Spent good bit of time today working on a cover of a #Christmas tune that won't hold a candle to the original, but has been on my "gonna record that one of these days" pile for literally years.

I've been fooling around with #plectrumbanjo, #tenorbanjo, and #bandomandolin for various parts and I don't think any of them are going to work for this one, which is too bad as I've spent a lot of time getting some extended chord shapes under my fingers.

On the plus side, I seem to have developed an almost passable tremolo, which is a bit of a surprise; It's not something I've really actively worked on, but I guess several years of half-assed screwing around with it on and off has finally clicked.

Nice to get reacquainted with my #mandolin. The progression is usually "pick up the banjo-mando and plunk around and remember how incredibly loud, strident and utterly un-nuanced it sounds, then remember I have an actual mandolin that plays and sounds much nicer."