Comments on: Instructions for instructions http://dailyfrail.com/2007/06/15/165/ Pat & Patrick Costello's weblog. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:08:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Karl Pitwon http://dailyfrail.com/2007/06/15/165/#comment-95 Karl Pitwon Sun, 17 Jun 2007 06:58:25 +0000 http://tangiersound.wordpress.com/2007/06/15/165/#comment-95 HI Patrick and Dad Enjoyed this weeks lessons especially the one by dad, so important to get this basic frail right. I notice your dad permanently rests his thumb on the face of the banjo to start the basic strum ....... how important is this as I am tending to have my thumb raised..... do I need to revert back to the way your Dad shows us regards Karl HI Patrick and Dad

Enjoyed this weeks lessons especially the one by dad, so important to get this basic frail right. I notice your dad permanently rests his thumb on the face of the banjo to start the basic strum ……. how important is this as I am tending to have my thumb raised…..
do I need to revert back to the way your Dad shows us

regards Karl

]]> By: Patrick Costello http://dailyfrail.com/2007/06/15/165/#comment-93 Patrick Costello Sat, 16 Jun 2007 13:10:58 +0000 http://tangiersound.wordpress.com/2007/06/15/165/#comment-93 It really hasn't been much work running this site - and since I am using free hosting for everything (a big thank you goes out to Wordpress, YouTube and Archive.org) there is nothing to get stressed out about in terms of bandwidth or hosting fees. The Daily Frail is recorded and tabbed out off the top of my head when I first crawl out of bed every morning ("start your day the banjo way!") and The Folk Song of the Day is set up with the camera (the Canon XL1 we bought back when we were filming interviews on the road) mounted in a fixed position on my desk so all I have to do is grab an instrument, push my chair in front of the camera and hit "record" on the remote control. Editing and processing the audio and video is so easy with Linux (thanks to the folks who created Kino and Audacity) that none of it seems like work. I guess I just found my rhythm. It really hasn’t been much work running this site – and since I am using free hosting for everything (a big thank you goes out to WordPress, YouTube and Archive.org) there is nothing to get stressed out about in terms of bandwidth or hosting fees.

The Daily Frail is recorded and tabbed out off the top of my head when I first crawl out of bed every morning (“start your day the banjo way!”) and The Folk Song of the Day is set up with the camera (the Canon XL1 we bought back when we were filming interviews on the road) mounted in a fixed position on my desk so all I have to do is grab an instrument, push my chair in front of the camera and hit “record” on the remote control. Editing and processing the audio and video is so easy with Linux (thanks to the folks who created Kino and Audacity) that none of it seems like work.

I guess I just found my rhythm.

]]> By: dickedie http://dailyfrail.com/2007/06/15/165/#comment-92 dickedie Sat, 16 Jun 2007 08:47:17 +0000 http://tangiersound.wordpress.com/2007/06/15/165/#comment-92 Dear Patrick, I'm at a bit of a loss to understand you. You closed down HowandTao.com because you were ruining your health by over working. 3 months later Tangier Sound has become a remarkable resource. It has a 'Daily Frail' podcast which is daily, it has daily videos which are simply excellent, regular instruction discourses like this one, it has become 2 way with the comments section, everything is accessible at any time and can be downloaded from Archive.com. In every way it is better than howandtao. Surely your work rate has gone through the roof! This site has become a stunning resource for everyone interested in the banjo. The lessons are coming so thick and fast that I'm still a month behind trying to consolidate. Again thanks for all your work but please remember to take some down time and keep the health good. I'm sure that everyone who uses Tangier Sound feels the same. Dear Patrick,
I’m at a bit of a loss to understand you. You closed down HowandTao.com because you were ruining your health by over working. 3 months later Tangier Sound has become a remarkable resource. It has a ‘Daily Frail’ podcast which is daily, it has daily videos which are simply excellent, regular instruction discourses like this one, it has become 2 way with the comments section, everything is accessible at any time and can be downloaded from Archive.com. In every way it is better than howandtao. Surely your work rate has gone through the roof! This site has become a stunning resource for everyone interested in the banjo. The lessons are coming so thick and fast that I’m still a month behind trying to consolidate.

Again thanks for all your work but please remember to take some down time and keep the health good. I’m sure that everyone who uses Tangier Sound feels the same.

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