Hiya. Loved hearing your working out, like maths problems, they want to see the working. Interesting how you adapt Bluegrass. Good luck with next ensemble concert. When you strum it sounds almost like 2 instruments. Calamine Lotion is good for calming bites. Shed tour soonest ? Stay frosty, hang loose. Martin London UK
We used to buy some stuff from Tupperware? or Amway? called "Skin-So-Soft". It was supposed to be some kind of lotion or soap, but it WORKED as a bug repellent. It had a flower fragrance that made us absolutely abhorrent to mosquitos.
Love those licks! Looking forward to hearing the whole thing put together :) Personally, I think the level of production quality is perfect - it's simple, it's personal and it works. If you want to clean it up though, I'd suggest getting a lav mic for your voice, with an outdoors cap for windy days. Not sure what your budget is, but a wireless sender/receiver to go with it would be nice, so you can move around. Also, that music technology class will hopefully show you that lots can be done in post, without much effort :)
Impressive how you can have such a great channel and keep you playing skills sharp all on top of school work! Gl on your homework. Many thanks from the UK
I adore your "messy videos"... so much fun; not to worry about the mosquito; they don't live very long without food, but it sounds like you fed it quite well... ouch lol
I wouldn't mind some occasional blurry focus to finally see the much-anticipated Shed Tour, but only if it's not going to bother you to post it that way. For the P.O. box, it'd be fun to be able to send some kind of little doodad if that kind of thing would be fun for you. I was just thinking the other day how much I miss sending physical mail rather than digital all the time.
Wife an me watch you play banjo when we watch UT vids after work, I only get to play on weekends and give me ideas. Wife plays autoharp. Wonderful tunes.
Also I think you said you use or tried Audacity. In Audacity- Effects- Volume and Compression- Loudness Normalization... You can set the Perceived Loudness to -14 LUFS which is a median sound setting for RUclips sound settings. It will balance the sound for the diverse listening eq. oh and my vote is raw out of focus real tour teehee.
Phoebe thank you for sharing all of these pieces. Just remember that the speed will come with practice. You are doing so well. Your playing always puts a smile on my face. I played drums in a gospel/blues/jazz outfit on my 75th birthday last Sunday with no rehearsal. I enjoyed it because I knew all of the songs anyway. You will reach a point in your playing when you do not have to concentrate as much and the music will just flow. I can sense that you are probably already there. :)
I allways love your movies, but this bluegrassplaying was really something extra!😊The faster the better! Really looking forward to hear the songs when you have them. About shed tour: I want to hear both.🙂About smörgåsbord: Yes, it´s a swedish word that´s been picked up in english and is now also an english word. It really means kind of a sort of swedish buffé food were you walk around and pick whatever you like to your plate.
“Tracking” ONE particular mosquito…. That just made my day! Lmao. You would have an interesting time doing that here in SC. Your music is great stuff. Keep it going! 👍
Hey Doc! Thanks for showing what you are working on. A quality shed tour will be worth the wait. The PO box is a good idea. Keep doing what you do and being you! ❤❤❤❤❤
I got myself new headphones, and I was listening to GeoGirl here on yt. I could hear the low bump each time she tapped her keyboard! So it was more the deep bass capability of my headphones, not her efforts to share the vast wealth of content in the studies of geology. Please share your personality and skill, and bear with us as we try to be some encouragement for you.
sounds great! what if the mic was a bit higher, like halfway between your banjo and chin when standing? shed tour when you are ready. I like raw and unedited, as long as you are happy with how it shows off your space and style
The audio levels sounded fine to me. I'm feeling you with the mosquito bites though. I did a photo shoot recently in a swampy wood and I counted 36 bites after. Looking forward to Winter when they're all gone!
Assuming the mosquito swarm attack is true, you need benedryl my dudette. It blocks the itch receptors and helps flush the inflammation and it’s cause.
