Pickin' and Grinnin'

Back in February, I decided to pursue a long desire of mine - to learn how to play the banjo. I've been taking lessons from Jim "Duck" Adkins and practicing as much as I can without driving Kate crazy.

 I made a video of my playing for the first time tonight, which is something a lot of instructors recommend. The idea is that you watch to yourself play in the recording and see the areas you need to work on.

I studied piano when I was young, so I have some music knowledge. However, I've been taking that to a much deeper level and I'm finding music and visual arts have a ton in common. I'm looking forward to seeing how to take some concepts in the flow of music and translate them to the canvas.

I thought I'd share the video. Learning to play the ol' banjer has been very rewarding. I love the feel of learning new things and being able to express myself in another medium.

This Sunday I'm going painting with Xiangyuan Jie! I'm super excited to learn from him. I'll post what happens next week. And who knows, I may post another banjo video.

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