GrassTalkRadio.com - Episode 135 Guest Host: Stewart Crawford   This globe-spanning episode is our first listener hosted show. Stewart Crawford, banjoist in Australia, presents the story of bluegrass down under and outlines some excellent improvisation c.

GrassTalkRadio.com - Episode 134 Paradise and Paradox   This episode covers a wide range of topics beginning with my recent return visit to Picker's Paradise. I talk about fried chicken, Col. Sander's Mandolin Band, the R.Q. Jones reso guitar, jamming, s.

GrassTalkRadio.com Bonus Episode 07   Strike While The Iron Is Hot   In this short bonus episode I am opening a door for you. Listen to the episode and don't wait around. You need to contact me soon.   Whether you are a beginning picker, an experienced .

GrassTalkRadio.com - Episode 133 Your Questions   This week I answer a pile of emails I have received from listeners. We talk banjo strings, what bass fiddle to buy, mandolin barre chords, how long do strings last and a lot more! Luckily, nobody asked "H.

GrassTalkRadio.com - Episode 132 Stage Patter and Talk   A huge chunk of your on-stage persona is created when you step up to a microphone and say something. Something pithy. Something funny. Something poignant. Make it count. Listen to this episode wher.

GrassTalkRadio.com - Episode 131 Capo Talk   Capos have been around for a very long time and are extremely useful in playing fretted instruments. It's funny that their use is almost required in bluegrass if you play banjo or guitar. But they are heavily .

GrassTalkRadio.com - Episode 130 Recording Options   This episode continues on the theme I started in Episode 129. In this show I talk more specifically about the options you have for recording. There are four levels beginning with the simple portable re.

GrassTalkRadio.com - Episode 129 Recording Basics   This episode is the first installment in a short series on home recording. In this introduction I discuss the difference between analog and digital, why we record, and talk some about older technologies.

GrassTalkRadio.com - Episode 128 Should I Just Give Up?   This episode has two topics. After giving you a rundown of the trials and tribulations of starting up my own bluegrass jam session--with four weeks under our belts-- I answer a listener's question.

GrassTalkRadio.com - Episode 127 Nobody Bats a Thousand!   After two years of steady podcasting I have discovered a lot of similarities between the art of podcasting and the art of learning to make good music.   One of the ten similarities I discuss in .