Casey Henry
In our July Murphy Method Newsletter we introduced Custom Lessons on DVD. I discovered I could do these quite easily when one of my long-distance students asked if I could just record a couple songs that he was wanting to learn and mail them to him, rather than driving the four hours over here for a live lesson. (I will say here that I just love my iMac, which makes all this possible!)
We got several responses to the offer. In addition to a couple people wanting the lesson I already have available (“Shuckin’ The Corn”) I got requests for “Whiskey Before Breakfast,” “Doug’s Tune,” and “Blue Ridge Cabin Home,” all of which I know and can record rather easily. One person wants Doug Dillard’s version of “Sally Johnson,” which he’s sending me on CD so I can learn and teach it for him. Two requests took me by surprise. One was “Strawberry Fields Forever” (a Beatles song as recorded by the Nashville Superpickers) and “Ave Maria,” a song which I’ve never even remotely considered playing on the banjo. But, I agreed to give it a shot. The lady who wanted the lesson is sending me both the CD (by Janet Davis) and the tab (!) so I can learn and teach it.
So it appears that I’ll be learning a lot more than I thought I would with this endeavour—and that’s definitely a good thing. So if any of you out there are interested in a lesson recorded just for you of a song that we don’t already have available on any of our DVDs, just email me. It’s $30 per song.
Tags: custom lessons
Hey Casey,I was wondering if you had a DVD for Foggy Mountain breakdown? I couldnt find a list anywhere.Regards Jerry
Jerry,
We do have that on DVD. The low break is on Beginning Banjo Volume 1, the high break is on Beginning Banjo Volume 2.
Hope this helps,
Casey
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