2019 is the year to finally: 1. get off-book: everything off book! learn by ear! memorise all the music I love and hold dear. No sheet music! Ever! 2. learn music theory: I tried doing an online course in 2017 but for all of 2018 I avoided the topic. No…
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.…
Geo. Heinl & Co. rehaired my bow at seven months into my ownership. I was looking to rehair because I've been breaking hairs, and the hair at the frog was getting gummy and slippery. There was also an oddity in that I had to wind the bow up…
The most intense musical period in my life drew to a close this weekend. I'd say it started in April with the Old Time Rollick at Ashokan, Magical Gospel Easter at Eastminster together with the filming of "Draw the Circle Wide," the year end concert of…
Practiced Westphalia Waltz until it feels like a waltz. I need to learn how to waltz if I'm going to play one! Art Battle at The Opera House with SoundCrowd was so exciting and fun last night. I sang until my voice gave out - which isn'…
Learning Westphalia Waltz for the fiddle party next weekend! I need more practice on the timing and tempo. It's a waltz and I get tripped up on the time signature. I don't have my book with me, but I think it's 3/4. This…
In much of my life it seems that the things that I find success in I've had to work hard for. Nothing comes easy, it's an uphill battle for almost everything: work, life, health. I've come to like working twice as hard as everyone…