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A Banjo Tinkerer’s Reverie

February 5, 2012

In tune with each dour note of the global economic turn-down, the Banjo Rehabilitation Center continues to eke out rebuilt bargain banjos while braving its own deficit budget. Brightening the cloudy fiscal clime of the workshop, the BRC founder routinely inlays each restored instrument with our mother of pearl identifier as seen in the two pictured clawhammer banjos sold on e-Bay: one with a scooped fretboard, and another with a carved heel. To cheer himself, the BRC founder wistfully entertains the notion that someday in the future, a fledgling banjo owner might glance at the BRC logo and momentarily wonder if it stands for “Barry’s Recent Creation.” Alas, perchance to dream.

 

 

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Enriching the artful climate of the BRC workplace

January 9, 2012

Although the Banjo Rehabilitation Center  is exclusively a “banjo shop”,  our sturdy little CEO sagaciously promotes musical diversity to enrich the artful climate of the workplace. In the attached informal photo,  the CEO gently instructs the grandfatherly BRC founder on the modal features of the Mixolydian scale by using the harmonica as a teaching tool. During this back porch tutorial, the CEO points-out  that the harmonica (as played by Jimmy Fadden) was seamlessly merged into the Bluegrass ensemble as heard on the  ground-breaking double album “Will the Circle Be Unbroken” released  a generation ago. Because of his progressive commitment to staff education and respect for history, the CEO quietly reaffirms to all his richly deserved place in the BRC Hall of Fame and Book of Life.

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BRC Staff Kicks Back for 2011 Holiday Photo

November 26, 2011

Undaunted by tepid seasonal sales of our official T-shirt line, the BRC support staff is all smiles for the 2011 holiday photo. Our elf-like CEO (right front row in mother’s lap) used this opportunity to help his shop staff to de-stress, refocus, and energize for the coming year by recounting the imperative that the BRC goal is to maintain the banjo at the center of the Bluegrass music tradition- America’s home grown hillbilly jazz. To crystalize this sales strategy, our elfin VP of Sales (back row left in Grandma’a arms) invoked a marketing slogan for 2012:

“It don’t mean a thang,
If it ain’t got that twang.”

In recognition of this stirring and timely marketing catch phrase, our CEO promoted the VP of Sales to Senior Vice-President of Sales, much to everyone’s acclaim.

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VP of Sales afoot and busy with BRC Tour Guide duties

October 15, 2011

Our young Vice-President of Sales also generously serves as the walking tour guide of the BRC 5 String Museum as pictured. After answering visitors’ many questions about the permanent banjo collection on display, she closes sotto voce with the comment that the BRC Founder is affectionately known to her as “Grandpa Doc”. As the guests depart,  the VP of Sales instructs them that the Board of Directors is planning a BRC Banjo Pickers Hall of Fame annex to the Museum.  Nominations are encouraged and should sent to the BRC including a photo of the musician with banjo and accompanied by a brief bio. Self-nominations are welcome.

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BRC is more than just a slogan

July 3, 2011

Since the inception of the Banjo Rehabilitation Center, its unique mother of pearl identifier “BRC” appears  inlayed on our products that are sold on eBay (see photos). As part of a public advocacy initiative, the support staff had a think-tank contest to develop an alternate message for the BRC label. The entries were:

Banjo Remain Calm, Bargain Real Cheap, Banjos ‘R’ Cute, Better Run Cacophony, Behold Righteous Celebration, Burn Routinely Crisp, Be Respectful Courteous, Back-off Really Contagious, Blues Rapidly Cured, Beguiled Readily Charmed, and Buying Requires Cash.

The safety-minded support staff unanimously declared the winner:

Banjo Remain Calm.