For Fans of Flatpicking Guitar Magazine
-
Marcy Marxer "Iona Martin"
- Female
- Maryland
- United States
- Share
- Blog Posts (2)
- Discussions (11)
- Events
- Groups (17)
- Photos (9)
- Photo Albums
- Videos (5)
Marcy Marxer "Iona Martin"'s Groups
-
David Grier fans
34 members
-
Martin Guitar Owners
45 members
-
Peaceful Bend Americana…
42 members
-
Tony Rice Fans
52 members
-
Gear
93 members
Marcy Marxer "Iona Martin"'s Discussions
High-strung "Nashville" tuning
Replied Oct. 20, 2008
Marcy Marxer "Iona Martin"'s Page
Gifts Received
Marcy Marxer "Iona Martin" has not received any gifts yet
Latest Activity
Here's the place to discuss and showcase our favorite gear.
Marcy,
I think in many ways it is a tough call between the (full) PT HD (not the LE version) and Logic. They are very close in many ways and you can do pretty much anything on either of them. Both incredibly powerful tools. Both with quite a learni…
Andy,
I know several people who are switching to Logic. What do you like about it?
Thanks
While I have used PT, I changed over to Logic Studio around the same time I added the Apogee Ensemble... I have to say, I much prefer it. The latest version of Studio is superb and very well integrated to the Apogee hardware.
Andy
Profile Information
- Favorite Flatpickers
- Steve Kaufman, Ron Block, Tony Rice, Rolly Brown, Allan Shadd, Carl Miner, Paige Anderson, Avril Smith, Lorrain Duisit, Kathy Barwick, Brad Davis, Robert Shafer, Tyler Grant, Bryan Kimsey ... and everybody else, too!
- Favorite Flatpicking Tunes
- Northern tunes, Southern tunes, Midwest tunes, Django tunes, Irish tunes, Scottish tunes, Canadian tunes, African tunes and Brazilian tunes, Carter Family, Hank Williams...etc.
- Favorite Guitars
- Martin "OOOO" MC3H, Martin size 5 "Terz"
- Tell us more about yourself (place a Bio here if you wish)
- Marcy has been a professional musician since sound systems were powered by coal. She has won and lost many awards and contests over the years.
Won: Multiple Grammys, 35 or so Washington Area Music Awards, The Kaufy Award, honored in the United States Congress, John Lennon Songwriting Contest, ...etc.
Lost: Multiple Grammys, Winfield, car keys ...etc.
Motto: "I know my career is progressing because bigger and bigger deals are falling through every day!"
Some people she has performed and recorded with: Pete Seeger, Mike Seeger, Peggy Seeger, Tom Paxton, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Eva Cassidy, Brave Combo, Mariachi Los Comparos, Tom Chapin, John McCutcheon, Patsy Montana, Ola Belle and Bud Reed, Roy Smeck, the Hoosier Hot Shots, Riders in the Sky, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Rabbi Mike Stein, you get the idea...
- Do you have a website?
- http://www.cathymarcy.com
Marcy Marxer "Iona Martin"'s Photos
Marcy Marxer "Iona Martin"'s Videos
Marcy Marxer "Iona Martin"'s Blog
Great FGM DVD-Kilby, Davis and May
Hi Flatpickers,
I recently bought a DVD produced by Flatpicking Guitar Magazine called "Live In Kansas City-Cody Kilby, Brad Davis and Tim May. I rarely say anything like this but this DVD is a must have for every flatpicker. It's just fantastic! I watched it on an airplane with headphones and this DVD was so good I forgot where I was. I actually started clapping after one of the songs! Luckily the people sitting nearby chuckled.
I'm not kidding, it's that good! Everybody needs to buy this DVD o… Continue
I recently bought a DVD produced by Flatpicking Guitar Magazine called "Live In Kansas City-Cody Kilby, Brad Davis and Tim May. I rarely say anything like this but this DVD is a must have for every flatpicker. It's just fantastic! I watched it on an airplane with headphones and this DVD was so good I forgot where I was. I actually started clapping after one of the songs! Luckily the people sitting nearby chuckled.
I'm not kidding, it's that good! Everybody needs to buy this DVD o… Continue
Posted on November 15, 2008 at 9:30pm — 1 Comment
Old Time Tunes
Hi Pickers,
I've added a couple of videos of Old Time Tunes that work beautifully on guitar. I'm playing a 1918 Gibson 4 string Cello Banjo here and Cathy Fink is playing a Tubaphone 5 string. The Cello Banjo is experiencing a well deserved come back in the last year. When I put this clip up on youtube I was the only person playing it as a melody instrument. The only other player I could find was a guy in France who plays his as a bass. I had approached several companies to see if they would be… Continue
I've added a couple of videos of Old Time Tunes that work beautifully on guitar. I'm playing a 1918 Gibson 4 string Cello Banjo here and Cathy Fink is playing a Tubaphone 5 string. The Cello Banjo is experiencing a well deserved come back in the last year. When I put this clip up on youtube I was the only person playing it as a melody instrument. The only other player I could find was a guy in France who plays his as a bass. I had approached several companies to see if they would be… Continue
Posted on September 27, 2008 at 9:27am —
Comment Wall (54 comments)
- At 11:29am on November 1, 2009,
Mark Clark said… - Hi, Marcy,
I noticed that you and Cathy performed at the Utah Phillips Tribute on Oct. 30. I sure wish I could have been there. Bruce was always one of my favorites. How was the show and the tribute?
