Are mandolinists just the nicest (and most talented) people in music? This video put a HUGE smile on my face after a long week. Hope all is well David! Chris
@WyattEllis3 ай бұрын
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@gibson26233 ай бұрын
NO. Real men use guitars
@leafophonist2 ай бұрын
1 listen to a lot of music 2 play by ear 3 play along with recordings 4 play with other musicians 5 find a community 6 take lessons 7 make practice actionable 8 record yourself 9 practice a little every day 10 practice what excites you
@ryangunwitch-black3 ай бұрын
Nah. No thanks. I’m just gonna keep buying mandolin accessories and $35 picks. 😂
@evanseymour41723 ай бұрын
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@WyattEllis3 ай бұрын
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@cliffsandifer38773 ай бұрын
35 $ picks?.......happy sales staff, I bought 100 picks for 14$
@charlesmontgomery70023 ай бұрын
Like Sierra said, David, YOU rock! Thanks for your huge contribution to the mandolin community!
@WyattEllis3 ай бұрын
He does!
@bruceclawson28883 ай бұрын
Wyatt moves his right arm mainly from his wrist, David from his elbow. I’m sure personal style/preference determine which joint is used to move the pick. Please share your thoughts on this.
@brendastafford96493 ай бұрын
Thank you, thank you David! Your videos are always so much fun and so inspiring! (loved the show at the Bijou in Knoxville, Wyatt & Sierra! 🙂)
@opaisy3 ай бұрын
Wyatt is so talented and well spoken beyond his years! Watching his progress on the Internet has been inspiring! Motivates me to stop making excuses for why I don't play/ learn enough.
@WyattEllis3 ай бұрын
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@pertinaciousD3 ай бұрын
What Wyatt has got in a handful of years I’ve not been able pick up in decades, it’s enough to (almost) make me hand up my mandolin and settle for just listening to great music. I just never figured out how some people play with that level of fluidity and ease, that mandolin really sings.
@WyattEllis3 ай бұрын
Keep going. Get to slowing things down on KZbin and also join some online group classes.
@pertinaciousD3 ай бұрын
@@WyattEllisslowing down is definitely needed.
@keithalexander71893 ай бұрын
Great advice, fascinating interview and a wonderful little duet. So many great musicians cite playing along to recordings, and I wonder if that’s self selecting because my impression is it takes so much work and ability to be able to do that- though these days with KZbin looping and slowing tools it’s a bit more accessible!
@mikegospe52663 ай бұрын
David, a great video! Great to get tips from Wyatt, and backstage with Sierra (one of my bluegrass heroes). Thanks for taking us along on your trip.
@bob-rogers3 ай бұрын
Great video. It's amazing how much young people are pushing the boundaries of musical performance. The Peace Center is a great venue. It's named after Mr. Bony Peace, publisher of the Greenville News in the early 1900s. FWIW, the building in the background at 6:30 is part of the Governor's School for the Arts.
@smileyfdave3 ай бұрын
It would really nice to find out what mic set up they have on their mandolin in the jam with Sierra.
@tommyleebaker13 ай бұрын
LR Baggs Radius pickups for sure. It' highly likely that the condenser mic clip ons are DPA 4099. I use the Radius with an AT 350 mic.
@WyattEllis3 ай бұрын
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@BryanClark-gk6ie3 ай бұрын
Did you get scared standing on the bridge at the first of the movie and do you think if you had a accident and dropped the instrument do you think it would break it inside the case.
@ricklarsen8523 ай бұрын
What an outstanding interview and video!! And great tips as well, Wyatt! Thank you and David, and Ms Sierra as well! 👏👏
@WyattEllis3 ай бұрын
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@tomhart69623 ай бұрын
So Forked is a two syllable word? Never knew. Saw Wyatt on Zoom for Monroe Mandolin Camp in 2020. Such incredible improvement!
@WyattEllis3 ай бұрын
That’s how I learned. All online 🤜🏼🤛🏼
@davidfast51693 ай бұрын
David-it looks like both you and Wyatt are packing Hoffee cases. Any reason you went with Hoffee over something like the Caltons?
@WyattEllis3 ай бұрын
Mine is a Northfield Airloom gifted from C.J. Lewandowski on my Opry Debut. It is very light.
@clawhammer7043 ай бұрын
David your mandolin has excellent tone. Don’t never sell that mandolin. It’s got that cutting tone. Who’s the maker.
@dr.p36373 ай бұрын
Apitius. Incredible mandos by an incredible luthier! And David makes it sound beyond incredible.
