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Banjo Ben's Inaugural Cabin Camp, March 28-30, 2019!

#127

Well yeah… :cold_sweat:

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#128

Let your heart not be troubled my friend. If you went there and played perfectly, you would get nothing out of the camp and the Staff would not be able to give you instruction! So, I’d say, go, have fun, make mistakes, and reveal your natural bad finger habits and learn from the helpful suggestions. ENJOY YOURSELF!

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#129

Yup. My 10 song goal I made in January isn’t gonna get hit, considering I barely touched my banjo the whole month of February. :frowning:

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#130

Wise words.

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#131

Aye Mate! “Open confession of sins, (or bad picking habits) is good fir ye Soul” -Old Scottish Proverb

#132

I’m looking forward to meeting everyone.

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#134

which one is it?

#136

If you want, I can send you a simplified version of the lesson Ben just released if you think it would help.

#137

Thanks Mark, I’ll keep hammering away. I’ve got two weeks left yet to get it. I appreciate the offer

#139

Well Mike, that’s the one you’ve had the least amount of time for. That one is probably my favorite of the nine. The one that still hangs me up is Wildwood Flower in C. It’s probably one of the easiest for almost everyone else but for some reason, it keeps tripping me up.

With Whisky Before Breakfast, I found that I got better at it when I started bobbing my head from side to side, picturing myself in a pretty sun dress prancing through meadows on a beautiful spring day. Give it a shot, don’t forget the prancing :wink:

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#141

Let me know how it works

#142

Sorry Maggie, that ain’t happenin

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#144

Wait, what? There are only nine assignments, right? Am I missing one?

#145

Yeah, but not all memorized and not all up to 100% speed. I think already knew three of them. I’ll need my music stand with tabs. I have some backup down for four of them I think, but again, not memorized.

#147

Whewwww! Had me worried there. That would have been a great gag to pull on everyone though… two weeks to learn a new song.

I think you should reconsider the prancing visualization.

#149

All I got to say is it would take an awful lot of whiskey before breakfast to get me prancing around in a sun dress.
Maybe it would be more like a stagger.
And I don’t even drink whiskey.

Great, now I’ve got mental pictures I just can’t shake!
:see_no_evil:

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#150

It will relax you, and give you more confidence! :open_mouth:

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#151

Aw don’t knock til ya try it bud. :dancer: You don’t actually have to do it, just visualize it. It’s guaranteed to improve your playing of this tune. I know one or more of you will try it and it will help, but I bet no one will admit it.

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#152

Y’all are getting too worked up over this :joy::rofl::joy:

I’m not going to make you take a practicum. We’re gonna have fun!

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#153

Eh, getting worked up is part of the fun. It’s the journey, see… :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

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