I am sure some of you have seen this add up before, here we go again. People tend to join our band for all the right reasons without realizing they will be busy. So off the bat if you think you can only handle 2 shows a month, this is not for you. For those of you who want to Tour the Entire USA and UK, and find it appealing to have your Album in ( Read more... )

argh.

My fiddle strings are squeaking. I'm using Thomastik Dominants and they're not too compatible with my fiddle from the squeaks I'm getting (it's not just me- other players get it on my fiddle). Any recommendations for "squeakless strings"? I don't have a lot of time for experimentation.

TIA

I've been taking for nearly two months and I am almost done my begineer book. I am excited, I can play ...a little at least.

I've finally stopped procrastinating and after many years of telling myself I'm going to learn to fiddle, I'm actually going to take lessons this summer ( Read more... )

hey I'm an advanced classical player who loves improvising and trying out all the styles, but the one i can't seem to get my head around is country.. which is quite a pain seeing as i'm in a country band! all my solos are gypsy or folk, i was wondering if anyone had any sneaky tips on how to make it sound more country? you can talk as technically/ ( Read more... )

I am new to LJ and just found this community! My partner plays the old time fiddle and while I played the violin growing up, I have sadly not yet started to play again in earnest. He does not read music and I do, so someday we'll get our act together and start teaching each other.

Here's a nice link the Mr. Fiddlie found yesterday at the BBC.

GREETINGS!!!!!!!!!!!
We are Kiss Kiss
We are signed to EYEBALL RECORDS
We are Distributed Through w/WARNER BROTHER RECORDS
We have 2 Booking Agents, And a 3 Month National Tour This Summer!
We have 1 CD in stores, 2nd to Follow Sept. 2006 ( Read more... )

So I know this is fiddle community, not violin but... worth a go anyway.

We just got new music for orchestra, and my second violin part goes up to 6th position. Ouch. So for anyone that knows how to shift... do you go from first to third to sixth? Or straight from first to sixth? Staring at it hasn't been working.

Can anyone in here suggest any (primarily) fiddle recordings (be it record, artist, single songs) to listen to? I'm looking to fill in my music collection.

Thought this was nifty!

http://www.alangoldblatt.com/gallery/ArtNouveauViolin.html