Casey Willis

Hi, Kah.

I’ll add it to Patti’s running request list, and she may choose to teach it during her next session. I’ve been trying to get her back to the studio for over a year, but this pandemic has really put a hitch in travel!

C

Update – Megan’s first session for the project will be end of July/beginning of Aug this year. Excited to get her onboard!

Here’s a recent article on Megan from Strings Magazine: https://stringsmagazine.com/keep-connected-with-fiddler-and-educator-megan-lynch-chowning/

Cheers!
C

Hi, Thistle. Good stuff. You won’t regret learning to play by ear. You’ll always have the ability to read sheet music, and that’s an entirely separate, valuable skill. But you’ll be amazed at what happens when you start listening and creating music with people around you who are doing the same thing. Don’t be afraid to listen to what your…[Read more]

Bumping this thread up to see if anyone has any more requests for the latest instructor to be added to the Fiddlevideo website. I spoke with Megan a couple of days ago, and we’re sorting out times/schedules. Looks like she may visit the Fiddlevideo studios in late July of this year…

Very cool on both counts, Rob. I’ve never heard of a clog fiddle before, but there’s a ton I don’t know about the fiddling that goes on in that neck of the woods. Have you checked out the Vasen Nyckelharpa player? Awesome stuff.

Very cool…so many tunes and so little time!!

I’m also considering trying out the foot tapping thing as well as working through Niall’s chopping series…those are two things I’ve never tried and think would be cool to add to my bag of tricks…

Thanks for the input, guys. I’ll do some research on Discord to see if I think that would be a good solution/enhancement…stay tuned. Feel free to chime in with other thoughts, folks…

Hey, Lisa. Couldn’t agree more – the forum could use a refresh. I’ll have to learn something about those options.

Other folks who use this site – does anybody advocate one of the options Lisa listed over the others? I’ve never used any of them…

I’ll do some thinking. And other folks feel free to chime in.

C

Hi, MC1200.

I appreciate your feedback. Our production team has lowered the volume in some of the more recently produced videos, but the outro bumper audio for older lessons definitely is a bit hot. At some point, we’ll remaster the older lessons to get the audio (and video quality) in line with the newer lessons produced.

Thanks for your…[Read more]

Cool. Welcome, Cameron! I look forward to tuning in as well…cheers!

Added to Kevin’s running request list for his next session…thx!

Thanks for the suggestion, Bowvalley…consider this added to our running request list. One of our instructors may choose to teach the tune in the future.

Cheers!!

C

Adding a couple of requests which came in via email to this thread:

-Fine Times at Our House
-Grigsbys Hornpipe

Bumping this thread so folks can chime in. We hope Megan will be able to travel to the FIddlevideo.com studios to record her first set of lessons later this spring (pandemic permitting). We’ve had a few tune requests for Megan roll in on other threads and via email (listed below). Feel free to chime in with any Bluegrass or Texas Style type…[Read more]

Hi, PRobbo.

Thanks for the kind feedback on the website…glad you’re enjoying membership.

Cool to hear you’ve been able to catch Kevin live. And good news, he did end up recording a lesson for Itzikel in his most recent recording session…it’s in the production queue and you’ll see that lesson published on Fiddlevideo in the future. I’ll…[Read more]

Hi, Michelle.

That’s an interesting idea. It might be nice to have a single page which lists all tunes/lessons…perhaps, as you suggest, including some form of filtering which allows search by key. I’ll do some thinking on the best way we might include that.

Right now, you can search on tune type and instructor using the drop down…[Read more]

Hi, Regis.

We just published Kevin Burke’s lesson covering Stella’s Waltz. Thanks for your patience!!!

You can see the lesson here: Stella’s Waltz

All the best!!

C

Hi, Johanna.

Andre actually talked a bit about the connection when he was here at the Fiddlevideo studios recording his lessons…fascinating stuff!! He knows a ton about itinerant Quebecois musicians and indicated that there was a strong connection between the two styles of music.

I’ve considered adding a Cajun instructor to this project…[Read more]