Here I’m getting restarted after a bit of a hiatus. I plan on this being the beginning of a series of videos where I will regularly practice live and talk about select keys and their riffs and tricks from my book “Rock n Blues Fiddle Jam A-Toodz” which
Archive | By Sight
Learning by watching others do.
Fisher’s Hornpipe – Bluegrass
Fisher’s Hornpipe is a catchy little tune that seems pretty common at Pickin’ Parties. Free Fiddle Jam Club members get to see a tutorial on how to improvise EZ back-ups to this song. Our All Access Pass members get to view ALL the lesson materials which include: My performance example,
Seminole Wind
Here’s a cool violin part from the big country music hit Seminole Wind by John Anderson. Not only does this tune have a cool vibe, I take a personal shine to it since the lyric mentions the historic North Central Florida town that is very near where I currently
Ragtime Annie
Ragtime Annie has come our way thanks to a member’s request of her favorite tune! I have quite a few audio lesson and play-along tracks below, starting with a talk-thru and super-slow version (1 & 2). Always an excellent reference, the Fiddler’s FakeBook (Oak Publications) has a version that I’ve
Double Stop Tutorial – iFiddle Magazine Column
Here’s the video from my monthly column in iFiddle Magazine for July 2016. Enjoy! Note: you can skip ahead to about the 4 minute mark if you already know how to bow on double strings and want to get to the four levels of difficulty in understanding and being able
E minor Tabla Jam
Here’s a new one I created in GarageBand for a student’s Call & Answer session recently. It worked very well for her! This particular student is a super-smart teen who is going to college early and has a very developed left/logical side of her brain… so much so that she
Moonlight Drive Jam Track
I first created this jam-along track for inclusion in a lesson I did for iFiddle Magazine on the Magic of Blues Scales. It is “in-the-style-of” the great electric violin icon Jean Luc Ponty and a rough take-off of the tune “Sunset Drive” on his “Taste for Passion” album (with