@@PowerRides thank you much and yes. You can email me at [email protected] or you should be able to find my Instagram link on YT channel and you can contact me that way if you’d like.

@@ricardohuante4729 you mean one of those short cartoons like Betty Boop?

More or less like a show show like a long story but a cartoon not like the black and white like a more 2000s early KZbin animation style I got some concept pictures as well you singing a few songs you already posted to KZbin is use the audio for a intro or possibly outro or just a split seconds of a man walking down tracks playing a banjo all credit to you dining will be listed and links to your chanle big fan of you sining big rock candy moutin and hallelujah I’m a bum

@@matbarnett2664 you’re joking right?

@kylewood4852 i meant key I guess but I found it :p

That's what I'm saying

@@Yallquietendown Thanks Bryan! I genuinely have no idea what I’m doing, just started picking weird patterns 🤣. God bless!!

@@masons215 sure I’ll try to get one together here this year lol. It’s a little unorthodox the way I pick it but it should be fun!

@@kylewood4852 please do, this one sounds awesome

@@jacobcathcart5091 that’s a very good question. When I decided to first pick one up I just studied a bunch of string bean Banjo videos on KZbin and taught myself gradually. There’s a lot of people on this platform that do beginner banjo tutorials I know. If enough people want it maybe I’ll put A little beginner banjo video together sometime.

@kylewood4852 thank you and that'd be awesome if you manage to do that as someone new that lives in an area banjos are uncommon and no teachers it means alot also learning this eventually would be cool too

@@jacobcathcart5091check out clifton hicks lessons. And use that knowledge to learn your own songs you like without a tutorial. It’s slow process at first but don’t give up along your path in a year time you’ll be so glad you stuck it out

@@sunnylumps3852 Thank you much for all your kind words, I’m glad the tutorial helped! More videos coming soon. God Bless!

Thank you much! 🙏

@@KristianMelms in this economy I might as well be lol

@@thestraitgateway I don’t know maybe lol. If not I’ll happily play my own version of it if you want

@@kylewood4852 that'll work than you

@@jotten8587 Thank you much! I’m glad it helped. 🪕

@@Calico5string1962 I’m guessing you’re not a student of Clifton Hicks huh?

@@Calico5string1962 but if that’s really all you got out of the video then God Bless I guess…?

@kylewood4852 🤣🤣 No son, I've been picking a 5-string Scruggs-style since I was 15 (I'm 62 now), so 47 years. Back in my younger-days (for "standard" tuning), I'd use an "A" (440 Hz) tuning-fork, and tune the G-string on the 2nd fret, then all the other strings by ear and fretting. Worked fine. If I didn't have the tuning-fork, I'd just tune by ear, like yer doing. These days, I use a tuning "app" on my cell phone, which works superbly! I've also been dabbling with the bass (guitar) for almost as long as the banjo. I play a Takamini acoustic/electric. So here's the deal: it's just that details matter, and words mean things. But thanks for sharing. God bless & Merry Christmas.

@Calico5string1962 oh sick. 47 years of picking ONE style out of many and yet you still haven’t learned that the D string was called the bass string for years before bluegrass was even a thing? Sir i if your banjo experience is legit then I salute you. But at the end of the day, the only thing you’re doing is being nit picky, that’s it and nothing more. “Sticks and stones break bones but words can never hurt me”. You should know that phrase right? So why do the words “bass string” hurt you? Unless you’re not as old as you say, son 🤣

"Nit-picky"? Yeah, probably so. But details matter, that's the point I'm making. Does it really matter? No, I guess not. As long as know what yer talking about. It doesn't "hurt me" at all... perhaps, I learned something new (yer never too old, ya know 😊) Literally, honest-to-God, I've simply never heard of the D-string on a banjo called a "bass string".... but maybe I've lived a sheltered life! 🤣 And yeah, I'm really that old... No kidding. My "user name" is my banjo: a custom-built, 5-string Deering, Calico model. I acquired it in 1982, direct from the Deering Banjo Company shop (in southern California). Greg Deering personally took my order. Not many can claim that! LOL Anyway, take care my friend...

