Comments on: Video: teenagers tear up some bluegrass http://boingboing.net/2008/12/17/video-teenagers-tear.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 20:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/12/17/video-teenagers-tear.html#comment-359424 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-359424 "It is absolutely incredible, like speed metal bluegrass." Is there any other kind of Bluegrass? “It is absolutely incredible, like speed metal bluegrass.”

Is there any other kind of Bluegrass?

]]> By: holtt http://boingboing.net/2008/12/17/video-teenagers-tear.html#comment-359680 holtt Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-359680 It's not exactly bluegrass, but it can be pretty amazing to watch the junior fiddler competitions at an Old Time Fiddling competition in the US. It's pretty cool that a few younger kids are getting the chance to learn and play "the old ways". Oh yes and @ #5 Doggo... I really thought that your post was going to turn into something like a "Dear Penthouse" letter, but no. It’s not exactly bluegrass, but it can be pretty amazing to watch the junior fiddler competitions at an Old Time Fiddling competition in the US. It’s pretty cool that a few younger kids are getting the chance to learn and play “the old ways”.

Oh yes and @ #5 Doggo…

I really thought that your post was going to turn into something like a “Dear Penthouse” letter, but no.

]]> By: doggo http://boingboing.net/2008/12/17/video-teenagers-tear.html#comment-359426 doggo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-359426 I was a sophomore in college, walking by the Union & these guys ask me & my friend, "Hey, wanna split a case of beer?" And we go, "Sure". We go to the state store, buy a case, and head back to this dude's room. Start drinkin' some beer, a couple of friends drop by, and they say, "Wanna listen to some music?", and we're like, "Yeah." So they whip out the mandolins & guitars & banjo and proceed to school these two burnout rockers in some bluegrass for a couple hours. It was the most intense string-plinkin' I'd ever seen in my life. Seriously. Some hardcore banjo <i>will</i> change your life. I was a sophomore in college, walking by the Union & these guys ask me & my friend, “Hey, wanna split a case of beer?” And we go, “Sure”. We go to the state store, buy a case, and head back to this dude’s room. Start drinkin’ some beer, a couple of friends drop by, and they say, “Wanna listen to some music?”, and we’re like, “Yeah.”

So they whip out the mandolins & guitars & banjo and proceed to school these two burnout rockers in some bluegrass for a couple hours. It was the most intense string-plinkin’ I’d ever seen in my life. Seriously.

Some hardcore banjo will change your life.

]]> By: technogeek http://boingboing.net/2008/12/17/video-teenagers-tear.html#comment-359427 technogeek Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-359427 You said it, Xeni. Gods, I wish I had the patience/motivation to develop that kind of skill... You said it, Xeni. Gods, I wish I had the patience/motivation to develop that kind of skill…

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/12/17/video-teenagers-tear.html#comment-359430 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-359430 I want my nano-bot talent transplant. I want my nano-bot talent transplant.

]]> By: jtegnell http://boingboing.net/2008/12/17/video-teenagers-tear.html#comment-359435 jtegnell Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-359435 Capos are for wussies. Capos are for wussies.

]]> By: David Pescovitz http://boingboing.net/2008/12/17/video-teenagers-tear.html#comment-359441 David Pescovitz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-359441 Greg is one of my heroes. He's incredibly modest and warm. Also, I really respect that he has a deep appreciation of *all* music, not just particular genres or trends. Greg is one of my heroes. He’s incredibly modest and warm. Also, I really respect that he has a deep appreciation of *all* music, not just particular genres or trends.

]]> By: General Specific http://boingboing.net/2008/12/17/video-teenagers-tear.html#comment-359442 General Specific Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-359442 I'm a Kentucky boy, and that gave me goosebumps. I’m a Kentucky boy, and that gave me goosebumps.

]]> By: flwombat http://boingboing.net/2008/12/17/video-teenagers-tear.html#comment-359707 flwombat Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-359707 pesco @20: not offensive; I think they were just noting that virtuoso speed-picking like this is a longstanding and mainstream part of the bluegrass tradition, so to insiders, no comparison to other genres is needed. I'm no expert either but have gradually started listening to some bluegrass and bluegrass-related stuff in recent years. There is a lot of jaw-droppingly-cool music out there from some really amazing musicians, including quite a few youngsters. Anyone moved by this video would be well advised to investigate (as if you needed a further excuse to lose hours playing at youtube!) pesco @20: not offensive; I think they were just noting that virtuoso speed-picking like this is a longstanding and mainstream part of the bluegrass tradition, so to insiders, no comparison to other genres is needed.

I’m no expert either but have gradually started listening to some bluegrass and bluegrass-related stuff in recent years. There is a lot of jaw-droppingly-cool music out there from some really amazing musicians, including quite a few youngsters. Anyone moved by this video would be well advised to investigate (as if you needed a further excuse to lose hours playing at youtube!)

