Drive and pulse

I sat in on my first workshop  -- OK, my bad, I know --  with Old Buck who has been traveling through the Northeast and finally made the connection between the drive that fiddlers create with upstrokes on the fiddle and the slides that Round Peak banjo players use.  And I'm a lot more conscious of the pulse in my playing -- listening to the Camp Creek Boys for inspiring strong pulse.  Thank you, Emily, Debra, Sabra and Riley.  -- Howard