Now you did it, malaise! I promised myself I was gonna pick up my banjo and practice a little bit since I keep procrastinating, but now I've gotta go investigating around the web-O-toobz.....Thanks a lot!!!

(just don't mention, *I'm* the one who decided on a "quick check at DU" first, 'k? )

Go on and pick your banjo!

Happiest instrument ever made, made that banjo RING!

To have THREE simple tunes down... instead of one!


I'm a fan of old Appalachian clawhammer, by the way. A lot of that's pretty dark! 😵

Best of luck, would love to hear you playing sometime.

I have a bathroom to clean

LOLOL!!!

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I play banjo too!!

Wow how cool!

Do you do bluegrass/Scruggs style or clawhammer or both?

As long as it's loud and happy!

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In August 2005, the Murdoch family owned only about 29% of the company of which as of June 2013 had been diluted to around 12%. However, nearly all of these shares were voting shares which currently stand at 39% of the total voting shares, and Rupert Murdoch retained effective control of the company. Nonetheless, John Malone of Liberty Media had built up a large stake, with about half of the shares being voting shares. Therefore, in November 2006, News Corporation announced its intention to transfer its 38.5% managing interest in DirecTV Group to John Malone's Liberty Media; in return it bought back Liberty's 16.3% stake in News Corp., giving Murdoch tighter control of the latter firm.[57] Murdoch sold 17.5 million class A shares in December 2007.

Another major stakeholder has been Al-Waleed bin Talal, of the Saudi Royal Family. In 1997, Time reported that Al-Waleed owned about five percent of News Corporation. In 2010, Alwaleed's stake in News Corp. was about 7 percent, amounting to $3 billion. In 2013, News Corp. had a $175 million (19 percent) investment in Al-Waleed's Rotana Group, the Arab world's largest entertainment company.

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