluxe Mastertone banjo. I start lessons next weekend. Please purr that I am able to learn this instrument and that I rapidly increase in skill. At any rate, it ought to be fun. Hugs and Purrs, Mark -- Proof of Sanity Forged Upon Request |
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Hot Dang, go for it. When you get really good, and you will, make a video
and post it. "hopitus" wrote in message ... On Jul 20, 4:56 pm, Mark Edwards wrote: Soon I will have a new toy with which to terrorize the cats - a Gibson RB Deluxe Mastertone banjo. I start lessons next weekend. Please purr that I am able to learn this instrument and that I rapidly increase in skill. At any rate, it ought to be fun. Hugs and Purrs, Mark -- Proof of Sanity Forged Upon Request AFA the cats, it sounds like a better fun thing for "terror flight" than the Dyson vacuum, for sure. Good wishes with the Gibson. Buy a box of that liquid bandaid stuff they use on kids. Your fingers will show wear, shall we say. That's why I switched to trumpet long ago. |
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On Jul 20, 5:56*pm, Mark Edwards wrote:
Soon I will have a new toy with which to terrorize the cats - a Gibson RB Deluxe Mastertone banjo. I start lessons next weekend. Please purr that I am able to learn this instrument and that I rapidly increase in skill. At any rate, it ought to be fun. Hugs and Purrs, Mark -- Proof of Sanity Forged Upon Request Good luck with that. Biskit would probably love it. She even loves bad accordian polka. You can't get her away from the thing. I seriously wondered if she might be deaf. Yoda is an old-timer; he's lived through the DD's piano practicing; DS's tuba/trumpet practice; same DS learning "Taps" on the bugle as a Boy Scout. He'd probably take it in stride. Bosley, Boots, and Frank would completely wig out and run under the bed. Let us know their reaction. I'm curious. Sherry |
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Purrs and congratulations!
-- Joy Some people own cats and go on to lead normal lives. - Author Unknown "Mark Edwards" wrote in message ... Soon I will have a new toy with which to terrorize the cats - a Gibson RB Deluxe Mastertone banjo. I start lessons next weekend. Please purr that I am able to learn this instrument and that I rapidly increase in skill. At any rate, it ought to be fun. Hugs and Purrs, Mark -- Proof of Sanity Forged Upon Request |
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On Jul 20, 6:56 pm, Mark Edwards wrote:
Soon I will have a new toy with which to terrorize the cats - a Gibson RB Deluxe Mastertone banjo. I start lessons next weekend. Please purr that I am able to learn this instrument and that I rapidly increase in skill. At any rate, it ought to be fun. Hugs and Purrs, Mark -- Proof of Sanity Forged Upon Request Lots of luck Mark. DH and I are taking up a new hobby as well - kayaking. Next weekend we're taking a whitewater kayaking course. Maybe we can coordinate our learning curves so that by the time we're learning to run Class III rapids you'll be able to play the classic river running banjo song. Julie |
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Mark Edwards wrote:
Soon I will have a new toy with which to terrorize the cats - a Gibson RB Deluxe Mastertone banjo. I start lessons next weekend. Please purr that I am able to learn this instrument and that I rapidly increase in skill. That's great!! And you never know which cats are actually going to *enjoy* your playing. I think banjo is in that group of instruments where you can pick up a modicum of proficiency in a short time. I was just having a discussion about this subject with someone yesterday, because we were talking about drumming (hand drums, not western drum kit). It takes a lot of time and practice to become an expert, no matter what instrument you're talking about, but some instruments have a quick ramp-up time at the beinning, so you can make decent sounds after only a short time of learning. Guitar is one. Hand drums are also in this category. Violin and most horns are *not*, as anyone who has ever lived with a beginner in one of those instruments can tell you. Good luck with the playing, it sounds like a lot of fun. -- Joyce ^..^ (To email me, remove the X's from my user name.) |
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Sherry wrote:
On Jul 20, 5:56 pm, Mark Edwards wrote: Soon I will have a new toy with which to terrorize the cats - a Gibson RB Deluxe Mastertone banjo. I start lessons next weekend... Good luck with that. Biskit would probably love it... ...Yoda is an old-timer; he's lived through the DD's piano practicing; DS's tuba/trumpet practice; same DS learning "Taps" on the bugle as a Boy Scout... Tabs (RB) really didn't mind me learning to play the trumpet. He tolerated all sorts of tunes. Except for "Last Post". He would yowl at me, in recognition of the significance of the tune, which is usually played at the end of a remembrance service. I suspect he was a reincarnated soldier, or something. -- MatSav |
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"Mark Edwards" wrote in message ... Soon I will have a new toy with which to terrorize the cats - a Gibson RB Deluxe Mastertone banjo. I start lessons next weekend. Please purr that I am able to learn this instrument and that I rapidly increase in skill. At any rate, it ought to be fun. Hugs and Purrs, Mark As soon as I saw the subject line, I thought, Mark has found a highly scientific way to mess with the cats. I was sort of right. -- Theresa, Stinky and Dante drtmuirATearthlink.net Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh |
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On Jul 21, 1:55*am, "MatSav" matthew | dot | savage | at | dsl | dot
| pipex | dot | com wrote: Sherry wrote: On Jul 20, 5:56 pm, Mark Edwards wrote: Soon I will have a new toy with which to terrorize the cats - a Gibson RB Deluxe Mastertone banjo. I start lessons next weekend... Good luck with that. Biskit would probably love it... ...Yoda is an old-timer; he's lived through the DD's piano practicing; DS's tuba/trumpet practice; same DS learning "Taps" on the bugle as a Boy Scout... Tabs (RB) really didn't mind me learning to play the trumpet. He tolerated all sorts of tunes. Except for "Last Post". He would yowl at me, in recognition of the significance of the tune, which is usually played at the end of a remembrance service. I suspect he was a reincarnated soldier, or something. -- MatSav Matt, that is *really* interesting. That he could discern one tune from the other; it was not just all noise to him. I've always thought cats were smarter about things like that than they get credit for. I like your theory. Sherry |
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Purrs for your new hobby. Your fingers will be sore until they get callouses
on them. -- Ann in Connecticut see my cats at http://www.flickr.com/photos/ann791/sets/ read Sam's blog at http://kittens-3.blogspot.com/ * * * "Mark Edwards" wrote in message ... Soon I will have a new toy with which to terrorize the cats - a Gibson RB Deluxe Mastertone banjo. I start lessons next weekend. Please purr that I am able to learn this instrument and that I rapidly increase in skill. At any rate, it ought to be fun. Hugs and Purrs, Mark -- Proof of Sanity Forged Upon Request |
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