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Damien Patton (born July 11, 1972) is an American entrepreneur known for founding the AI company Banjo.He began his career in the U.S. Navy in 1991 and later transitioned to NASCAR, where he worked as a chief mechanic while earning a business degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
The first banjo method was the Briggs' Banjo instructor (1855) by Tom Briggs. [36] Other methods included Howe's New American Banjo School (1857), and Phil Rice's Method for the Banjo, With or Without a Master (1858). [36] These books taught the "stroke style" or "banjo style", similar to modern "frailing" or "clawhammer" styles. [36]
Banjo Band, also known as Banjo Band Ivana Mládka is a Czech country band formed in 1966 and led by singer and comedian Ivan Mládek. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] They are best known both at home and internationally for the song " Jožin z bažin ".
Banjo music originated informally as a form of African folk music over a hundred years ago probably in the sub-Saharan region.When the Americans forced African slaves to work on the plantations, banjo music followed them, and stayed primarily a form of African folk music, up to the 1800s.
Ivan Mládek (right) and Banjo Band in 2008. Jožin z bažin is a song written by Czech musician and comedian Ivan Mládek and recorded by his group, Banjo Band, in 1977.It is considered the band's best-known song, both at home and internationally.
Ivan Mládek (born 7 February 1942) is a Czech recording artist, composer, and comedian who gained success in the mid-1970s.. Born in Prague, He started his career in the mid-1950s, and moved to Paris in 1968, before returning to his homeland in the early 1970s.
Banjo is a Utah-based surveillance software company that claimed to use AI [1] to identify events for public safety agencies. It was founded in 2010 by Damien Patton . [ 2 ] The company gained notoriety in 2020 when the State of Utah signed a $20 million contract for their "panopticon" software.
Banjo guitar, also known as banjitar [1] or ganjo, [2] is a six-string banjo tuned in the standard tuning of a six-string guitar (E2-A2-D3-G3-B3-E4 from lowest to highest strings). The instrument is intended to allow guitar players to emulate a banjo, without learning the different tuning and fingering techniques required for the standard five ...