Practice Log: I spent 30 minutes with the Carrera bow I bought last night. Like the title says, I still like it. No buyer's remorse. The sound it produces seems "outside" of my violin, with great resonance. Also can stop on a dime when I need…
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…
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&…
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…