Author Archives: gunnarsalyer

Well, I’ve wanted to do this for a while, I’ve played a couple of dobros before and they’re super fun and I’ve wanted one for a couple years. So, I just joined resohangout.com, and some people over there recommended I put a riser nut on an acoustic guitar to start learning. Shipping here isn’t reliableContinue reading “I’ll be joining the Dobro world!”

This is a beautiful tune, which is uncharacteristic for a banjo tune…. I first heard the Hartley family playing this on YouTube, and immediately wanted to learn it. This is about the fifteenth take, as I was having some trouble getting through twice cleanly. And I had to tune my banjo down half a stepContinue reading “The Dusty Trail!”

So all the time I hear people make comments about people like “oh he’s so musically talented, I could never get that good” etc. and it kind of irritates me. So I’m just gonna talk a little about being naturally talented vs practice. Now the assumption that most people seem to make is that toContinue reading “Natural talent vs Practice”

If you’re listening to that, I’ll explain what you’re hearing. That is the regional honeybees choir tryouts winners. Coming from windmill hive, they have some of the most talented bee singers around, and the director is none other than the amazingly talented Mr. Shuyeona. I joined them as an instrumental accompanist (each choir group wasContinue reading “Ashokan Farewell”

So I started recording this a couple months ago, and got almost done but didn’t add a bass track. Then I got busy and wasn’t able to finish till yesterday, when I decided to finish it and add some pictures so i could put it on YouTube. Well, I’m definitely not a computer person, thatContinue reading “Cherokee Shuffle feat. The pickin’ critters”

“Perfection is unattainable. But if we strive for perfection we may achieve excellence.” -Vince Lombardi (I think) So, as a musician, I’m always practicing, and there’s that saying “practice makes perfect” which is totally not true, but practice does make you better. So I’m on the journey of chasing perfection, which I know I’ll neverContinue reading “Practice, Perfection, and Professionalism”

I’m just trying to see what it looks like if I add a video to a post.

“No pain, no gain, no ankle sprain” Well not that last bit, but a true saying from an unknown source. Ok, just to add some context here, I’m a very athletic person, but I’m not a typical seventeen year old Male athlete. Instead of being obsessed with soccer, football, rugby, etc. or having super bigContinue reading “Why all the pain?”

So this is a post I made elsewhere a few weeks ago that I copied and pasted so I can quickly add some content to my blog without much thought…. I’m lazy that way lol. So here it is Well I was contemplating the meaning of life and listening to heavy metal the other day…Continue reading “A word of encouragement… or not…”

So here’s a frequently asked question, and the answer is different for everyone. But since I’m not everyone, I’ll tell you what the answer was for me. And the question is also not so straightforward, there’s lots of considerations to consider. Ok, little disclaimer here, I picked these instruments up in about six month intervals,Continue reading “What instrument is hardest?”