]]> By: Marcelo http://boingboing.net/2008/12/17/video-teenagers-tear.html#comment-359708 Marcelo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-359708 Reminds me of Nickel Creek. The mandolin player reminds me of Chris Thile specifically. You can hear him covering Radiohead's "Morning Bell" here (it has a WICKED mandolin solo in it too): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeR5qUtd5U8 Reminds me of Nickel Creek. The mandolin player reminds me of Chris Thile specifically. You can hear him covering Radiohead’s “Morning Bell” here (it has a WICKED mandolin solo in it too):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeR5qUtd5U8

]]> By: 4649 http://boingboing.net/2008/12/17/video-teenagers-tear.html#comment-359454 4649 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-359454 Etymology (like this video and all(?) the other music videos to grace boingboing in recent memory) proves that Mandolins are far cooler than guitars: (a) Mandolin: [French mandoline, from Italian mandolino, diminutive of mandola, lute, from French mandore, from Late Latin pandra, three-string lute, from Greek pandoura.] (b) Guitar: [French guitare, from Spanish guitarra, from Greek kithar, cithara.] Q.E.D. Etymology (like this video and all(?) the other music videos to grace boingboing in recent memory) proves that Mandolins are far cooler than guitars:

(a) Mandolin: [French mandoline, from Italian mandolino, diminutive of mandola, lute, from French mandore, from Late Latin pandra, three-string lute, from Greek pandoura.]

(b) Guitar: [French guitare, from Spanish guitarra, from Greek kithar, cithara.]

Q.E.D.

]]> By: Antinous http://boingboing.net/2008/12/17/video-teenagers-tear.html#comment-359459 Antinous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-359459 I, for one, would welcome lots more mandolin-playing overlords. I, for one, would welcome lots more mandolin-playing overlords.

]]> By: sluggo http://boingboing.net/2008/12/17/video-teenagers-tear.html#comment-359717 sluggo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-359717 @21 <I>No matter how good you are at something, there's a fetus on YouTube who's better than you'll ever be.</i> This quote would have made my maximum rotation, but there was a better one made by a zygote on youtube. Damn the youth! @21 No matter how good you are at something, there’s a fetus on YouTube who’s better than you’ll ever be.

This quote would have made my maximum rotation, but there was a better one made by a zygote on youtube.

Damn the youth!

]]> By: 4649 http://boingboing.net/2008/12/17/video-teenagers-tear.html#comment-359463 4649 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-359463 #11 meant "...mandolins and ukuleles..." (c) [Hawaiian 'ukulele : 'uku, flea + lele, jumping.] /me wishes for a edit-post ability #11 meant “…mandolins and ukuleles…”
(c) [Hawaiian 'ukulele : 'uku, flea + lele, jumping.]

/me wishes for a edit-post ability

]]> By: kenturamon http://boingboing.net/2008/12/17/video-teenagers-tear.html#comment-359464 kenturamon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-359464 Jeebus, wow. Jeebus, wow.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/12/17/video-teenagers-tear.html#comment-359474 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-359474 I wish I had that kind of talent at fifteen. I was lucky to be scratching out a few chords at that point in life. Maybe I'll have to play a little more with my stealth banjo: http://www.instructables.com/id/25-Drugstore-Student-Guitar-becomes-STEALTH-BAN/ I wish I had that kind of talent at fifteen. I was lucky to be scratching out a few chords at that point in life. Maybe I’ll have to play a little more with my stealth banjo:
http://www.instructables.com/id/25-Drugstore-Student-Guitar-becomes-STEALTH-BAN/

]]> By: Garp http://boingboing.net/2008/12/17/video-teenagers-tear.html#comment-359477 Garp Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-359477 @8 What utter rubbish. The capo is extremely useful and very important and not an indication of laziness at all. Whenever there are two acoustic guitars playing it is worth considering having one guitar using a capo and playing further up the neck to alter the voicing of the chords and the sound, otherwise you just get a muddy mess of the same notes. In that case with two acoustic guitars it was definitely needed. @8

What utter rubbish. The capo is extremely useful and very important and not an indication of laziness at all.

Whenever there are two acoustic guitars playing it is worth considering having one guitar using a capo and playing further up the neck to alter the voicing of the chords and the sound, otherwise you just get a muddy mess of the same notes. In that case with two acoustic guitars it was definitely needed.

]]> By: Shawn Wolfe http://boingboing.net/2008/12/17/video-teenagers-tear.html#comment-359497 Shawn Wolfe Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-359497 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAey1tOza_o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAey1tOza_o

]]> By: SuperDoop http://boingboing.net/2008/12/17/video-teenagers-tear.html#comment-359754 SuperDoop Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-359754 When did hipsters and rednecks come to the conclusion that bluegrass was cool? When did hipsters and rednecks come to the conclusion that bluegrass was cool?

