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Spent the weekend at the Coppers Glenn Festaival In Kalamazoo Mich. I heard several great bands play and was honored to have My table beside Fred Tellier, and Mark Swanson for the weekend . Great guys , both helped me look at some possible ways to improve my products and for that I am gratefull .

I met several excellent musicans that were kind enough to play my instruments and give me honest feedback . I asked them to be honest and not hold back , broud shoulders and thick skin

Almost to a man , the feedback was the same . The instruments sounded very good , good tone and playability , good sustain .

The dividing line was very clear , ALL of the feed back was , "Country" , "Folk" , "Celtic" excellent choice for a hybrid Mandola . " Bluegrass " , not so much !

I listened to a group named " Corn Fed Girls " Great music ! The Mandolin player was absolutely fantastic . He took several minutes with the Mando and was very encouraging in his review .

All this having been said , there were luthiers present that made my stuff look like the begginer I am !

If you havent had a chance to go , by all means do so . Excellent music , excellent people , its well worth the time !

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The Taking Of Offense Is the Life Course Of The Stupid One !
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Creativity is allowing yourself to make Mistakes, Art is knowing which ones to Keep !
The Saddest thing anyone can do , is push a Loyal Person to the point that they Dont Care Anymore
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It was nice to meet you there, Wud. (I am in the 4th pic, everybody, sitting next to Mark).

I was impressed by the young man with the fan fret guitar also. His name is Bryant Gingerich.

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"...you have to get over your strict adherence to your largely imagined notion of absolute perfection..."

Martin , I didnt make the connection at the show !!


Was nice to meet you as well ! Of all the things I miss as i get older , I think I miss my mind the most !

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The Shallower the depth of the stream , The Louder the Babble !
The Taking Of Offense Is the Life Course Of The Stupid One !
Wanna Leave a Better Planet for our Kids? How about Working on BETTER KIDS for our Planet !
Forgiveness is the ability to accept an apology that you will probably NEVER GET
The truth will set you free , But FIRST, it will probably Piss you Off !
Creativity is allowing yourself to make Mistakes, Art is knowing which ones to Keep !
The Saddest thing anyone can do , is push a Loyal Person to the point that they Dont Care Anymore
Never met a STRONG person who had an EASY past !
http://wiksnwudwerks.blogspot.com/
http://www.facebook.com/groups/GatewayA ... rAssembly/