I am a solo mandolinist at this point mostly due to the fact I live in a small town and finding people to work with is a near impossible thing. I played bass in the 90's, but playing chord solo on a 7 string bass I started to develop carpel tunnel. In 2001 when I heard the mandolin in a new light on Nickel Creeks first album I decided to start thinking about switching to the mandolin. I started playing the mandolin in 2003, and ever since then the mandolin has been nothing short of an obsession. I recorded my first mandolin album From Melancholy in 2004 after less than a year of working hard at learning the mandolin. I recorded my second album Wandering the High Wires in 2005. Currently I'm working on an all solo mandolin album (the first 2 had overdubs of a second mandolin on some songs). At this point I'm an independent artist so I'm just trying to do everything I can to survive with just my music. I wrote and self published a mandolin instructional book Scales and Modes for the Mandolin. Available in PDF for $8.00 You can check out my blog: http://swinginmandolins.blogspot.com/ for more information on the book and how to purchase my cds or click on the soundclick banner and purchase my CD DOWNLOADS. If you want to hear some more mandolin tunes check out : http://www.soundclick.com/terrylewis or if you want to hear some or my bass tunes check out: http://www.soundclick.com/tmlewis. I hope you like my music and if you do please help by purchasing my book or my CD's/CD Downloads.