]]> By: syphax http://boingboing.net/2008/12/17/video-teenagers-tear.html#comment-359506 syphax Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-359506 Pretty awesome, but speed metal bluegrass? Like others have noted, this sounded like plain old bluegrass to me... My 6-year old is starting to learn fiddle songs on his violin; let's hope he inherited his Mom's Acadian fiddle genes.... Pretty awesome, but speed metal bluegrass? Like others have noted, this sounded like plain old bluegrass to me…

My 6-year old is starting to learn fiddle songs on his violin; let’s hope he inherited his Mom’s Acadian fiddle genes….

]]> By: Tony Moore http://boingboing.net/2008/12/17/video-teenagers-tear.html#comment-359510 Tony Moore Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-359510 God bless these kids. i wish i could go back in time and tell myself that all those video games were not an investment in my future. i'm definitely excited to see what the future holds for these speed-pickers. -T God bless these kids. i wish i could go back in time and tell myself that all those video games were not an investment in my future.

i’m definitely excited to see what the future holds for these speed-pickers.

-T

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/12/17/video-teenagers-tear.html#comment-362839 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-362839 This is two of the best teens in bluegrass: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cg7WbEjhsU This is two of the best teens in bluegrass:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cg7WbEjhsU

]]> By: takeshi http://boingboing.net/2008/12/17/video-teenagers-tear.html#comment-359770 takeshi Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-359770 @ Tony Moore: "i wish i could go back in time and tell myself that all those video games were not an investment in my future." There are a few studies linking video game play to enhanced hand-eye coordination. I played video games throughout my youth, I still do, and I'm a competent (but by no means stellar) guitarist and pianist. Still, many of the best musicians I know play video games every day. But man - by the time that Etienne kid hits 30, he's going to be the best mandolin player that ever walked the Earth. @ Tony Moore:

“i wish i could go back in time and tell myself that all those video games were not an investment in my future.”

There are a few studies linking video game play to enhanced hand-eye coordination. I played video games throughout my youth, I still do, and I’m a competent (but by no means stellar) guitarist and pianist. Still, many of the best musicians I know play video games every day.

But man – by the time that Etienne kid hits 30, he’s going to be the best mandolin player that ever walked the Earth.

]]> By: David Pescovitz http://boingboing.net/2008/12/17/video-teenagers-tear.html#comment-359516 David Pescovitz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-359516 I'm no Bluegrass expert (I like it, but don't too much about it) and "speed metal bluegrass" popped into my head when I was watching the video. Sorry if it isn't the "correct" descriptor and you found it offensive. I’m no Bluegrass expert (I like it, but don’t too much about it) and “speed metal bluegrass” popped into my head when I was watching the video. Sorry if it isn’t the “correct” descriptor and you found it offensive.

]]> By: Xopher http://boingboing.net/2008/12/17/video-teenagers-tear.html#comment-359776 Xopher Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-359776 1. Wow. 2. That Etienne kid is fucking amazing. 3. Wow. 4. So is Greg. Wouldja look at the fingers on him? He's gotta be part Asgard. 5. Wow. 6. There is no #6. 7. Wow. 1. Wow.

2. That Etienne kid is fucking amazing.

3. Wow.

4. So is Greg. Wouldja look at the fingers on him? He’s gotta be part Asgard.

5. Wow.

6. There is no #6.

7. Wow.

]]> By: pox http://boingboing.net/2008/12/17/video-teenagers-tear.html#comment-359521 pox Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-359521 No matter how good you are at something, there's a fetus on YouTube who's better than you'll ever be. No matter how good you are at something, there’s a fetus on YouTube who’s better than you’ll ever be.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/12/17/video-teenagers-tear.html#comment-362599 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-362599 Anyone know about the rule step back then someone take a solo Anyone know about the rule step back then someone take a solo

]]> By: kiddr01 http://boingboing.net/2008/12/17/video-teenagers-tear.html#comment-359792 kiddr01 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-359792 mandolins are the business - those kids are amazing, i have so much respect for people with such dedication and talent... Banjo's are also amazing - much better than guitars. not sure if he's been posted here yet but philip roebuck is an amazing banjo playing one man band http://www.philliproebuck.com/ http://www.myspace.com/philliproebuck mandolins are the business – those kids are amazing, i have so much respect for people with such dedication and talent… Banjo’s are also amazing – much better than guitars.

not sure if he’s been posted here yet but philip roebuck is an amazing banjo playing one man band

http://www.philliproebuck.com/

http://www.myspace.com/philliproebuck

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/12/17/video-teenagers-tear.html#comment-360821 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-360821 It's not that incredible. Go to any great bluegrass festival. You'll see it there. But these guys are playing just a little too fast as they're struggling to keep it together. Slowed down would be better. Speed is no substitute for tone and dynamics. It’s not that incredible. Go to any great bluegrass festival. You’ll see it there. But these guys are playing just a little too fast as they’re struggling to keep it together. Slowed down would be better. Speed is no substitute for tone and dynamics.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/12/17/video-teenagers-tear.html#comment-359542 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-359542 more mandolin here: http://www.redstickramblers.com/ more mandolin here:

http://www.redstickramblers.com/

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