By the way, I'm really enjoying your swing guitar course. I'm also working through Mickey Baker, Doug Green, Charlton Johnson and a few others but yours is a wonderful intro to a style I've been meaning to pick up for a long time. Thanks.
- At 7:22pm on June 26, 2009,
Spencer Moore said…
- Im one of jennys friends
- At 8:28pm on June 4, 2009,
Bill Ward said… - Hi Marcy, I am long overdue on this Hello and thank you to you. Way back shortly after you put together that Swing Guitar instructional material back in the late 90’s I purchased the package and had a ball learning that style of swing rhythm playing with your instructional package. Shortly after that, our band (Western Lights) decided we were going to put together our first attempt at a professional recording and we did a CD we entitled “Favorites of Ours” which turned out to be a nice mix of Bluegrass and Western Swing type songs. Our lead song for this CD was Hey Good Lookin’ in the Western Swing style which I learned from your instructional package!
To make a long story short, we have been having a lot of fun as a band every since then and finished our 2nd CD, entitled “Bob Played Here!’ in 2008 with the lead song being “Bob Played Here!” a tribute song we wrote to honor to Bob Wills. We have been mixing in a lot of Western Swing with our Bluegrass music ever since I got interested in it and learned so much from your instructional swing material.
You can listen to both of our bands versions of these songs, “Hey Good Lookin’” as well as “Bob Played Here!” by going to the ILike music web site from my profile page on this Flatpicking Guitar Network site which I just recently discovered and joined.
If you ever get out to California for any kind of performing thing I would love to come see you and say hello and thank you in person. Let me know. Again, an overdue but earnest Hello and Thank You!
Bill
Bill Ward, Guitar Player
Western Lights Band
Sacramento, CA
- At 9:23am on November 27, 2008,
Paige Anderson said… - Hi Marcy!
Hope that you have an awesome Thanksgiving ;-)
Take care,
Paige
- At 5:05am on October 27, 2008,
Amy Ferebee said… - Hi Marcy
Thanks for the frequency chart. Quite useful!
Amy
- At 4:44pm on October 24, 2008,
Clark Payne said… - Why no, it's a beautiful photo of my grandaughter in her "hot pepper" suit
Eating hot peppers and picking gets those endorphins going. Thanks for adding me I have enjoyed your columns
- At 1:45pm on October 22, 2008,
Yiannis Gougourelas said… - Thanks,Marcy.
I'm just a guitar freak here...You're a great player and teacher too.
Regards from Greece,
Yiannis
- At 7:13pm on October 8, 2008,
Amy Ferebee said…
- Thanks so much. Found The Guitar Pickin' Gals. What a relief! I love men, but I get tired of being the only female in most of the guitar situations I wind up in. Chick Pickers Unite!
- At 3:10am on October 8, 2008,
Akihito.Shigeno said… - Thank you Marcy. I have been using materials from homespuntapes for the last 25 years, and have never conpleted any of them. When I had the first child I purchased an LP " Jump Children", the LP has worn out and gone, but I still remember Marcy Marxer.
Akihito
- At 10:30am on October 7, 2008,
Amy Ferebee said…
- Hi Marcy
Found this place while wandering around in myspace.
Been working on Chinese Breakdown for over a year now.
It's finally coming into focus at a reasonable tempo.
Thanks for the instruction.
Amy
About
From Flatpicking Mercantile
Get a digital subscription or download FGM back issues www.flatpickdigital.com
Check out the November/December Issue of Flatpicking Guitar Magazine
Download the Newest FGM Catalog
Download the Newest FGM Tab Index
Badge
Latest Activity
Dan,
Going through in detail now, and came to this point again. You diagram on p.67 makes the similarity of the C and D forms clear. Another way I have seen these box patterns named that I also find useful is name them 'string-finger' according to…
I think that his name is "Mike" .. as in Mike -ro - phone.
play 02 - I've Got You
02:34
Vera enjoyable people! Great singing and guitar playing too!
este es un tema de mucha importacia para toda la sociedad tenemos a comenzar a ver esto como una parte muy importante de nuestra educacion esto yo lo aprendi solo gracias a una feria de musica organizada generic viagra la cual me permitio tener mas…
been awhile since Jed asked the pick question, so probably doesn't care by now, but when i went to a Beppe workshop some years ago, he was using the Dunlop 500 (not the tortex, but the glossy model), pink one... .98 thickness.
© 2009 Created by Dan Miller on Ning. Create a Ning Network!
