The oldtime banjo blog from Kiel

This is what we´ll do in Kiel: Monday, 22nd Oct.: Workshop in Felde near Kiel in the "Felder Seegarten" , a local pub. We can begin in the afternoon or early evening. Closing time is 10 pm. Tuesday, 23rd of Oct.: Workshop in Flintbek near Kiel in the "Flintbeker Bahnhof" , a pub at the local railway station. No closing time known ;-) Both workshops will not consist of lessons, but as far as I understand Patrick´s concept, they´re about making music together - and we will make music together! Again: Both workshops/jamsessions are not only for experienced musicians but directly aimed at beginners or intermediates who want to make music together. Which music? Folkmusic, the kind Patrick shows in his videos, books and podcasts at his blog .

Damit der Rest der Welt mitbekommt, was sich hier tut, diesmal gleich auf Englisch: As you can read on Patricks "blog" on his site (look for the text of Sept. 30th) he will go to Germany and afterwards back to Norway from where he will be leaving Europe. Sadly, there´s no time for the UK. I regret this very much because of Danny, Dick and the other guys from England and Scotland who expected him so much. But I think Patrick´s reason is very much ok. He cannot do half of Europe in two weeks. But Danny, Dick and the other guys? OK boys (and girls?)! We start a second project: It´s called "Let´s Haul the UK-Frailers to Kiel!" My encouragement to all of you who were eager to meet not only Patrick but the other frailers: Come over to Kiel! Workshops are arranged for Monday 22nd and Tuesday 23rd. You may arrive any time you like. There should be cheap flights from London/Stanstead to Hamburg/Lübeck. We could try to pick you up and bring you back from/to the airport (abou...

To keep the english speaking world informed: I already worked out a schedule based on the cheapest flights. It depends on Patrick if he's willing to do all the travelling in the 2 weeks time he's over here. Because Danny seems to be away over the weekend I guess I can let u know that Patrick's flying in to Norway on the 15th of octobre and leaves on the 31st. Between these dates we're trying to get him over to Kiel and London - there are some pretty cheap flights by Ryanair. Let's see what happens over the weekend... It's a tough task to keep up to date what happens in the different movements, so the best way to keep informed is visiting this blog, Patricks blog and Dannys blog. the three links: http://tangiersound.wordpress.com (Patrick) http://madgeniusmusic.wordpress.com (Danny) http://banjo-kiel.blogspot.com (Wolfgang (the other DoD) and me) Cheers Daniel

Here you can see and hear Patrick announcing his visit to Europe and the idea behind free workshops, jams etc.

1) Er kommt (jedenfalls) nach Europa. Er wird nicht nur sein Banjo mitbringen, sondern auch seine Gitarre (eine Dobro) und damit Folk- und Blues-Techniken vermitteln, z. B. den von ihm sog. "subway-shuffle". (Was das ist, kann man auf seiner website und dort im blog nachlesen. Ihr müsst halt dort ein bisschen rumstrollen und suchen.) 2) Patrick wird am 15.10. von Baltimore nach Norwegen fliegen und am 31.10. von Norwegen zurück nach Baltimore . Er schreibt u.a.: "As the German and UK groups start planning, keep in mind that not everything has to be some kind of organized workshop. Maybe there is something I can do to help a community like visiting a school, a hospital or playing at a church supper." Also Fans des Folk, Blues und vor allem des Banjos: Denkt Euch was aus! Gibts ne Schule mit einem Blues-Arbeitskreis? (ok, war nur mal ne Frage) Oder ne Kirche mit nem Banjo-Fan als Pastor? Oder ein Krankenhaus mit ner Musikabteilung (nein, nicht für die Musikknochen ...

Langsam trudeln die ersten Emails von "Unterstützern" ein. Könnten aber durchaus noch mehr sein ;-) Accomodation dürfte ok gehen. Wir brauchen aber noch viel mehr Leute, die Lust auf Banjo-Lernen oder Banjo-Spielen haben. Schließlich sollen es ja ein oder zwei Workshops mit Sessioncharakter werden. Besonders möchte ich um die musikalischen Anfänger werben. Egal ob Banjo oder Gitarre (Patrick hat auch ein (opensource-) Heft über die Folk-Gitarre geschrieben - und auch schon eine kleine Anleitung für Mundharmonica verbreitet). Einzige Vorassetzung ist eigentlich, dass ein Instrument vorhanden ist. Patrick zeigt die Techniken besonders gerne Leuten, die gerade erst anfangen zu spielen - oder es von Null an lernen wollen. Und für die Fortgeschrittenen z. B. am Banjo hat er die Schmankerln wie "playing rests", "the fat bastard lick", "Foggy Mountain Fakedown" etc, pp. Also verbreitet diesen blog massenhaft! Damit sich ein paar Leute zusammenfinden -...

As I wrote, Patrick is going to Norway first, then Germany. "We" would fund the trip from Norway to Germany, some days here and the trip to UK afterwards. Daniel found out that there is a RyanAir flight from Oslo to Bremen at just 23,90 €. We will manage it, if there is enough interest in making music together! I always envied the US music scene for having so many sessions for folk musicians - even at beginner levels. Now we ´ve got the chance...