freakydays - Posted - 08/13/2009:  02:12:07

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Hi I just started oicking less than a month ago, but now I've found out that it's highly addictive! Am I crazy`?Will I end up in a withdrawal centre? Everything except music is almost out of question! My mother says, it's a meurosis, a friend calls it mania. Are you suffering from the same mental disorder?
Many greetings, freakydays

What''s the result of teaching myself 5-string-banjo? neopsychedelic countrystyle, yellowsunshine purplegrass - who knows?

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Edited by - brokenstrings on 08/19/2009 20:15:34

1four5 - Posted - 08/13/2009:  03:12:09

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You sound pretty normal to me

Dean

CurtissWhite - Posted - 08/13/2009:  03:41:54

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freakydays, I'd give the car key to your mother and notify the police of your condition. :o) I've been there, 40 years ago. It severely affected my edumication.

Earl''s the man!
Frailin''s 999th friend!

bikebum - Posted - 08/13/2009:  05:40:38

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There are support groups for the affliction. In a lot of areas these support groups are known as 'Jam Sessions'.

Prof - Posted - 08/13/2009:  06:16:19

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Admitting you have a problem is the first step to healing.......I've admitted nothing!

Welcome to the addictive world of banjos!

Dan

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I''ve got it made in the shade if the tree don''t fall...

Gomer - Posted - 08/13/2009:  07:09:02

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Yep, still crazy after all of these years.

"ever searching for that special post-war / pre-submerged sound"

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pandjlocke - Posted - 08/13/2009:  07:35:13

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Yep, you're nutty as a fruitcake. There's no known cure. Welcome to our world.


Beware of the urgent crowding out the important - C.E. Hummel

Paddy

freakydays - Posted - 08/14/2009:  05:11:01

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Even though I'm a bit crazy, I'm feeling completely sane - isn't that normal? And I can tell you: I've found one of these remedies called jam session - but I hope I will not drive the other folks crazy because of my very limited beginner knowledge! $0 years of Woodstock - and no party!
freakydays

What''s the result of teaching myself 5-string-banjo? neopsychedelic countrystyle, yellowsunshine purplegrass - who knows?

Alan Hill - Posted - 08/17/2009:  22:47:27

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Yes its made me bonkers barmy ! terminal BAS as soon as ive bought a banjo ime looking for my next one and the wife just does not understand

alan

Alan Hill - Posted - 08/17/2009:  22:47:47

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Yes its made me bonkers barmy ! terminal BAS as soon as ive bought a banjo ime looking for my next one and the wife just does not understand

alan

Alan Hill - Posted - 08/17/2009:  22:48:31

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and i post things twice its getting worse ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

alan

justryin2play - Posted - 08/18/2009:  04:33:28

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Originally posted by freakydays

Hi I just started oicking less than a month ago, but now I've found out that it's highly addictive! Am I crazy`?Will I end up in a withdrawal centre? Everything except music is almost out of question! My mother says, it's a meurosis, a friend calls it mania. Are you suffering from the same mental disorder?
Many greetings, freakydays

What''s the result of teaching myself 5-string-banjo? neopsychedelic countrystyle, yellowsunshine purplegrass - who knows?

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There's only one known cure, box up everything banjo related and send it to me and I'll send you a certificate that you have graduated from the 12 step banjo recovery program.

Welcome aboard the crazy train, enjoy the ride.

freakydays - Posted - 08/18/2009:  23:26:16

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Hi justryin! That's how I got cigarettes when I was a schoolgirl: Took them from people who stopped smoking - always the terribly strong filterless ones. But nevertheless I never became addicted to cigarettes! freakydays

What''s the result of teaching myself 5-string-banjo? neopsychedelic countrystyle, yellowsunshine purplegrass - who knows?
I''m not a musician - I''m just a pickin'' monkey!

dmiller - Posted - 08/18/2009:  23:36:18

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Hello. My name is David, and I'm a banjoholic!. Am I in the correct meeting room?

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Banjo75 - Posted - 08/19/2009:  00:29:24

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David,

You are not addicted. You are actually just dependent. So long as you play the banjo there will be no problems, no overdose, no seizures or convulsions. Sure, your family will disown you and call you names like banjo junkie and banjo addict... but what do they know?

Stop... and who knows what the consequences might be...



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I have sung in hobo jungles, and I have sung for the Rockefellers, and I am proud that I have never refused to sing for anybody. - Pete Seeger

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dmiller - Posted - 08/19/2009:  00:53:18

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Originally posted by Banjo75

David,

You are not addicted. You are actually just dependent. So long as you play the banjo there will be no problems, no overdose, no seizures or convulsions. Sure, your family will disown you and call you names like banjo junkie and banjo addict... but what do they know?

Stop... and who knows what the consequences might be...

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HA! Actually, my family is quite supportive of my "addiction".

3 years ago, I bought a car (Subaru 4-door Sedan), even though I've kept my old pick-up truck (4-Wheel drive -- works like a "trooper' even through 3 feet of snow), and when I told my folks I had a new car (vs the truck), my Dad's first question to me was:

"That's a nice car, but - - - How many instruments will it hold??"

True story!


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Banjo75 - Posted - 08/19/2009:  01:02:32

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That is excellent. One of my favorite stories is of a guy who lived on one of the islands out in Casco Bay Maine. He won the Maine lottery pretty big and had a bluegrass band flown out to the island to play for the 1,000 or so souls living there. One of the musicians asked him why he hadn't bought himself a new truck. He replied that he did... this one was 10 years younger than the 20 year old one he used to own.

