Music learning and performance, with an emphasis on acoustic music and the rocky, sausage-making road from zero to on stage. https://autisticmandolinist.com https://youtube.com/@theautisticmandolinist?si=Tbrq8ctGspmd7fmthttps://bsky.app/profile/autisticmandolinist.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/autisticmandolinist.com/post/3mlgyyssli22gThe Boxer (Simon & Garfunkel Cover). Sorry for the video spam - YT is being difficult, and I have several days of recordings to post. It will probably happen again. #AutisticMusician #FolkCover #MadeWithAudigo09 May 2026 19:44 +0000at://did:plc:7tyeeu5ovj2thufdql57aaym/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlgyyssli22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/autisticmandolinist.com/post/3mlgyqspgec2gProud Mary. I’m thinking of moving permanently over here to BlueSky. #ProudMary #CreedenceClearwaterRevival #Music #AutisticMusician #MadeWithAudigo09 May 2026 19:39 +0000at://did:plc:7tyeeu5ovj2thufdql57aaym/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlgyqspgec2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/autisticmandolinist.com/post/3mlgyiyj56s2gYou’ve Got a Friend (James Taylor Cover). YT is being a butt, so I’ll post it here instead. #Gibsonj45 #JamesTaylor #MadeWithAudigo09 May 2026 19:35 +0000at://did:plc:7tyeeu5ovj2thufdql57aaym/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlgyiyj56s2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/autisticmandolinist.com/post/3mktvpshp6s2jMake Me Down a Pallet Soft and Low. #bluegrass #gibsonj45 #madewithaudigo #autisticmusician02 May 2026 05:25 +0000at://did:plc:7tyeeu5ovj2thufdql57aaym/app.bsky.feed.post/3mktvpshp6s2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/autisticmandolinist.com/post/3mgy76mkqzs27Watching Dad Weed at Newgrass with the Benny and my beautiful collaborator. #bluegrass #dadweed #newbergoregon #newgrass14 Mar 2026 00:44 +0000at://did:plc:7tyeeu5ovj2thufdql57aaym/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgy76mkqzs27https://bsky.app/profile/autisticmandolinist.com/post/3mgwbtino4k2uI upgraded to a poster size and transferred over my progress so far (since 1 Jan 25). The poster has 3,333 bubbles - the notebook page had 1,777. Tried to estimate my lifetime practice/performance/jam hours, and it was something like 60,000. #practiceprogress #bluegrass #autisticmusician #music [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Mar 2026 06:26 +0000at://did:plc:7tyeeu5ovj2thufdql57aaym/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgwbtino4k2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/autisticmandolinist.com/post/3m47jbkz2ms2emy mama died this morning, and my heart is heavy with feelings27 Oct 2025 22:56 +0000at://did:plc:7tyeeu5ovj2thufdql57aaym/app.bsky.feed.post/3m47jbkz2ms2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/autisticmandolinist.com/post/3m3o4hhyn2k24Went to see Sam Bush last night with my collaborator and the Benny, the guitarist from my band.21 Oct 2025 00:51 +0000at://did:plc:7tyeeu5ovj2thufdql57aaym/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3o4hhyn2k24https://bsky.app/profile/autisticmandolinist.com/post/3m34yemi4pc2hHours I’ve put into the mandolin this year (starting 1/25/25). Hour per dot. Colors correspond with categories such as practice, rehearsal, playing with others, listening, etc). Size is rough sense of the impact of each hour. #bluegrass #mandolin #howipractice #howtopractice #progresschart14 Oct 2025 05:23 +0000at://did:plc:7tyeeu5ovj2thufdql57aaym/app.bsky.feed.post/3m34yemi4pc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/autisticmandolinist.com/post/3m2szl35w622xHaving been one (and my primary special interest being learning), I have to say that you know things are REALLY bad when academics won’t go to the place they’re studying because it’s too dangerous. [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Oct 2025 06:18 +0000at://did:plc:7tyeeu5ovj2thufdql57aaym/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2szl35w622xhttps://bsky.app/profile/autisticmandolinist.com/post/3m2skqfycds2kOuttake from the last. I was really digging this take and then my phone ran out of power (hence the er er er er electronic stutter and sudden stop at the end). #fiddletune #whiskeybeforebrealfast #bluegrass #mandolin #autisticmusician10 Oct 2025 01:52 +0000at://did:plc:7tyeeu5ovj2thufdql57aaym/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2skqfycds2khttps://bsky.app/profile/autisticmandolinist.com/post/3m2skmtjif22kCanadian fiddle tune called “Whiskey Before Breakfast.” It was one of the first tunes I learned, so it acts as something of a benchmark for how my playing evolves. #fiddletunes #mandolin #autistiusician10 Oct 2025 01:50 +0000at://did:plc:7tyeeu5ovj2thufdql57aaym/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2skmtjif22khttps://bsky.app/profile/autisticmandolinist.com/post/3m2s6eax3ac2tseen just now in a conversation on banjo hangout. mandolins tend to be loud? said by a BANJO player? #banjosareloud #mandolinsarequiet #shouldwepracticeourshapesandcolorstoo09 Oct 2025 22:11 +0000at://did:plc:7tyeeu5ovj2thufdql57aaym/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2s6eax3ac2thttps://bsky.app/profile/autisticmandolinist.com/post/3lzuqthe7gc2b28 Sep 2025 05:22 +0000at://did:plc:7tyeeu5ovj2thufdql57aaym/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzuqthe7gc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/autisticmandolinist.com/post/3lzki6blbs22f“accidentally” [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Sep 2025 03:20 +0000at://did:plc:7tyeeu5ovj2thufdql57aaym/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzki6blbs22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/autisticmandolinist.com/post/3lzanne2lxc25this is, objectively, a great album. [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Sep 2025 05:31 +0000at://did:plc:7tyeeu5ovj2thufdql57aaym/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzanne2lxc25https://bsky.app/profile/autisticmandolinist.com/post/3lzanmeopwk25I am also (trying to) learning the fiddle. It is nominally the same fingerings as the mandolin, but bows are sooooo hard. #fiddle #stannesreel #bluegrass https://youtube.com/shorts/0lcD0hyh5tI?si=M8DETY2K5J8x0Ftt20 Sep 2025 05:31 +0000at://did:plc:7tyeeu5ovj2thufdql57aaym/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzanmeopwk25https://bsky.app/profile/autisticmandolinist.com/post/3lzan2dlkpk25totes!! [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Sep 2025 05:21 +0000at://did:plc:7tyeeu5ovj2thufdql57aaym/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzan2dlkpk25https://bsky.app/profile/autisticmandolinist.com/post/3lzamy3xrsc25Alternatively, remember what snitches get. Be safe, IBMAs. [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Sep 2025 05:19 +0000at://did:plc:7tyeeu5ovj2thufdql57aaym/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzamy3xrsc25