Comments on: Patrick Costello: the Creative Commons and the Folk Process

by: Freemium: Patrick Costello

Sun, 14 Sep 2008 20:22:36 +0000

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by: John Dotson

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 04:20:52 +0000

Patrick is a straight shooter and his video’s are well done. But, don’t purchase any of his video’s just for the excellent instruction. Be prepared to watch how he interacts with his Father. They have a laid back,”folksy” act that is fun to watch. I would like to see more jamming and less chatting. Still he has outstanding materials. Get your hands and eyes on them as soon as you can.

by: Scott

Wed, 06 Dec 2006 22:20:46 +0000

I emailed Patrick asking about his books, I was short at the time and Christmas was coming up, so for my ten year old boy’s sake, I was just making sure if the one I wanted to order was the right one for me. He responded telling me to save my Christmas money and download it for free. This was the 5 String Banjo book, he also gave me the link for the Tao of Banjo and the Tao of Guitar for my use. I responded that it was very generous of him, and he said no it wasn’t, that 20 yrs ago sharing information was standard practice in the folk world.
The books are absolutely great, and if you can, not very expensive for the content, very cheap. This is a true folk artist in every sense. He’s passing on a wealth of information that he accrued during his youth and onward while doing what folk artists do, go everywhere with their instrument and playing without a care of what others might think, and reactions he got, and often from true masters. Highly recommended