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New Website

Hey everyone, I am getting excited as I prepare to launch a new website. As most of you know, I dismantled the Banjo Clubhouse a while ago. It was piggybacked on my business site, and I revamped it totally (the business site). The new banjo site is a bit leaner, but has some good things. It is content oriented, and will include the tutors again....Buckley, Rice, etc. Also, and very exciting to me, is the audio download section. I will have a "music store" where you can download MP3 files for a small fee. I have my Grape Vine Twist up there, and will start all over with fresh new recordings from the tutors....starting with Briggs', You will be able to buy them one at a time, or bulked together. I will supply a discount code for Ning members. Instead of recording and releasing another CD, all the material will be available for ala carte downloads. My Youtube stuff is okay, but I want to raise the quality on these recordings, using my studio equipment and not the default microphone on the camcorder.

Stay tuned!!

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Permalink Reply by Nicholas A Bechtel on March 28, 2012 at 10:49am

Tim..god bless ya for doing all this. Banjoclubhouse was what helped me get rolling in all this, I would be glad to donate some $$ on occasion for your time and effort.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Jeter on March 28, 2012 at 10:50am

Alright!!! I can vouch for the CD" Grapevine Twist" a studio recording, sounding much richer, and giving the whole palette of tones, compared to the youtube, which in comparison is in black and white.

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Permalink Reply by Paul Draper on March 28, 2012 at 10:50am

Looking forward to it!

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Permalink Reply by Ed Womack on March 28, 2012 at 11:57am

I have both of TIm's collections on mp3 and both are definitely worth acquiring.

It does appear that the age of the CD is rapidly coming to a close... I even heard from a local music store that some of the largest labels are quitting the CD business altogether this year... cylinders, 78s, LPs, cassettes, 8-tracks and now CDs have spun their final spin... but LPs seem to have made a strange comeback... hmm...

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Permalink Reply by Tim Twiss on March 28, 2012 at 1:42pm

I think it is important for the travelling guy to sell his wares at gigs.

For this situation, ala carte is perfect. The wil be SO MUCH material coming. I intend to go through all the books again methodically. Each tune two or three repetitions. If I put the whole Briggs' Book up, somebody might want just 5 or 6 of them. Surely worth the 50 cents it will cost.

Some will be dressed up and fancy....like on Grape Vine Twist, but for the most part...straight ahead, clean interpretations.