Hi y'all, I am looking to get my recordings up on Spotify as it's been requested of me many times now and I don't really have a local music community to ask for advice so I thought I might ask here if any fellow independent banjo players might have experience with this and might have any suggestions on where to start? At this time I have recordings that I own in wav format, and after a Google search I know I need to pick a distribution service... But as for which one to pick I'm feeling immediately intimidated and wishing I knew someone who could guide me a bit. If you've done this before, is there anything you wish you knew before you did it? Any tips for beginners? Thanks

So I've been on the hunt for my first 5 string (I have a banjo uke I got from a buddy a month or two ago), found a mb100, allegedly in like new condition for $100. This sounds like a pretty good deal to me, especially starting out.

Original hope was to get a cheap antique beater and repair it, like I have been with the uke, but for the extra up front, I think it would be worth springing for.

I want to learn clawhammer and the softer sound as opposed to bluegrass.

I want to know your thoughts - good deal? Stay away? Part for the course? Let me know.

I got my banjo uke hung up next to the goodtime finally!

Anyone attending this weekend? I posted this question before, but the headline was kinda vague…

Hi Gang,

I’ve just got a gear4music 4 string banjo as I’ve always wanted to start playing. But there’s an issue with the first two frets on each string playing the same note. I’ve checked a card on the frets like I would a guitar but can’t see any wobble or anything, and since it doesn’t look like I can change string height. Does anyone know if this is a common issue that’s easily fixed by a luthier or is it worth returning for a replacement?

I know this is a long shot but I’m visiting a buddy of mine in Philly this weekend and can’t bring a banjo. We played guitar together years ago in college and now that I play banjo mostly I’d love to rent or borrow one for the weekend if I can. Any of you mummers out there have a 5 stringer I could use for a few days?

Hello everyone! Hearing Andy Thorn's Aesop Mountain finally pushed me over the edge to buy my first banjo. I noticed that he seems to sort of strum the strings rather than picking and plucking then like you normally would. Is there name for this type of playing? Im unable to find anything by my own attempts at Google searches.

One of the interesting things about clawhammer is that melodies are constructed in such a different way to playing with other instruments, but as an absolute beginner it seems to make getting the melody you want quite complicated at times. How do you usually play two adjacent quavers/eighth notes? Drop-thumb makes it easy to go down and it's always easy to go up to high G, but going up to the next string seems hard. Do I have to use hammer-ons/pull-offs instead?

How would you play a simple scale, if you really wanted to?

Thanks!

Is anybody planning to go to banjofest in Denver this weekend?