What’s This All About?
Welcome to another edition of what I hope becomes a regular habit for me. I want to use this platform to update my students about my musical activities, thoughts, challenges, and show how I approach living a musical life as a busy dad and husband. My goal is to give you real-life examples of how to think about and structure your musical life, including practice, learning new musical ideas, pitfalls, and sharable moments. I spend most of my waking life thinking about music, practicing music, playing music, performing, or teaching music. How does that all fit into a busy family life? That’s what we’ll explore in these semi-weekly updates.
The Video - Bluegrass Coalition Song - Cattle in the Cane
This week’s format is a little different. I wanted to demonstrate a few sounds to go along with the thoughts this time.
I’m casually working on a new-to-me, but a classic Bluegrass tune, called “Cattle in the Cane.” Check out the Bluegrass Coalition details here, and I hope some of you will join me in submitting a break or two (I’m working on guitar and mandolin).
Let me know if you want specific ideas and how I am thinking about putting together my breaks for this. There are so many possibilities with this tune!
Here’s a great version of the tune in the same key:
Pick on!
- Justin Martinez
