2014
2013
- 2-13 Reviews and Resolutions – PDF
- 6-13 Dealing With Prodigies (“Mental Health is Number 1”), & The All-Europe Jam – PDF
- 8-13 How To Not Freak Out at the Jam; Clear Pull-offs – PDF
- 9-13 The Groove, & Warming Up for Fast Ones – PDF
- 10-13 Pete Seeger at 94 – PDF
- 11-13 Some Favorite Advice – PDF
- 12-13 Holiday Thoughts and Kids and Instruments and Singing in Tune – PDF
2012
- 1-12 Wernick Method Progress and How YOU Can Improve in 2012 – PDF
- 2-12 Why Teachers Should Offer Jam Classes… – PDF
- 4-12 The How-To’s of Family Busking …and Advice to Advanced Beginners – PDF
- 5-12 Remembering Earl – PDF
- 6-12 It’s About Jamming – PDF
- 8-12 Doc Watson Remembrance – PDF
- 9-12 The New York Banjo Story – PDF
- 11-12 What Makes A Banjo Camper “Advanced? More NY Notables, and Tab Policy – PDF
- 12-12 The NY Banjo Summit Tour – PDF
2011
- 1-11 Tough Love for a Struggling Picker; Playing the Words of Wichita Lineman – PDF
- 2-11 Advice to Non-Singing Banjo player – PDF
- 3-11 The Groove, Jam Classes, Skin – PDF
- 5-11 “I Am 54 But…”, Drum Machine Report – PDF
- 6-11 Jam Skills Checklist; Flag Day Banjo Op; Remembering Carlton Haney – PDF
- 7-11 Banjo Bullies Needn’t Peel Paint and Other Jam Etiquette Issues – PDF
- 8-11 Bill Monroe Centennial and Why to Get There Early – PDF
- 9-11 Bill Monroe and the Banjo – PDF
- 10-11 Jonny Mizzone: Now No One Can Complain About Their “Small Hands” – PDF
- 11-11 It’s About Fun and Results… As Soon As Possible: Recommendations from a Lifetime of Banjo Teaching – PDF
2010
- 1-10 Let’s Talk About the Key of D, and Comfort Zone – PDF
- 3-10 Beginner Banjo Advice and Good Tone – PDF
- 4-10 Tune It Or Die – PDF
- 5-10 How to Spend the Least Amount of Time Tuning (and be in tune) – PDF
- 6-10 Secrets – (Shhh, don’t tell!) Hearing the tune in a tab, and the “Secret Sauce” of the Pro Sound – PDF
- 8-10 The “Pro Sound” – What Is It, and How Do You Get it? – PDF
- 9-10 Jam Class Teacher Network Starting; My Take on Tab/Rote Learning – PDF
- 10-10 Rekindling the Hot Rize Fire; Bulletproofing Your Solos; Rhythm Machine vs. Metronome – PDF
- 11-10 Finding the Melody Using Chords and Your Voice; Finding Chords Using the Melody; Cleaner Bar Chords – PDF
- 12-10 Hot Rize and Wichita Lineman, Still on the Line – PDF
2009
- 1-09 The Year of Good Tone – PDF
- 2-09 Jam Etiquette re Breaks, and Choices in Recording Banjo – PDF
- 3-09 Steve Martin and Ambassadors of the Banjo: “I’ve always loved the sound of a banjo.” – PDF
- 6-09 Let’s Get This Straight: Controversial Topics: Two-finger plant? Metronome? 2-4 slide? Syncopation? – PDF
- 7-09 Breaking News! Banjo Goes Mass Media, Media Go Buggy Over Steve Martin – PDF
- 8-09 The Pleasures, Perks, and Lessons of Busking – PDF
- 9-09 Music for the Masses – PDF
- 10-09 Not Clutching at Jams – PDF
- 11-09 Hot Rize for Public Consumption – PDF
- 12-09 Get Out of the Rut – PDF
2008
- 1-08 Breaking out of the Intermediate rut, and Learning to play in D – PDF – Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4
- 3-08 Advice to a young player; Changing chords faster – PDF – Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4, Page 5
- 4-08 Stepping into a group – PDF – Page 1, Page 2, Page 3
- 5-08 Banjo Claus Spotted in Eastern Kentucky – PDF – Page 1, Page 2
- 7-08 Ten repertoires – PDF – Page 1, Page 2
- 8-08 A jam skill you can use: Hearing chord changes – PDF – Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4
- 9-08 “Can’t find people to jam?” – PDF – Page 1, Page 2
- 10-08 Getting away from strict memorizing and creating your own solos – PDF – Page 1, Page 2
- 11-08 Productive practicing – PDF – Page 1, Page 2
- 12-08 Back to basics: Are you a successful musician? and Pick noise – PDF – Page 1, Page 2
2007
- 1-07 The loop exercise method for fast progress – PDF – Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4
- 2-07 Prucha’s Elban, and playing plugged-in banjo – PDF – Page 1, Page 2
- 3-07 Find a lead singer; backup video; the prewar sound – PDF – Page 1, Page 2, Page 3
- 4-07 Tough banjo love result: “My breaks are mine.” – PDF – Page 1, Page 2
- 6-07 End “thwonging” thumb pick; new Flexigrass CD – PDF – Page 1
- 7-07 Work less on instrumentals, more on singing? Year of the melody – PDF – Page 1, Page 2
- 9-07 Sound bites from Hollywood and West Virginia – PDF – Page 1, Page 2
- 10-07 Teachers: help your students more with videos – PDF – Page 1, Page 2
- 12-07 Jamming fundamentals; chord changing made easy – PDF – Page 1, Page 2, Page 3
