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Bill Jester left a comment for Kevin Justice"So Kevin, will we see you next week at the Kaufman event? We'll Make you a pallet on the floor if you need it."
Andrew left a comment for Kevin Justice"Thought you might be interested in hearing about Princeton Area Pickers, a new Meetup.com group . We hope to establish a regular bluegrass-old time-country jam in the Princeton area. Join us at http://www.meetup.com/Princeton-Area-Pickers/"
Kevin Justice replied to Nanessence's discussion OK, who here is a Kamp veteran? in the group Kaufman Kamps"I did week 2 in 2005 for mandolin ... and week 2 in both 2006 and 2008 for flatpicking. I'm an advanced player now and I continue to study every chance I get. In fact, right now I'm in the process reviewing Kathy's lesson and lecture…"
Kevin Justice commented on Dan Miller's group Flatpick Teachers"I'm available for instruction on guitar and mandolin for the very beginner through advanced intermediate. My main focus is on flatpicking and rhythm for acoustic styles ... bluegrass, traditional, and Americana.
I'm headquartered in…"
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- Favorite Flatpickers
- Scott Gantt, John Pappas, Steve Broitman, Lindsey Flexner, Kathy DePlaza ... and of course the Mentors: Doc Watson, Tony Rice, Jerry Garcia, Eric Clapton, Brian Sutton, Steve Kaufman, JP Cromier, Chet Atkins ... to name a few.
- Favorite Flatpicking Tunes
- Turkey in the Straw, Texas Gales, Jerusalem Ridge, Blackberry Blossom ... and about a thousand more.
- Favorite Guitars
- I currently play a custom 1995 Bella Drednaught HD28 Style built by luthier Frank Finocchio of Finocchio Guitar Works, Easton, PA.
- Tell us more about yourself (place a Bio here if you wish)
- I'm "one of them Penns Grove guys" ... South Jersey born and raised. I started out playing electric guitar in high school in 1967. Some friends and I formed a rock band back then and we called ourselves "The Insites", which remained intact until somewhere around 1972. From '72 until 1996 I only picked up the guitar on occasion to jam a little bit with favorite tunes ... especially from my extensive Grateful Dead collection ... as time allowed between working full time, running a property management business, and raising my three kids ( ... along with all their cousins and friends).
Since getting back my "bachelor status" in 1998, I've been a serious student of acoustic music styles for stringed instruments. Today, I'm an acomplished flatpicker playing guitar, mandolin, and upright bass ... focusing mostly on the bluegrass and acoustic roots genres. I still make my home base in same neighborhead that I grew up in.
My band, "New Raccoon Creek", features Michele Green on banjo, Scott Gantt on guitar, Clayon Green on bass, and me on guitar, mandolin and vocals. I also am the mandolinist for the bands "Texas Rose", "Woodchuck Hollow", "Homespun Bluegrass", "Factory Seconds", I sub in occasionally for "Andalusia Jug Band" among others, and am the Music Director of the world renowned AFBA's "Hill People". My primary instruments are both Rhythm and Lead Guitar, Mandolin, and Upright Bass.
I play an active part in our regional Acoustic and Bluegrass Community, and am one of the major organizers/promotors here in the Delaware and Lehigh Valleys being instrumental in promoting Americana's acoustic and traditional genres to the seasoned community and introducing it to new enthusiests. I'm available for private lessons and group workshops in beginner through intermediate levels.
As the founder and host of the popular "Third Sunday Acoustic Jam"... now into it's sixth successful year ... we draw a regular gathering of musicians, friends, and fans from the four state DE MD NJ PA area who come to this monthly jam to enjoy afternoons of playing, picking, singing, and fellowship.
Associations include; Brandywine Friends Of Old Time Music, the Appalachian Fiddle and Bluegrass Association, of which I am also a staff member, and the Pocono Bluegrass and Folk Society.
I am a founder of Wilmington Wintergrass, Inc, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, and a member of it's Board of Directors. WWG's purpose is to preserve and hand down this important genre of true American Music. We are presenting The Second Annual Wilmington Winter Bluegrass Festival happening on the weekend of March 13-15, 2009.
www.wilmingtonwintergrass.org
We are keeping Bluegrass and Acoustic Music alive, well, and happening here in the Mid-Atlantic/North-Eastern Region of the United States.
