I've been reading, watching, and finding resources for what to do when in a rut, or when at the early stages of burnout. I recently published my birthday retrospective and I might have sounded a bit blasé or maybe a bit disengaged from my music. While I don't think I'm…
I just had my birthday this past week. Birthdays and new years always makes me think about what's happened this year, and what to look forward to next year. This year, I attended the Old Time Rollick at Ashokan for the second time. It is still my heart and home…
Arriving at the Ashokan Center felt like coming home. Within a minute of parking, I saw Debbie from last year with her fiddle at her side. We hugged and welcomed each other back. I took a bit of time to organize my luggage, shouldered my fiddle, and walked down the…
Inspirations for becoming a faster, stronger, deeper musician…
In 2019 I want to learn this tune Shetland Night from Blazin' Fiddles to a level where I can play along to the recording. This is what we're up to: It's a wonderful tune that I haven't found any tutorials or sheets to, so it'll be learn by ear. The…
2019 is the year to finally: get off-book: everything off book! learn by ear! memorise all the music I love and hold dear. No sheet music! Ever! learn music theory: I tried doing an online course in 2017 but for all of 2018 I avoided the topic. No longer! go…
I played harmony with ML on melody at the SoundCrowd Cabaret this Sunday. We were the only instrumental/fiddle duet in a program full of incredible and very talented singing. We played The Dawning of the Day, which had beautiful harmonies in this arrangement, and our teacher Ajineen had modified…
My grandmother, we call her po-po, passed away on Canadian Thanksgiving weekend. I saw her a few weeks ago in Taiwan. I had flown over on an impromptu trip booked at the last moment, and saw her at the hospital, and met my uncles and cousins and young nieces.…