Wow I felt like I had drifted back to my good ol days when friends and I would have jam sessions we'd learn new stuff replay old stuff and generally have a blast. Your audio was a little low but okay, and the shed tour is your choice I'll enjoy either one. Check on a temporary PO box post when you will have it open for about a month that way the expense will be nominal. If you open one I'd send you a small Crate amplifier . Thank you for this jam session type video I for one loved it and even at 79, I learn new things everyday. Frail on!!!
It was all good, from start to finish. Does banjo have hammer-ons and pull-offs? Maybe that could help claw hammer sound more "picky." Anyway, thanks for for all the work you put in, it gets better all the time! 👍
One thing you could do to save money on the post-office box is to do it intermittently-like "Get ready, everyone who wants to send stuff! I will rent the box for November and December, and then take a break till May and June."
sorry for your bites! I massively appreciate your response and attention to the mic bumps, I deleted my comment because I didn't want to be misunderstood as being overly critical. you obviously saw it and seem to take it in good spirit. I know recording is challenging, and you do darn great. thank you
I would wait for you to re-record the shed tour. Also, I doubt that I'll ever send you anything. I would probably share a link so you could get it yourself if you like. Again, thank you for spending time with us. It sure is pleasant.
I’m following you from England. I’m learning 3 finger bluegrass and would love to see you play some bluegrass too. With regard to the shed tour, maybe you can show both.
Perhaps the skeeter thought your flying fingers was a sister, very large bug. I vote for the lower quality shed video. You don’t want to be too polished. I really enjoy hearing and seeing you progress!
That's some pretty music --- The "janky" video quality will be fun for me --- A compressor in the audio chain can help make the quiet parts louder, and limit the volume of any parts that are too loud
Skin-So-Soft sold everywhere is so awesome for keeeping those pests away. Someone told me years ago and when I finally did use it I was in heaven lol. Good for the skin and also smells nice.
The mic should be midway between the banjo when you're standing and your head. Many one-mic recordings were done that way, with very similar mics to yours. Nice to see the techniques you're working on!
Thanks for not touching the microphone😄. There is quite a big difference in volume between the voice and the banjo, maybe next time place the microphone a little closer to the mouth. You can also reduce the difference a little during editing (using something like a slow compressor, I don't know what software you use and can't give specific advice). Ah, don't pay too much attention, it sounds perfectly acceptable as is and I like your videos anyway. I vote to leave the shed tour as it is and not re-shoot it. For some reason it seems to me that in a few months you will have some changes and you will want to shoot another one.
I think the point of a shed tour is to see the shed, so out of focus shots while I'm trying to see stuff would be pretty distracting. I'm a former college professor, and I love that you're monetizing your homework! That's just brilliant!
Pig in a Pen is one of my favorite little ditties! Jim Pankey does a nice version on the RUclips. It's a classic going way back! Would love to hear the full ensemble performing it. Any chance they'll let you film it?
It seems to me that your voice is less than the banjo when you have the microphone ahead of you. I wonder if you put the mic higher, like at your forehead or so, if your voice would come through more. Anyway, I enjoy your videos. I hope you feel better after being sick a few days. Thanks again for sharing your talent with us.
I know I've heard that Pateroller Song somewhere, under a different name, but I can't remember where. I googled around a little, but only found it under names of the form Run X Run, with X being various things, but none sounded familiar. I don't suppose you know where I heard it. No? Oh, well. At any rate, to keep you amused, here is a tune called "Wagoner's Lad", with Bert Jansch on banjo and John Renbourn on guitar: ruclips.net/video/uLQrVrUEdwM/видео.htmlsi=tCxyjBNtWufx4ozL
Banjo sounds great! Good volume. It’s hard to hear you speak. Volume is uneven and low. Perhaps get a separate lapel mic? Phoebe honestly some of your best audio has come from your phone!
The trick to playing fast is to keep relaxed, try not to tense up. Keep your stance and arms lax. and think of it more as being fluent not necessarily fast.
From past experiences, a PO Box is not terribly expensive, so it might be a good idea regardless if you need a professional address that moves with you if you need.
