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| Ovenmitts |
 Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 9:06 am |
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Lil' Birdie
Joined: 09 Mar 2010
Posts: 12
Location: Chicago IL
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Hello everyone. I'm an old geezer from Chicago that decided to learn how to play guitar about a year ago. We are very fortunate to have a great place to do that called The Old Town School of Folk Music that's simply incredible. One of the most popular songs after a few weeks is Wagon Wheel and I've been hooked ever since. They also have many ensemble clasees, which where you continue your education, but in the context of a particular artist or genre. I'm now in the second week of the OCMS ensemble. Two guitars, two banjos, a bass, and hopefuily a fiddle. Good times.
Happy to be here. |
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| lbrod |
| Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 9:29 am |
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*Bloodshot Hot Rod*
Joined: 02 Jul 2008
Posts: 1358
Location: Beneath Pacheco Pass
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| Welcome, Ovenmitts, we need more geezers around here. |
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| GumboStu |
| Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 12:37 pm |
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*Irish Stew*
Joined: 03 Oct 2007
Posts: 3666
Location: Joe's Cornfield
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You might have to change your name if you've been playing a year, Ovenmitts!
It's a good name for the first few weeks of learning an instrument though 
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| Ovenmitts |
| Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 1:22 pm |
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Lil' Birdie
Joined: 09 Mar 2010
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Location: Chicago IL
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I just changed it. Used to be brickmitts  You guys can just call me Mitts tho. |
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| Kitty |
| Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 1:27 pm |
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*Mrs. Kitty*
Joined: 23 Oct 2006
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Location: Durham, NC
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| Welcome to the murder!! I think you and your jam friends will find lots of good info on here - - - |
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| Chigger |
| Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 8:19 pm |
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*Lucky No. 7*
Joined: 30 Jul 2008
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Location: McMinnville, Tennessee
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| Good to have ya here, hope you have fun! |
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| merlin |
| Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 10:51 pm |
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Old Crow
Joined: 27 Oct 2007
Posts: 557
Location: God's Country
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howdy!
hey ovenmitts, I have heard that Old Town school is a great place. A guy on a guitar message board I am on can't say enough good things about that place. If it lead you here it must be good.
He posted this video of the place if you stop it at 22sec and look at the schedule on the chalk board it looks great. |
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| Ovenmitts |
| Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 11:14 pm |
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Lil' Birdie
Joined: 09 Mar 2010
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Location: Chicago IL
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| It is indeed a incredible place. A former student there named John Prine played at our annual fundraiser last Sat night for 3 1/2 hours.Unreal. Sweet little 350 person theatre, no seat more than 45' from the stage. |
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| bopanic |
| Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 9:12 am |
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| indeedinoditsistern |
| Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 11:25 am |
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| Ovenmitts |
| Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 11:58 am |
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Lil' Birdie
Joined: 09 Mar 2010
Posts: 12
Location: Chicago IL
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Ovenmitts wrote: Hello everyone. I'm an old geezer from Chicago that decided to learn how to play guitar about a year ago. We are very fortunate to have a great place to do that called The Old Town School of Folk Music that's simply incredible. One of the most popular songs after a few weeks is Wagon Wheel and I've been hooked ever since. They also have many ensemble clasees, which where you continue your education, but in the context of a particular artist or genre. I'm now in the second week of the OCMS ensemble. Two guitars, two banjos, a bass, and hopefuily a fiddle. Good times.
Happy to be here.
Well, our OC ensemble ended last night after 8 weeks. Our "Graduation" performance is in a bar tonight. Looks like we'll be doing "Fall On My Knees" and "Next Go Round". Signed up again for another 8 weeks starting next week. |
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| The14weed |
| Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 12:10 pm |
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Old Crow
Joined: 31 Aug 2009
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Location: Northern California
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