@mattparksmusic3 ай бұрын
WYATT!!! I just saw him in Chattanooga opening for Sierra Hull! What a monster young player!
@nickroberts-xf7oq3 ай бұрын
😉 They recorded this just before. 😊
@sonjatoutenhoofd86967 күн бұрын
I keep watching this video over again! So inspiring as I learn the mandolin. Thank you!
@gregrohrer71363 ай бұрын
David, thanks for the interesting video. Very helpful. Wyatt is so mature for his age. I liked the chords you were using for Forked Deer. Do you have a video for that?
@nickroberts-xf7oq3 ай бұрын
Y'all sound awesome together ! W 😮 W ! 👏 🎶 🎻 🏆 🎉
@Peter-fu7jl3 ай бұрын
I want to get faster better on the mandolin.
@shelbyray56232 ай бұрын
Just started picking up a mandolin and I'm obsessed. My granddaddy was a mandolinist, and he played in festivals and even played alonside Ricky Skaggs at Renfro Valley once, here in my home state of Kentucky. I can't wait to deep dive and really start putting more effort and passion into the artistry that is mandolin playing. Thanks so much for a great video and greater advice! 💙
@willie10273 ай бұрын
Thanks for the video. The interview was great as was the playing.
@charliejordan66492 ай бұрын
Fantastic advice and inspiration to play the mandolin more, wish I started 60 years ago. It is great learning more songs, but remembering them is my problem.
@chrisjacobs55703 ай бұрын
Great video, thanks David! It was really nice to get to know Wyatt a little better and he's such a nice young dude. I hope you got a lot out of your lesson. ;)
@Sincoola273 ай бұрын
What was the first tune they played on the park bench??
@WyattEllis2 ай бұрын
Southern Flavor
@Sincoola272 ай бұрын
@@WyattEllis yes! Thank you. What a great tune
@s.williamc.Ай бұрын
You guys are awesome! Thanks!
@Desdemo17 күн бұрын
Does anyone know the song at 10:15 please?
@BanjoBen2 ай бұрын
Great job on this video in every way, brother!
@ameliapalmer4327Ай бұрын
A list of who we should listen to!¿list list we need names.
@derekflanders86452 ай бұрын
Reedy falls is one of our favorite places to go
@artsie82823 ай бұрын
This young man is amazing. David is my go to person for all things Mando.
@WyattEllis3 ай бұрын
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@RobertRoweMusic3 ай бұрын
Great set of tips from all of you! Currently self-learning mandolin, but I teach bowed strings and 'uke, and share these tips to my students regularly!
@tolpiteeyeq5832Ай бұрын
Can someone tell me the song they played on “pick a tune”
@ptworkshopmusic72293 ай бұрын
Thanks! Great stuff. A general question you might have already covered somewhere: All of these top notch players have a lot of speed and clean picking. Do they set their mandos up with low action or what do you recommend?
@WyattEllis3 ай бұрын
Mine is low but not too low
@ptworkshopmusic72293 ай бұрын
@@WyattEllis Thank you! Appreciate the direct reply!
@stefanosantangelo44842 ай бұрын
Thank you David
@jmtab3 ай бұрын
Loved everything about this David. Proud to be one of your Patreons.
@Koosh19843 ай бұрын
Wow!! I went to this show as a new sierra fan. They both blew me away. I’m trying to learn mandolin. Do you know any place to get lessons in the upstate?
@WyattEllis3 ай бұрын
Start online!!
@elisabethl41973 ай бұрын
Thanks so much for taking the time to make this video! You all three are a huge inspiration drive for me in my playing!
@foractivedogs91683 ай бұрын
I absolutely loved this video. Thanks so much for being who you are David and for sharing your love of this incredible instrument with the rest of us!
@WyattEllis3 ай бұрын
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@cliffsandifer38773 ай бұрын
" awesome", 'rock" seems a staple of the rhetoric with these fellas
@WyattEllis3 ай бұрын
It’s not a coincidence 🤘🎸
@ChrisHenryVideos3 ай бұрын
Excellent video!
@johncullen52303 ай бұрын
Amazing Great playing .Love that👏
@WyattEllis3 ай бұрын
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@FondaHancock-l8g3 ай бұрын
Thank you for the video. I was at the Wyatt / Sierra concert in Greenville. They were both awesome.
@WyattEllis3 ай бұрын
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@FondaHancock-l8g3 ай бұрын
@@WyattEllis Someday I will get to tell my grandchildren that I saw you playing with Sierra Hull in a small venue in Greenville when you were 15. I will always remember this particular event as one of my favorite.