No one is perfect. We all have flaws. Some more than others. I am amongst the more while Phoebe is an other. She sees her few flaws in her banjo playing and strives to correct them. So the recording of the shed tour might not be perfect, but after all isn't this channel about banjos and not sheds.
...or a video that she's at least "satisfied with," which I'm sure Phoebe could do, even using it as a way to explore stylistic options for her channel, much as she explores stylistic choices in her playing (with this video being a perfect example!). What rankles - especially when *Phoebe asked for viewer input* - are the comments about trolls and that "nobody's perfect." Those are just dumb. Who's saying that Phoebe - this amazing young performer - has to be "perfect"? Geez. We make these good-faith suggestions *exactly because we respect and admire what she's doing* and want to support her as she continues to grow as an artist. This "troll" and "nobody's perfect" stuff is cotton-candy nonsense.
I like to watch videos of people in the wild. Like they live, not in a movie. If their videos are edited and reshot it makes me angry. So yeah, I'd prefer the fuzzy one!
💙 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶 🪕 🎶🎶🎶 Possibly for you to film the blurry shed parts again, without you in the shot . . . & use your voice during the original for a voice-over. Which ever, "It is you that we love, just the way you are." 💗
Take your time doing your tour video girl & you might want to keep your mike at chest level, & no more than two feet away with that type of mike, and speaking across the mike prevents pop distortions in the audio, I think a p.o.box would allow someone to send you a little sqito-zapper.
Love your videos, but you *really really* need to get a better mic or work on its placement. I often have to max out the volume to hear what you're saying, and my hearing (and my Samsung Galaxy) are fine. 😕
The audio is not atrocious, but you can actually just sit to play - the banjo is such a loud instrument it will be heard from there very well and your voice is actually a bit too soft when you stand up!! Your voice is NOT a banjo... 😀
Outfit change between sets, Phoebe is turning into a rock star! ❤
That mosquito must have a sweet tooth! 😉❤️
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Hiya. Loved hearing your working out, like maths problems, they want to see the working. Interesting how you adapt Bluegrass. Good luck with next ensemble concert. When you strum it sounds almost like 2 instruments. Calamine Lotion is good for calming bites. Shed tour soonest ? Stay frosty, hang loose. Martin London UK
This tune is funkyyyy 👌🏾❤️🔥🪕
Phoebe i like your banjo colection and work on yt stay safe out there ❤
We used to buy some stuff from Tupperware? or Amway? called "Skin-So-Soft". It was supposed to be some kind of lotion or soap, but it WORKED as a bug repellent. It had a flower fragrance that made us absolutely abhorrent to mosquitos.
Love those licks! Looking forward to hearing the whole thing put together :)
Personally, I think the level of production quality is perfect - it's simple, it's personal and it works. If you want to clean it up though, I'd suggest getting a lav mic for your voice, with an outdoors cap for windy days. Not sure what your budget is, but a wireless sender/receiver to go with it would be nice, so you can move around.
Also, that music technology class will hopefully show you that lots can be done in post, without much effort :)
Impressive how you can have such a great channel and keep you playing skills sharp all on top of school work! Gl on your homework. Many thanks from the UK
Best thing I have found to banish the mosquito bite itch ..those colloidal pimple patches...work like a charm! Love the tunes! Whoo hoo!
You could do shed tour, followed by shed tour director's cut 🙂
Current shed tour is fine Phoebe
I like this use of your new microphone. When you're farther away from it, as you are here, we still get that in-the-room-with-you sound.
Yes good sound. Like the explanations. Learning is fun.
I adore your "messy videos"... so much fun; not to worry about the mosquito; they don't live very long without food, but it sounds like you fed it quite well... ouch lol
I think you can open the window. I'm sure the mosquito has learned his lesson.
It’s nice to have a little Phoebe music to start the week! I like the peek at what you’re working on. You are very talented.❤
I wouldn't mind some occasional blurry focus to finally see the much-anticipated Shed Tour, but only if it's not going to bother you to post it that way. For the P.O. box, it'd be fun to be able to send some kind of little doodad if that kind of thing would be fun for you. I was just thinking the other day how much I miss sending physical mail rather than digital all the time.
