Sharon Gilchrist here, reporting in to lovers of music, life and the mandolin via cyberspace. WELCOME to my youtube channel. Here you will find videos of me playing music & talking about all things mandolin.
I teach 5 mandolin courses available for subscription at www.pegheadnation.com. Here, I'll be uploading videos detailing course descriptions & tips on how to get the most out of each Peghead mandolin course. Enter code: SharonLand to receive one free month when subscribing to any of my mandolin courses.
Here, you can view my new VLOG series titled, "MANDOS, CARS & COFFEE" where you can join me & a featured mandolinist for a ride around town, a cuppa joe, some shop talk & few friendly tunes. This VLOG series is a co-production between myself & Darol Anger - mastermind of the octave mandolin, violin & fiddle.
Contact me for private lessons, gigs, recording sessions at: vaqueragilchrist@yahoo.com. Thanks for stopping by & peering into my personal slice of the worldwide web.
Woah I'm view number one. Sounds like a great course. So important and undervalued too. I think about this kind of stuff constantly when I'm playing and am always trying to find ways to make every song unique in a subtle way. I think a lot about Ringo Starr's drumming with the Beatles. One of the few drummers where he really gave every song something subtly unique, yet still appropriate to the grove. I feel like a lot of guitarists miss out on this as well. Personally I don't use chord inversions very much but I do alternate the voicings and rhythm quite a bit, and will alternate between things like chops and arpeggios between verse and chorus etc. That kind of thing. I also use a lot of tremolo, as long as someone else is holding down the rhythm, especially for slower songs. And this is a side topic kind of but, when it comes to mixing up your backup playing, there's always just dropping out. Actually it's kind of a pet peeve of mine, especially with groups of 5 or more people, when everyone plays 100% of the time in every song. People got to be reminded that it's ok to not play, but you have to think creatively about when not to. And as far as technique goes maybe there's not much to teach. But man I wish more people were taught it.
I had Mike Marshall in my car once. I picked him up from Heathrow to take him to Sorefingers Summer School. I didn't know he had an instrument in my car worth a lotta lotta $$$$$$
Coulda benefited from more editing...? I would deem this not entirely successful. "What were we talking about?" "I don't know." Either do I... Seems like he couldn't wait to get outta the car.
Maybe its like all the ppl who jumped on the idea of having a yt channel yrs ago and later discovered it was a lot of work providing content, takes time and rewards are minimal. Russ Carson comes to mind.
I was at Minieracustica 2023 Camp in Urbino, Italy, last August, attending classes by Darol Anger, Grant Gordy, Dirk Powell and Sharon Gilchrist. I suddenly fell in love with this great musician, a beautiful charming lady. I thank her for the superb music she played for us and for all the suggestions she gave us in order to learn better mandolin skills, and especially I thank her and will remember her for her sweet smile. Pier
I travelled from the UK in 2015 to attend the Mandolin Symposium in Santa Cruz, California, when I attended several of Sharon's classes. I found her to be a superb teacher and she is definitely one of those that has really helped me develop as a mandolin player.
excellent vlog and fun! Most mando players play super fast - so that's it...the coffee!!! I prefer the banjo actually and getting to learn a lot from them mando players!! haha...thanks for sharing!
it's been many years ago I met Sharon at a Mando Camp and she is such a humble and talented woman. She always has a smile, always encouraging to students, always a teacher, can't say enough about her. Wish someday I could perform with her somewhere. Great Audi too. thanks for sharing, Sharon!
Hi, Sharon. Thanks for opening comment. It’s been a long long time since I left Nashville. I checked out your biography sometimes and found out what you have been doing officially. I was secretly proud of you played with my heroes and enjoyed listening to you. On the other hand, I was afraid to be getting shot all my holy cows. I still playing the guitar only, getting miserable experience from my son in his rebellious stage. I read translation of this video and confused like Dawg. People need more understanding hopefully ! I will comment you more often. Nice to talk to you. Thank you.
Loved it… congrats on the new vlog! The icing on the cake was seeing that you are using my friend Jim Childress’ tune ‘Road to Malvern’ as your theme tune! That tune is really making the rounds!
Good thing it’s Mandos yer pickin’ in that Audi, or someone’s liable to lose an eye! (Imagine how funny it would be if someone tried to do this with fiddles...) But seriously, excellent job and great insightful content for the mando-obsessed tribe. Your intro was also beautifully written, Sharon.
Congratulations on the new podcast, Sharon! Well done, and here's looking forward to the next installment. 2 (or actually 3) Gilchrists in an Audi TT? Add coffee and we have MC&C #1! I was hoping to see Joe get back to see those mandos again...
Fun! These folks are as humble and thoughtful as they are musically accomplished. We also are very lucky they are so dedicated to high-quality teaching, and to working hard at perfecting that art as well. Thank you, Sharon and Joe!
