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Singer-songwriter banjo group

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This is a group for people who use the banjo as primary accompaniment to songs they write.

49 Members, Created 1/28/2011 -

Administrators: Marc Nerenberg (owner)

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From beenjammin on 1/30/2011 8:30:21 AM

I personally can't stand the title "singer-songwriter"....but I happen to write a lot, and I happen to sing once in a while, so i guess on some level that labels me a singer-songwriter...

but I am open to meeting more banjo players, especially since i've just moved to the mainland for a while. here in quebec i've already met more banjo players than ever.

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	Marc Nerenberg says: 1/30/2011 9:57:23 AM Welcome to the group...sorry for the title you can't stand!
	beenjammin says: 1/30/2011 3:28:46 PM sorry Marc, I just don't like being called a singer-songwriter...I mostly associate that name with something negative so I tend to avoid calling myself one. are you currently performing in Montreal?
	Marc Nerenberg says: 1/30/2011 3:38:18 PM The extent of my performance these days is that I run an open stage every Friday night at the Yellow Door Coffeehouse in Montreal (Canada's oldest coffeehouse) that's mainly populated by singer-songwriter (ooo, that word again!) college students. I always start off each half of the evening with a song, often getting some of the talented young people to sit in with no prior warning or rehearsal. Also I book myself to perform an evening somewhere once or twice a year. (Other than that I'm kind of busy at the moment with my law practice, specializing in war crimes trials.)
	Gary Blanchard says: 3/21/2011 12:16:13 PM Sadly, the term singer/songwriter got a bad connotation in the 70's with all the sensitive, personal lyrics, etc. The fact is that I sing, and I write songs, so I guess I am guilty as charged. :-) I usually bill myself as playing original and traditional folk music.
	Dan Sparkman says: 3/3/2012 3:50:29 AM Thanks for that Gary. I hadn't realized that there could be a bad connotation to "singer songwriter." It is a good description, though. Your self-billing is just as good.
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