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What are you all talking about? All I saw was a blur.

Or a 6 year old on Christmas Eve.

I started out in the early/mid 70's with heavy stuff; Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Blue Oyster Cult, Deep Purple, Aerosmith, Montrose, Grand Funk Railroad, etc. The louder the better. I went to my first concert with my uncle in, I believe '71. Three Dog Night played at a minor league baseball stadium that was 4 blocks down the street from us. I was not impressed. It wasn't heavy enough for me at the time.

As high school was coming to a close, I found my tastes began to change. I found bands like CCR, Allman Brothers, Marshall Tucker. I liked the clean sound they had with just a touch of heavy. 

Then came the progressive type bands and also a lot of concerts. Bands like Pink Floyd, ELP, Yes, Genesis, Jethro Tull, Moody Blues, etc. I think being there and hearing it live was a major turning point in what I enjoyed. The music was smooth and melodic and still had a good strong beat to it. This was also the time when I decided I wanted to learn to play guitar and make some of that music.

In '79 I was introduced to The Grateful Dead. They seemed to wrap a lot of my musical tastes into one package, with some Blues thrown in for good measure. That was something I had never been exposed to. In '82 I started following them up and down the East Coast so I completely missed the 80's Metal era.

So to wrap up, I guess musical taste is always changing and evolving. Give me music that shows off real musical talent and ability. The 3  "power chords" songs don't do it for me anymore.  I'll take something that will get me swaying and not just foot stomping. Although I do enjoy going to a Bluegrass show now and then. That's part of the reason I decided to pick up the mandolin.

Personally, I like the Wine Red one.

WOW! And I thought I was hard on MYself.

If you're looking for some feathers, feathers I got.   Seriously. email me.

It's been 3 months so I thought I would update. They are outside the confines of the "peep run" and free ranging now.

2 of the peeps died shortly after I took the first pics. Another one disappeared a few weeks ago. Probably a hawk but I don't know for sure. It happens when you allow them yo free range.

There are 5 left but only 4 in the pic. The one has become fiercely independent and I'm guessing it's a rooster.

Yes.

I wheel and deal for everything.

When I got home yesterday I searched ebay and found they ranged from $150 to $300. The higher priced ones had snowflake inlays as fret markers.

He's only working part time right now so his money is really tight. I don't want him throwing it up on craigslist to make a couple fast bucks.

Yeah. That's how I got the first mandolin. When I said no to $150 and started to walk away, the guy just couldn't let it go and agreed to the $100

I certainly like the idea of free but would the 2 systems be compatible? Like I said, he has already gone through the learning curve of  Mixcraft. He's been using it for a couple years so I want to be sure whatever I use will work when I send him files. For all I know, all the different systems may work together but I don't know that to be a fact.

Welcome Rivercruzin, I'm going to elaborate on the above quote.

Many, many moons ago when I was just starting out, I tried to get my version to sound just like the original. I was playing with a fellow one day(in a concert parking lot) and he said something to me that I took to heart and never forgot.

"Don't necessarily try to reproduce a song exactly as xxx xxxx plays it. 'Make it your own.'"

My version of Down on the Corner doesn't sound exactly like CCR but it comes out nicely and I've had compliments on it. Just have fun and things will come together.

BTW. I'm 56 and decided to take up the Mandolin this year. You're never too old to learn. Although the learning curve on this skinny little neck seems a bit steep.  

Here's another idea.

From what I have read, each mod is limited to certain sections. So my question is; Does every mod have the ability to edit posts in every section? He/She could edit out most of the text and any links. Just leave a few words that mean nothing to anyone. Then when the mod responsible for that section logs on, they can delete it.