Your channel is so enjoyable. Thanks so much!
That little descending lick (5:00) sounds awesome.
Wife an me watch you play banjo when we watch UT vids after work, I only get to play on weekends and give me ideas. Wife plays autoharp. Wonderful tunes.
Also I think you said you use or tried Audacity. In Audacity- Effects- Volume and Compression- Loudness Normalization... You can set the Perceived Loudness to -14 LUFS which is a median sound setting for RUclips sound settings. It will balance the sound for the diverse listening eq. oh and my vote is raw out of focus real tour teehee.
Phoebe thank you for sharing all of these pieces. Just remember that the speed will come with practice. You are doing so well. Your playing always puts a smile on my face. I played drums in a gospel/blues/jazz outfit on my 75th birthday last Sunday with no rehearsal. I enjoyed it because I knew all of the songs anyway. You will reach a point in your playing when you do not have to concentrate as much and the music will just flow. I can sense that you are probably already there. :)
sounds great! Would like the HD, mosquito free, shed tour, a PO box is a good idea
I allways love your movies, but this bluegrassplaying was really something extra!😊The faster the better! Really looking forward to hear the songs when you have them. About shed tour: I want to hear both.🙂About smörgåsbord: Yes, it´s a swedish word that´s been picked up in english and is now also an english word. It really means kind of a sort of swedish buffé food were you walk around and pick whatever you like to your plate.
“Tracking” ONE particular mosquito…. That just made my day! Lmao. You would have an interesting time doing that here in SC. Your music is great stuff. Keep it going! 👍
Hey Doc! Thanks for showing what you are working on. A quality shed tour will be worth the wait. The PO box is a good idea. Keep doing what you do and being you! ❤❤❤❤❤
Coolness! Love the techniques and the bluegrass sound.
The sound was good when you were in mic range. Looking forward to lo-fi shed tour.
I got myself new headphones, and I was listening to GeoGirl here on yt. I could hear the low bump each time she tapped her keyboard! So it was more the deep bass capability of my headphones, not her efforts to share the vast wealth of content in the studies of geology. Please share your personality and skill, and bear with us as we try to be some encouragement for you.
GeoGirl is great!
I'm just introducing yt phenoms to each other.
Sound sounded (?!) good to me. Personally I'd prefer the less than great quality shed tour now rather than be patient!
A fine video.
It was a lot of fun listening to you work through these tunes.
Thank you.
Audio was fine to my ears.
I grow citronella around my yard, keep them mosquitos away.
Yep agree it works also get rid of Any Stagnent Water that's the Breeding Ground
Thanks Phoebe, for turning my old man Monday grimace, into a Smile...
sounds great! what if the mic was a bit higher, like halfway between your banjo and chin when standing? shed tour when you are ready. I like raw and unedited, as long as you are happy with how it shows off your space and style
Sick
I'm sorry for those mosquito bites Phoebe! Great playing as always. Cheers!
Thanks!
Thank YOU!
The audio levels sounded fine to me. I'm feeling you with the mosquito bites though. I did a photo shoot recently in a swampy wood and I counted 36 bites after. Looking forward to Winter when they're all gone!
I've got a pig, home in a pen.
Corn to feed him on.
All I need is a pretty, little girl
to feed him when I'm gone.
Love those pig in a pen rolls!!
Assuming the mosquito swarm attack is true, you need benedryl my dudette. It blocks the itch receptors and helps flush the inflammation and it’s cause.
Skeeters be damned. Really like the blue grass picking style
Shed Tour (Blair Witch Project) film style … then Shed Tour (The sequel) … 😂
Wow I felt like I had drifted back to my good ol days when friends and I would have jam sessions we'd learn new stuff replay old stuff and generally have a blast. Your audio was a little low but okay, and the shed tour is your choice I'll enjoy either one. Check on a temporary PO box post when you will have it open for about a month that way the expense will be nominal. If you open one I'd send you a small Crate amplifier . Thank you for this jam session type video I for one loved it and even at 79, I learn new things everyday. Frail on!!!
