Announcing!
My original song, Phantasmic Youngsters, is now available on the Homestuck album coloUrs and mayhem: Universe B and can be listened to or downloaded using the widget below! Also, the sheet music is available in the downloads and store on this site.
New CD Available!
The Limited Edition T.S. MandolinWorks Vol. I CD is now avaiable!
Read more here... Download FREE track here...
Welcome to Tristan Scroggins (.com)
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About MeTristan Scroggins is 17 years old mandolin player based out of Denver who has been playing for only 8 years this coming spring. Tristan started out playing music when he was inspired by his father, Jeff Scroggins, "The Unsung Hero of the Banjo", to learn how to play the banjo. However, Tristan's interests turned to the mandolin after he realized that he might actually have potential with that instrument and he figured he might as well kill two birds with one stone and socially alienate himself a little less. After just a few months of practicing, Tristan won, through some set of random inexplicable events, the first contest he entered. This fully turned Tristan's attention to the mandolin. In the years following, Tristan began to put all his attention on his music. Thus, he abandoned his non-existent athletic abilities and traded his baseball for a pick. It paid off because in late July of 2007 Tristan came in first at the mandolin contest at the Pickin' on the Plains festival in Colby Kansas and later that same year went on to become the New Mexico State Mandolin Champion. The year after, he won the state’s youth talent competition. Most recently (and possibly most notably), The Arizona State Championship and a SECOND win in New Mexico (As well as a win in the Duo contest thanks to fiddlest Sam Weiss) are two more titles Tristan can put under his belt. These days, Tristan is just trying to play as much as possible. You can always find him somewhere in the southwest playing with one of many bands. Some things to look foward to are a band featuring Tristan, Jeff, and some of Colorados other great musicians as well as a bit more underground project with guitarist Cody Carbone and drummer (yeah, I thought it was crazy too) Mason Stillman. For now however, most musical outings invovle a crowded bar as the setting for a late night jam or a guest spot on stage with friends.
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