holy grass for the church doors (clawhammer banjo)
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- Опубліковано 9 вер 2024
- Hi! I stumbled upon another fun tuning, this time its in sawmill tuning (fDGCD) but a capo on the first fret. Sounds really cool, and again a little idea quickly arrived. I'm beginning to think any tuning outside of double C is giving me bursts of creativity!! :) If I have enough of these I'll try to record them all more properly and make some kind of album or collection out of them, that would be fun I think. Take care everyone :)
Ive never heard anyone play the banjo like you do. Its a completely serene and vibrant soundscape. It envokes feelings in me that are deep, but not heavy.
Its been nice to see your face in more videos (:
Please keep sharing and I'll keep coming back. Thanks for the inspiration 🩷
Wow, what kind words of you to say, Danielle. I have to say I've been struggling with doubts about my abilities as a musician for as long as I have been playing and making songs, but hearing things like this actually help so much in trying to understand that there is some value in trying to create. Thank you very much for your comment, I so appreciate your kindness. Also, likewise!! You're an incredible artist yourself :)
@@tgp4871 Your sounds deeply emote and are so moving. You seem like a really special person and your uniqueness and originality really comes through in your music ☺️ I come back often to listen and feel part of that.
Thanks for being vulnerable and sharing that struggle. I can completely relate. I've always had crippling anxiety around my music, I feel like I'm always chasing the dragon of the few times my music had paused my restless mind. My anxiety has rarely made me feel good enough, and all the progress feels so gradual that it can feel like swimming through mud - so seeing the growth can be hard. I gave up for many years and started playing again 2 years ago. I still only play every so often... I feel like if I played more I'd be a lot better. But at least I'm playing again 🥺
There must be some sort of lesson in all the challenging feelings we navigate. I hope that you're gentle with yourself and your journey leads you to a place that you can clearly see and feel how beautiful your music is 🌸
Thanks for letting me rant in this little box in your comment section 🫶🏼
@@danielle.rebelle I relate to all of that. It's a shame that basically all fundamentally human things have turned competitive. Feels like all this stuff that we are supposed to just do and experience together, like dancing or singing or drawing or playing instruments or writing or whatever else, has gone from being something that is as natural to us as eating or sleeping to another part of life where you need to constantly show receipts that you're progressing and that you somehow stand out from the rest in some unique way. Under those incredibly stressful circumstances, creating anything you love is just impossible. It's this societal shift where literally every single corner of your life, from your hobbies to your work to your relationships to your financial situation and all the rest needs to be optimized and constantly improving. Of course all this takes work, way too much of it actually. Creativity is supposed to be a refuge from all that but with the above line of thinking it's just another pressure point. I really had to try to give up that idea that I was supposed to sound a certain way and practice relentlessly to stick out. Trying to prove something everytime you pick up an instrument becomes such an absolute chore, it's awful and runs contrary to everything I think music and whatever other creative avenues there are is all about. Practicing to learn something new and getting better can be fun and exciting, but when it feels mandatory to proving you're worthy of calling yourself a musician it's absolutely wrong in every way. I think in those moments it's probably better to actively resist trying to improve until the thinking and feeling on it changes. Just picking up a banjo and strumming it a little while clearing your mind and listening to the birds is enough. Feeling the instrument, listening to the sounds it makes and carrying the weight of it is all enough. There is absolutely nothing to prove, it's just an illusion, a stupid idea that ruins everything fun about music. All of this is stuff I'm still trying to learn again and again, it's really hard to make it stick, but it helps hearing from other people who feel the same way.
Thank you again for your kind words, I can only compliment you and your playing the same way. I'm happy that you picked up the banjo again, and hope to see you keep at it. I might have countered your rant with an even longer one here, you'll have to excuse me :) Take care!!
@@tgp4871Awe, you're a real one!
I can appreciate everything you have to say about this, it's insightful. Colonial mentality runs deep. I'm unlearning, deconstructing and undoing, to rebecome myself. Remembering my purpose has been a journey. You're right, it feels like so much work just to make things feel easy. I feel like I put myself through mental bootcamp to try to be the best person I can be, and be the best at everything, but all I want to do is just be.
Affirmations are important - thanks for sharing some of yours. I tell myself that I don't owe anyone anything. I don't owe anyone prettiness, perfection, self-mastery, masking, agreeableness... I remind myself that I don't exist in this world to put on a show for others - I'm here to express, not impress 🌻
Thanks in return for your kind words, they mean a lot! I actually picked up the banjo for the first time 2 years ago - and that's what inspired me to play again. I think all my videos except my latest 2 are from my first year of playing 🪕 I only played 🎸 before.
My UA-cam moniker is also my FB and Insta pages, no pressure of course, but reach out if you felt inclined to be connected✌🏼
Take it easy, have a lush night! 😌🌱
Oh, that's awesome, I love it! It kind of reminds me of when I've tuned to open-G but then tuned the fifth string down a half to F# to play sparkly dissonant stuff in A, D, or E major. Except your tuning is a lot prettier, at least the way you play it! Keep on experimentin'! 😁
Thank you very much, Stanley!! That sounds really fun, I will definitely try this out 😊 you keep on experimenting as well, checked out ur channel and its sounding stellar!! Subscribed :)
I love this, it's super inspiring creatively and incredibly beautiful
Thank you so much, I really enjoy your stuff as well (especially your cover of Indian Summer, Wow!!) 😊
Nice 👍
Thanks!!
so recently I feel tired of people just talking and talking and talking and etc. there are not a one king of conversations, and some of em surely take your mental energy away not bringing anything positive in your life back. its been quite a long time since I aint felt so bothered as I feel now. was look for a tutorial for my work project, but YT algorithm brought me to your shimmery dream. two minutes passed by, so did my bad feelings. thx ❤
Thank you dearly, it warms my heart to read your comment. Was having a bit of rough day myself but you turned it around! I hope your situation gets calmer and easier 🥰
Sure does sound pretty.
Thank you very much 😊