I'm a self taught, left-handed musician. My main instrument is acoustic guitar but I also play electric guitar, bass guitar, ukulele, and keyboard. My most recent additions that I'm learning are drums and mandolin. More recently, I've branched out with content on my channel and included more hiking videos and vlogs!
The Instrument Family: Acoustic Guitar: Baby Taylor BT1 Electric Guitar: Fender Player Stratocaster Bass Guitar: Ibanez GSRM20L Mikro Ukulele: Kala KA-15S Soprano Ukulele Keyboard: Casio CTK-573 Drums: Rogers drums Mandolin: Galveston F-style Mandolin
I do have footage through the rest of the trip, I just haven't edited it all yet. Part of my footage was corrupted for the next day that's to be posted and I got really unmotivated because of it... eventually I should go back and finish the series 😅
thank you so much for this excellent tutorial dude ! :) you are a great help to me ! Cause i need this for my band so i can show this bass tab to my bass player "Ian" so he can play bass on this song for our show we are gonna put on for everybody when we go busking cheers ! :)
I like your videos more when you have commentary and explanations. I still love seeing your work. I will be following in your footsteps in December as we cruise through the Panama Canal!
I agree it's more engaging for people who weren't on the trip when I include more commentary, I just decided not to as much for this trip because it takes considerably more work on the back end for me to edit it all (and as much as I got behind with NOLS I wanted to make it more manageable on myself). I hope that. trip goes well!
@@AlsleumMusic You are 100% correct. The amount of work after filming is dramatic. Even editing photos is time consuming, but much less so than video. Keep up the great work.
@@AlsleumMusic I'm sure that everyone was thrilled that you documented the trip (both NOLS and Costa Rica). It is a lot of work and people don't appreciate that fact. But they love to see what you have done!
Can’t thank you enough for making these! Going on a 2 month NOLS course in Alaska this summer and it’s great see a little of what it’s like before going
Patty has done backpacking and outdoorsy stuff for most of her life, at least 30 years. She's been a NOLS instructor for at least 10 years but I forget when she started. She's amazing!
I'm not sure. I think the abundant snowmelt makes it a great environment for mosquitoes, and the high altitude keeps away most any predators. Besides a few marmots, we saw very few animals during this summit day. Birds, bats, and fish can be predators to mosquitoes, but they don't thrive at those altitudes. There wasn't much diversity in plants either, since not many things grow above tree line. Though the mosquitoes are quite abundant in any elevation of the Wind River Range. Good question, I honestly don't know the answer to it myself.
@@AlsleumMusic Female mosquitoes need to drink/eat blood, where are the mammals for so many to feast on? These questions may never get complete answers. Alexa says it has been a wet summer and mosquitoes are prevalent around livestock watering holes. I'm guessing there are a lot of livestock in Wyoming!?
@@kenbaxter819 Yes, we saw quite a few cows on the bus ride to/from the course. There's also a lot of horses and ranches for those so maybe they get some of their fix there?
Inner? I tried my best, I filmed this well over a year and a half ago after only having played drums for about 2 months. I was proud of it at the time but my skill level has hopefully improved since then. Thanks for watching nonetheless!
I’m still enjoying the video documentation of your NOLS experience. I sense a lethargy in the group. Maybe the day to day grind of the same old thing is wearing thin on these young adults. I’m guessing that 11 days without internet and social media is the longest any of them have been “disconnected”
@@AlsleumMusiclol I’m actually going this year (couldn’t make it last year) I was wondering if you had any advice for Wind River, like things you would’ve known before hand.
Glad you ate a fish. Imagine Louis and Clark, they had to find food every day. Again with the beautiful scenery!!! Why are some People wearing head nets and some not? I’m guessing the mosquitoes are not picky and will bite anyone.
Yes, the scenery was the best part of being there. I wish we could've eaten more fish. The mosquito head nets were personal preference. A lot of people wore them often. I brought one but never used it, I didn't like the decreased visibility with having to look through the netting. I kept the mosquitos off by just putting a lot of bug repellent on my face/head.
@@AlsleumMusic I know you guys complained about the abundance of mosquitoes, but it seemed like there were less as you got higher in elevation, is that true?
@@kenbaxter819 Hm, as a general rule of thumb probably, I just know they were always present. Near water and during the day they were the most frequent, I don't remember exactly how it attributed to elevation.
@@AlsleumMusic Maybe you guys got use to having them around and using DEET or head net. Either way, the views in 360 degrees always seemed magnificent. I really envy your trip experience.
The guy below me who said the surroundings offset the hardships: you can’t see anything w the mosquitoes buzzing around you. I also miss summer sausage unironically
@@AlsleumMusic Jacob: Not bad, settling into college life. A little bit of self discovery and just adjustment but making it work. I hope you're doing well! Jackson: Doing well. School is kind of a lot of work already but I'm adjusting to it. How about you?
I like the subtitles so I can be sure of what I heard! The video’s sharpness is great (Thanks GoPro). Your vistas are so amazing, I want to go see them myself. But, then I remember my acute aversion to mosquitoes! Mac is very good in front of the camera! It is hard for me to understand the food choices. I would be selecting high calorie, high protein, low maintenance (very little prep, especially ingredients). But, you guys are doing great with the food you did bring. Who got to eat the fish? I love viewing these videos, you did a fantastic job of capturing and telling the story!
Thank you, I'm glad you appreciate the subtitles! They're a lot of work, but definitely beneficial. For the meal options, we didn't get a choice in what was brought. Just a few personal snacks is all we had choice in. I agree the food was a bit problematic at times, but we did the best with what we were given! That fish we released. I'm glad you're enjoying watching!
My thoughts immediately after viewing your work: 1. Fly fishing is done on rivers, not lakes. The idea is to cast the fly out and let it drift down the river for the fish to bite. 2. Mixed nuts would be better snack than Gold Fish crackers. 3. Whatever hardships you encountered are offset by the amazing surroundings (mountains, Moose, flowers, clean air). 4. I really like the end where you tell us what is coming up the next day. 5. Mosquitoes are food for so many predators, but I hate the nasty little bloodsuckers and their disease-carrying saliva! Bats, lizards, birds, frogs, etc. need the damn things for their diet. 6. Video is sharp, but it moved around a lot more than I remember the earlier episodes.
1. That makes sense, that would've been good to know in the field 😅 2. I had some of both, I brought goldfish moreso for morale 3. Definitely! 6. I think I had an auto stabilize setting turned on for the first few days then it accidentally got disabled somehow, so the footage from this day forward may be more shakey unfortunately.