@@JohnnyBoy-j5l thank y much Johnny! I’m just using a free video editing software called VN.

@@kylewood4852 thank you brother, happy new year! keep pickin'

It’s definitely one of many skills we have been slacking on as of late.

thank you much and yes I sure can!

You’re welcome, glad it helped!

@@Jon_Afton I would say no not really. I did build a baritone bottle neck gourd a while back though if you want to check that out.

@ ah I see. I am still having trouble tuning my clawhammer banjo to match your tuning but for some reason I’ve been finding it difficult. Can it be achieved with regular strings?

@@Jon_Afton i’m sure you already found your answer on my latest video but yes you can achieve the same tuning with steel strings. It’s just a little more practical with softer strings like nylon or nylguts.

@@Freddie.m249 yeah Google is worthless when it comes to finding this kind of stuff. This question has come up once before and I have yet to put out a little short explaining how I got to the tuning but I’m going to do that this week. So please feel free to check that out and if it helps you out please share it around and pass it around since plenty of others seem to be having trouble as well. Thanks for tuning in and God bless!

nah i wish i could say that lol. i just never got braces. glad it helped ya a little bit, times are tough for everyone. Their ain't no trust in anything anymore in this world I'm afraid. But I'll pray for ya to have a smooth Christmas. I'm not looking forward to it either way. It's lost all meaning. Best of luck my friend! 🙏

Yeah pick up a banjo sometime, it might just click with ya. its the most approachable stringed instrument in my book. If you pick it up and want more banjos let me know. I've made quite a few banjos for some of the good banjo folks on this platform.

you might say its the great grandfather of all banjos lol

At the end I kinda am but between versus I'm still hitting with clawhammer but I'm hitting the 3rd string open, then pulling off the 1st string on 2nd fret followed by hitting the 2nd string open, finishing off with plucking the thumb string. All in that order on repeat.

Thanks, much love my brother in Christ! I pray you guys on the Eastside are doing alright and hanging on during all this chaos.

@kylewood4852 I'm in East Texas where life is always good, ol buddy...

Will do!

Absofknlutely!

Yes bro! Any lesson learned you put out would be appreciated

Oh nice I hope thats going well! And thanks man, Stringbean was the first banjo picker I ever watched so I just assumed thats how everyone plays haha

Thanks and negative on the straw hat. This cueball head and straw don't get along well ya see lol

Thank you much!

@@kylewood4852 For sure man. Been teaching myself banjo via guitar and am especially trying to grasp/play Macon's material. You've been a fantastic resource.

@@mixmastercj100 Well I'm glad you're getting something out of these vids! Other than Leroy Troy and a few others, there's really not a whole lot of good resources to study Dave's wild picking.

@@kylewood4852 Dude, tell me about it. It's tricky right now cause I've had no problem learning stuff by ear (namely guitar and harmonica) but since it's a new instrument, figuring out the nuts and bolts of UDM has been a real doozy LOL, and there's certain songs of his I REALLY want to play in particular. Is there a particular process you have?

@@mixmastercj100 I wish I had a solid process but since 2017 all I did was keep the banjo by my side and play it every bit of free time I had (even in a coffee stand drive thru lines) until things started to click. I'd say study all the chords you can in standard tuning, Two-finger C tuning and Sawmill tuning then listen to old recordings and try making out the chords and hand placements. To be honest, in the beginning all I did was study David Akmen (Stringbean) a bunch and just get used to swifty chord progression. Lastly you might try singing the song out as it can help you pick it out sometimes. Just curious, what's one of the UDM tunes you'd like to learn?

Thanks man! This one really hits the spot.

You're telling me man. Them Yellowjackets need some anger management. That or a blunt lol.

@@kylewood4852 when I was a kid, I ran over a nest with the lawn mower, then a few hours later ran over another and they followed me inside. I must have been stung 40+ times. They put my ass in to anaphylactic shock. I thought I was gonna die on the way to the hospital. And (I've confirmed) I'm not even allergic to them. I'm cool with every other bee or wasp, but fuck a yellow jacket. Like your channel. Take care.