And hence I am the owner of a JonPaul Carrera Bow

It is the best violin bow I own. I made a rash decision last night. I decided to go buy a bow. Originally I wanted to buy a JonPaul Avanti. The going price for these are around 700. Well reviewed as a value buy, a tremendous instrument that will last…

Fiddle Saturday

My Saturdays revolve around a group fiddle lesson with Ajineen Sagal at the Gerrard Art Space in Little India. We are using Conservatory fiddletunes "The Red Book" from Calvin Cairns. List of songs we learned so far: The Kesh Jig The Swallow's Tail Tenpenny Bit Lannigan's Ball Joys…

Explosions in the Sky

The opening chords of The Birth and Death of the Day were the most natural things in the universe. They spoke to me of things to come: the fulfilled promise of chord progressions that resolve into blinding light and white noise. My hearing aids just about melted through the first…