I love that story.


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I have sung in hobo jungles, and I have sung for the Rockefellers, and I am proud that I have never refused to sing for anybody. - Pete Seeger

mike gregory - Posted - 08/19/2009:  02:22:20

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At least you're just involved in PLAYING the durn things.

My compulsion, as depicted in my photo files and my Littlebanjos website, is to cobble up banjos out of ANYTHING.
Salad bowls, cooking pots, whatever.

Welcome to the HangOut.

=):{ )
Mike Gregory, Banjo Maker Infraordinaire
When I say my instruments are as good as anything Gibson or Martin ever made,
I mean MEL Gibson and DEAN Martin!


My banjos can be seen on my own website
http://littlebanjos.lunare.net

See me & my SQUARED EEL banjo on the Y''all tube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97EfvhFgRBY

Mike Greylak - Posted - 08/19/2009:  09:24:10

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what did you do in your former life to deserve this

John Allison - Posted - 08/19/2009:  10:17:59

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I prefer to refer to it as an OBSESSION not an ADDICTION or AFFLICTION. Welcome to the banjo pickers world.

Froggie
"Courage is Fear that has said its prayers.

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Edited by - John Allison on 08/19/2009 10:18:53

10gauge - Posted - 08/19/2009:  10:44:58

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People sit in front of the TV for hours each day entertaining themselves and hardly anyone thinks anything of it. You play banjo for an hour a night and all of a sudden everyone wants to call the men in white coats. Really I'm not bitter. I believe that it is the rest of the world that's crazy.

Jonathan O''bug

justryin2play - Posted - 08/19/2009:  16:33:36

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Originally posted by 10gauge

People sit in front of the TV for hours each day entertaining themselves and hardly anyone thinks anything of it. You play banjo for an hour a night and all of a sudden everyone wants to call the men in white coats. Really I'm not bitter. I believe that it is the rest of the world that's crazy.

Jonathan O''bug

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My banjo playing is the only thing keeping the men in white coats at bay, otherwise they would just barge right in and haul me off

brokenstrings - Posted - 08/19/2009:  20:15:06

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Think of it this way: Playing the banjo and being KNOWN to play the banjo builds character. You will have to be gracious in the face of stupid jokes and constant demands to play "Dueling Banjos." So keep it up! And since this topic is clearly banjo-related, I'm moving it.

Jessy

Frailaway, ladies, frailaway!

Banjo75 - Posted - 08/20/2009:  21:08:19

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I like that TV analogy. At least we are doing something productive.


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I have sung in hobo jungles, and I have sung for the Rockefellers, and I am proud that I have never refused to sing for anybody. - Pete Seeger

freakydays - Posted - 08/21/2009:  01:30:58

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Hi all! My friends and visitors have "treated" me and I have spent two banjo-free days. We had really good discussions watched freaky movies ate icecream and talked about plans and projects. TV? Yes , there is such a thing in my living room, but I forgeot to own it until a friend aof mine discovered that hidden thing, coveredwith a sheet. He's a tv-addict and hasn't watched tv since a week! This gives hope!
The car-story is great.It would be difficult to carrry a piano... .
I know why I baught an old Volswagen Camper! MIne is big enough, but too expensive (insurance, taxes, fuel) so that I can't afford to use it at the moment.
Many greetimngs, freakydays

What''s the result of teaching myself 5-string-banjo? neopsychedelic countrystyle, yellowsunshine purplegrass - who knows?
I''m not a musician - I''m just a pickin'' monkey!

mcmanus - Posted - 08/21/2009:  05:00:38

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There is no going back! Once you start you're done. You are now a addict!

mybote - Posted - 08/21/2009:  07:04:15

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After awhile , there will be a footnote when you are introduced to new people. "This is the girl I was telling you about. The one who plays the banjo." You will always be walking around the house with a banjo strapped around your neck, Just noodling, playing things you hear in your head. It will be apart of your identity...........an extension of your former sane self. I just enjoy the ride.

freakydays - Posted - 08/24/2009:  02:21:05

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Hi! My environment is pretty strange: My best friends want me in their band even though I can only play one song, my family is afraid of losing the flat bevuase of me practicing during the wekend while visting them, poeple on the trains react differently: Afraid of bombs in a strange bag or fascinated: "Hey, what's in there ? May I have a look at THis THING?"
freakydays

What''s the result of teaching myself 5-string-banjo? neopsychedelic countrystyle, yellowsunshine purplegrass - who knows?
I''m not a musician - I''m just a pickin'' monkey!

freakydays - Posted - 08/24/2009:  06:49:08

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And now I have to work so hard that I'm happy to be able to practice 20 minutes per day! I can never sleep more than 6 hours!
freakydays

What''s the result of teaching myself 5-string-banjo? neopsychedelic countrystyle, yellowsunshine purplegrass - who knows?
I''m not a musician - I''m just a pickin'' monkey!

Lonestar Newb - Posted - 08/24/2009:  07:59:43

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I studied every evening for 4 months for my state masters license. By the time I took my test, I had become completely un-addicted to TV. I couldn't stand the idea of sitting down in front of that idiot box for hours every day after work. That's when I decided to start learning to pick the banjo. There's no question how I feel about my choice now.

Russ

Tommy5 - Posted - 08/24/2009:  17:42:14

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The pursuit of perfection leads to maddness!