- Do you have a website?
- http://www.myspace.com/kevinjusticeacousticband
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Comment Wall (8 comments)
- At 3:58pm on January 1, 2009,
Mary DeBerry said… - Hey Kevin, thanks for the link, Mary DeBerry Newburgh.
- At 5:32pm on January 1, 2009,
Ed Fortuna said… - Hey Kev, thanks for the add.
- At 8:54am on January 2, 2009,
John Carlini said… - Hi Kevin,
Thanks for signing and Happy New Year!
Talk with you soon.
JohnC
- At 9:28am on January 2, 2009,
David Brown said… - Kevin,
Thanks for the Invite... D
- At 5:00pm on January 2, 2009,
Hugh Mason said… - To have, see?
- At 11:41am on January 5, 2009,
Oscar Goins said… - Hey Kevin,
Good to hear from you... look forward to wintergrass...my email is oscargoins@yahoo.com.. keep me informed...are you having any jams?
Let me know.
- At 5:15pm on December 5, 2010, Andrew said…
- Thought you might be interested in hearing about Princeton Area Pickers, a new Meetup.com group . We hope to establish a regular bluegrass-old time-country jam in the Princeton area. Join us at http://www.meetup.com/Princeton-Area-Pickers/
- At 11:19am on January 30, 2011, Bill Jester said…
- So Kevin, will we see you next week at the Kaufman event? We'll Make you a pallet on the floor if you need it.
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Dylan Harper posted a discussionMusic Software
Can anyone suggest a good audio or music slow downer? I bumped into this software called Song Surgeon but I still want to compare other software maybe there is a better one out there or this could be a good one already.See More
Dylan Harper replied to Russ Norton's discussion best way to practice to learn bluegrass solo breaks"Consider also on using software that will help you do that bro, Everything that I learned I use the power of software that will help me learn anything about music. "
Making Sawdust replied to Russ Norton's discussion best way to practice to learn bluegrass solo breaks"Muscle memory, connecting chords with runs,,,,the program TabEdit.....(the real secret) and don't try to get fancy on breaks,,,just play the melody, most are real simple....once you start doing that, the hammer ons and pull off will just…"
Making Sawdust replied to Robert Naylor's discussion Camps (Kamps?)"Some day,,,for now will just catch Steve when he is doing a workshop in the hood........Tim and company don't seem to come east anymore.....
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Making Sawdust replied to Jim Samuel's discussion Starting Over - With Essentials in the group Flatpicking Essentials"Trust and believe,,,you must,,,,must....find a group to jam with......somewhere around you is a jam group...bluegrass, Oldtime, folk,,,and all, yes,,,all of the jams I go to whether they are called bluegrass or Oldtime, play just about everything…"
Robert Naylor posted a discussionCamps (Kamps?)
Anyone going to picking camps this spring/summer? Already signed up for Kaufman Kamp at the end of June (2nd week bluegrass). Tim May is one of the incredible list of flatpicking instructors.
Robert Naylor replied to Russ Norton's discussion best way to practice to learn bluegrass solo breaks"Let's try and pick a night in the next couple weeks. Wednesday's are out - lesson/jam night. Happy to send a song list I'm working from. Robert@trianglecf.org"
Russ Norton replied to Russ Norton's discussion best way to practice to learn bluegrass solo breaks"I'd love to jam with you, maybe pick up some pointers... I have a loop pedal that I hook to my amp so I can jam with myself...also I use loopy on iPad ..very cool app..been playing g scale in different positions, some YouTube lessons,…"
Robert Naylor replied to Russ Norton's discussion best way to practice to learn bluegrass solo breaks"More succinct version of my previous reply. The Miller/May books are working for me. I also work a few minutes daily on scales and folded scales in G, C and D with a metronome. I recently signed up for weekly lessons with a local instructor to stay…"
Travis posted a discussionPerformance Setup
Hey fellow pickers. Recently I have started playing solo gigs around San Diego where I live. As it continues to expand, I find the need to expand my setup more to control my playing volume between rhythm and picking. Watching the Pros, i have noticed that a lot of them use a volume switch of some type, either via a volume pedal or a stomp switch, to increase and decrease volume from the setup depending on the playing mode. Does anyone have any feedback they can share on these types of…See More
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