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
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Playing Electric Violin with Distortion
Here’s a quick introductory lesson on the expressive qualities that playing electric violin with distortion from your amp or an effect pedal brings to your musical pallet. Bonus: Distortion Violin Primer: Learn about adding this rich and expressive texture to your playing.
South’s Gonna Do It Again – Charlie Daniels Band
I reported in the Fiddle Jam Club newsletter that I had played this song recently at a neighborhood party sit-in. It was part of my repertoire back in my bar band days. It is a classic Country Rock fiddle tune example. Looking at it today, I can see how much
Country Music Lessons
Country Music. Yes, this is another one of those very wide style categories that encompasses many sub-genres, isms and schisms! You may see some of the same lessons in more than one category because of these styles overlapping so much. It is my opinion that today’s modern Country Music
Lesson Lists By Style
Cornerstone Styles: Jazz: Straight Ahead, American Standards, BeBop, Gypsy Jazz, Latin Jazz, Jazz Fusion Blues: Chicago, Memphis, Peidmont, Delta Rock: Classic, Pop, Punk, Grunge, Metal, Roots, Rock n Roll, Country Rock, Progressive Rock Country: Modern Country, Country & Western, Western Swing, Bluegrass, Fiddle Tunes, Old Time Fiddle Other style isms,
The Devil Went Down to Georgia – Charlie Daniels Band
Top 10 hit from 1979. Fuses Country Rock and Rap in a story lyric about Satan challenging a fiddler in the state of Georgia (USA). *It used to be that as soon as one would pull out a fiddle in a bar, somebody would inevitably heckle you for “Orange Blossom