Ted Yoder: The Master Of The Hammered Dulcimer Shares His Life

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🗓️ 10 July 2014

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Todays guest entrepreneur is a master of an instrument that until recently I had never heard off, but upon stumbling upon some information on the web, I knew that I wanted to have him on my show. He got to the top of the Hammered Dulcimer pile, when back in 2010 he won the National Championship, even though this was not an instrument that was on his radar even a few years previously. As he says "For years I was a musician who played a lot of different instruments. Jack of all, master of none. The hammered dulcimer was just another instrument I could play a little on but not really kill it." But with a bit of practice he is not only killing it, but actually smashing it to pieces too (which will make sense if you listen to the show) So what was it about this instrument that really spoke to him, and allowed him to become a musician fulltime, traveling the country performing well known classics, with a unique twist. Well lets find out, as we bring onto the show to start Joining up Dots, the one and only Ted Yoder.

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0:00.0	When we're young we have an amazing positive outlook about how great life is going to be
0:05.0	but somewhere along the line we forget to dream and end up settling.
0:09.0	Join up dots features amazing people who refuse to give up and chose to go after their dreams.
0:15.0	This is your blueprint for greatness.
0:18.0	So here's your host, live from the back of his garden in the UK, David Ralph.
0:26.0	Yes, hello there, it is David Ralph.
0:28.5	Would you expect anything less?
0:30.5	Of course you wouldn't.
0:31.5	It's got to be me or there ain't gonna be a show.
0:33.5	We have got a guest on today who is, he's a master, he's a master of an instrument,
0:38.7	but until recently I've never heard of.
0:41.1	But upon stumbling upon him on the web, I knew that I wanted to have him
0:45.4	on my show because I want to get different characters, I want different personalities, I want
0:50.5	different stories, to make this show really a mix where you just don't know what you're going to get each day.
0:58.0	And this guy is going to tell you a story that if you like me, you won't have heard it before.
1:03.0	He got to the top of the hammered dalsama pile
1:06.0	when back in 2010 he won the national championship
1:09.0	even though this was not an instrument that was on his radar
1:12.0	even a few years previously.
1:14.4	As he says, for years I was a musician who played a lot of different instruments, Jack of
1:18.2	all Master of None, and the Hamad Dalsamo was just another instrument I could play a little on but not really kill it.
1:24.8	But with a bit of practice he's not only killing it but actually smashing it to pieces too and that
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