my sound is changing

By Jonathan Lin on

One of the most fascinating things about musical learning is that my sound changes from time to time. While I originally thought that my sound is just my sound, I realise now that my sound is changing! I don't know how to quantify that or how to describe…

Mics and Instruments

By Jonathan Lin on

At the beginning of the pandemic I started evolving my recording setup for getting the sounds from my instrument into the computer and out through Zoom/Facetime for lessons and into a file for recording. Indeed, all musicians have to figure out what works best for them online, and there…

Music for your Blues with Yolanda Bruno

By Jonathan Lin in grandma on

When Yolanda Bruno started playing the last piece in our Music for Your Blues session, I could not place what I was hearing. It was so familiar, but so fresh on her fiddle. The theme came together into focus in a few short phrases, Little darling, it's been…

2021 fiddle goals

By Jonathan Lin on

It's a new year! Carry over from before * get off book, learn off book, practice off book, off book everything! * On the road/Internet get-togethers - Old Time Rollick, Banjo Fest (maybe), Sierra Fiddle Camp in California, Mike Block Fiddle Camp in Verona Beach Florida, Blazin' in…

Changing hearing, blessings

By Jonathan Lin in hearing on

My hearing is changing within the last 2 days. I'm not sure what I did or what I didn't do, but on the right side I am regaining a bit more sensitivity. This isn't to say I can hear more, but just that the…

Jonny plays Schradieck

By Jonathan Lin in practice on

logic I'm trying out Henry Schradieck's School of Violin Technics Book 1 for the week, to review fundamentals in left hand fingering and right hand coordination. Schradieck has taken on a mythical reputation in the violin world as exercises that will transform violin playing if taken…