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http://fabricari.com/music/october-2007.mp3

I spent a LOT of time this weekend workin' on banjo technique, learning songs, licks, riffs, stuff. Here's a 40 second snippet of what I ended the with.

I tuned the drone back down to A and played in A-minor. I wanted to apply some of the melody techniques I've been learning to that gothic sound I'd tried before. I'd love to just jam and record for an hour and share all the cool stuff I've learned, errors and all, but I think that'd get dull after a while. I get totally jazzed over a tiny little snippet of sound that probably would get missed in any recording.

The main thing I've been learning, though is how to make my melody notes more distinct. To the point that I can skip the strumming and drone for a few beats and just hammer away with the back of my middle finger for a great effect.

It comes down to learning that there's damn near nothin' you can't play with a frailing technique.