I cannot wait for the Phoebe Sanders Bluegrass Hour radio show to take shape in the coming years 😉
It was all good, from start to finish. Does banjo have hammer-ons and pull-offs? Maybe that could help claw hammer sound more "picky."
Anyway, thanks for for all the work you put in, it gets better all the time! 👍
One thing you could do to save money on the post-office box is to do it intermittently-like "Get ready, everyone who wants to send stuff! I will rent the box for November and December, and then take a break till May and June."
sorry for your bites! I massively appreciate your response and attention to the mic bumps, I deleted my comment because I didn't want to be misunderstood as being overly critical. you obviously saw it and seem to take it in good spirit. I know recording is challenging, and you do darn great. thank you
I would wait for you to re-record the shed tour. Also, I doubt that I'll ever send you anything. I would probably share a link so you could get it yourself if you like. Again, thank you for spending time with us. It sure is pleasant.
I’m following you from England. I’m learning 3 finger bluegrass and would love to see you play some bluegrass too. With regard to the shed tour, maybe you can show both.
감사합니다! Thanks for video!
Perhaps the skeeter thought your flying fingers was a sister, very large bug. I vote for the lower quality shed video. You don’t want to be too polished. I really enjoy hearing and seeing you progress!
That's some pretty music --- The "janky" video quality will be fun for me --- A compressor in the audio chain can help make the quiet parts louder, and limit the volume of any parts that are too loud
"I won't open the window until he's dead". There is a song there.
Fish lamp was def trying to upstage you. I think my kids had that. Fun to see your process.
Have you seen that thing that looks like a tennis racket at Harbor Freight for 4.99? It takes two D batteries and it really zaps those mosquitoes!
Skin-So-Soft sold everywhere is so awesome for keeeping those pests away. Someone told me years ago and when I finally did use it I was in heaven lol. Good for the skin and also smells nice.
The mic should be midway between the banjo when you're standing and your head. Many one-mic recordings were done that way, with very similar mics to yours. Nice to see the techniques you're working on!
shed tour caught in 4k ultra hd!!!
Thanks for not touching the microphone😄.
There is quite a big difference in volume between the voice and the banjo, maybe next time place the microphone a little closer to the mouth. You can also reduce the difference a little during editing (using something like a slow compressor, I don't know what software you use and can't give specific advice). Ah, don't pay too much attention, it sounds perfectly acceptable as is and I like your videos anyway.
I vote to leave the shed tour as it is and not re-shoot it. For some reason it seems to me that in a few months you will have some changes and you will want to shoot another one.
We would like to send you some thing to help with the mosquitoes, so a PO Box would be great!
i feel you :( i’ve just recovered from at least 15 treacherous mosquito bites that i got from being in my room!! they’re evil!
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As others mentioned. Get yourself a Citronella Candell the Mossies will Run Away
I think the point of a shed tour is to see the shed, so out of focus shots while I'm trying to see stuff would be pretty distracting.
I'm a former college professor, and I love that you're monetizing your homework! That's just brilliant!
Pig in a Pen is one of my favorite little ditties! Jim Pankey does a nice version on the RUclips. It's a classic going way back! Would love to hear the full ensemble performing it. Any chance they'll let you film it?
I think I might be in love…
I love everything you do. The instrument volume is good, and your voice could use more volume. 🙂
Nice
It seems to me that your voice is less than the banjo when you have the microphone ahead of you. I wonder if you put the mic higher, like at your forehead or so, if your voice would come through more. Anyway, I enjoy your videos. I hope you feel better after being sick a few days. Thanks again for sharing your talent with us.
A tasty smörgåsbord, indeed. Yeah, the audio on your videos tends to be quite low, but better that way than distorted or excessively compressed.
