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She meets up with fans who also have it and they take selfies with their wigs off. It's really nice
Flatpicking is such a cool style, I'm really into it but I haven't learnt it really
She is an absolute star in my opinion, and her visibility as someone with alopecia, and all the work she does for it only increases the respect I have for her. Can you tell I'm a fan?
I hope to see her live some day.
Those two guys, impressive as they are, have very little actual music to offer. Their playing, on those videos, is really all technique. I would like to hear them playing a tune or two, something that will stick in the memory, something a bit looser and more improvised. They have the talent so let them play something that sounds like it has a start, a middle and an end.
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
I was (not for the first time here) going to post that same clip that @Matt_McG posted but no need now. She's awesome! But there have been and are many, many other great flatpickers.
(I flatpicked for many years and only switched to fingerpicking two or three years back. I'll probably never go back to flatpicking but that's not because I don't like it, it's just because I'm a much better fingerpicker.)
The trouble I have with bluegrass in general (outside of a song format) is its intrinsic incessant nature - a lot of it seems quite flat dynamically, no space or rest, and as you say, doesn't really go anywhere or develop. I find much of it a little soulless, especially when everyone seems to be trying to out play each other, and therefore quickly tire of listening to it. However, it is dance music after all, right?
It's a generalisation, of course, and I'm happy to accept my ignorance not having explored the genre in much depth. Molly Tuttle, for example, seems to have soul and a respect for 'weaving what the music demands'.
I'm a big fan of Julian Lage and love the stuff he does with Chris Eldridge. For me it's refreshing to see the smooth beauty of cross picking employed in a freer setting outside the traditional bluegrass confines, with plenty of improvised development and each musician sensitively supporting each other rather than trying to out class.
They do look like they're about to kiss at one point in that video
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I get what you're saying.
I prefer to listen to actual songs too. Fiddle tunes can be entertaining for a while, but the repetitive nature gets boring after a while. The concept of guitar competitions is entirely alien to me.
That said, the really great players are able to make the format interesting in almost any context. I never really get bored listening to Tony Rice, Molly Tuttle, Norman Blake, Ron Block or Kenny Smith etc.