I know I've heard that Pateroller Song somewhere, under a different name, but I can't remember where. I googled around a little, but only found it under names of the form Run X Run, with X being various things, but none sounded familiar. I don't suppose you know where I heard it. No? Oh, well.
At any rate, to keep you amused, here is a tune called "Wagoner's Lad", with Bert Jansch on banjo and John Renbourn on guitar: ruclips.net/video/uLQrVrUEdwM/видео.htmlsi=tCxyjBNtWufx4ozL
good wofk
Banjo sounds great! Good volume. It’s hard to hear you speak. Volume is uneven and low. Perhaps get a separate lapel mic? Phoebe honestly some of your best audio has come from your phone!
The trick to playing fast is to keep relaxed, try not to tense up. Keep your stance and arms lax. and think of it more as being fluent not necessarily fast.
What are the two big books under your computer?
Love the video and the “new” lick at 5:09! Banjo sound is good, but kind of hard to hear you.🥰
If you upload both shed tours and people comment on the difference between them, then the comments feed the algorithm.
Blurry is fine.
now...get up there and let the poor bastard go😀😀😀😀thats what i do in a living universe ..pEACe✌
ALSO YES OPEN A PO BOXX
"I wish I had a pretty little girl, to feed him when I'm gone."
From past experiences, a PO Box is not terribly expensive, so it might be a good idea regardless if you need a professional address that moves with you if you need.
I hope you know Jerry Garcia's group Old and in the Way. They have a stupendous pig in a pen ..😊
For the shed tour, I think that you should take the time to make a video that you are proud of.
No one is perfect. We all have flaws. Some more than others. I am amongst the more while Phoebe is an other. She sees her few flaws in her banjo playing and strives to correct them. So the recording of the shed tour might not be perfect, but after all isn't this channel about banjos and not sheds.
...or a video that she's at least "satisfied with," which I'm sure Phoebe could do, even using it as a way to explore stylistic options for her channel, much as she explores stylistic choices in her playing (with this video being a perfect example!). What rankles - especially when *Phoebe asked for viewer input* - are the comments about trolls and that "nobody's perfect." Those are just dumb. Who's saying that Phoebe - this amazing young performer - has to be "perfect"? Geez. We make these good-faith suggestions *exactly because we respect and admire what she's doing* and want to support her as she continues to grow as an artist. This "troll" and "nobody's perfect" stuff is cotton-candy nonsense.
Shed tour sooner, please, regardless of focus.
I like to watch videos of people in the wild. Like they live, not in a movie. If their videos are edited and reshot it makes me angry. So yeah, I'd prefer the fuzzy one!
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🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶 🪕 🎶🎶🎶
Possibly for you to film the blurry shed parts again,
without you in the shot . . .
& use your voice during the original for a voice-over.
Which ever,
"It is you that we love, just the way you are."
💗
Take your time doing your tour video girl & you might want to keep your mike at chest level, & no more than two feet away with that type of mike, and speaking across the mike prevents pop distortions in the audio, I think a p.o.box would allow someone to send you a little sqito-zapper.
Could you reach your shed window from the outside and move the screen so that the mosquito could fly out into the rest of the world and be free?
Pyrethrin is your friend.
Thanks! For shedding blood for your audience… Not really, treats for the chicks.
Your too sweet
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Please enjoy having a P.O box include your womens t shirt size and shape thanks .
Love your videos, but you *really really* need to get a better mic or work on its placement. I often have to max out the volume to hear what you're saying, and my hearing (and my Samsung Galaxy) are fine. 😕
Play Dixie, or maybe Swanee
p.s i would love to send you something to a p.o box !! 🦔🌷
lower quality tour
Phoebe - Learn to "normalize" your audio, and so long as you don't have a lot of varying distances from the mic it should solve a lot of your problems
Thanks!
The audio is not atrocious, but you can actually just sit to play - the banjo is such a loud instrument it will be heard from there very well and your voice is actually a bit too soft when you stand up!! Your voice is NOT a banjo... 😀