Hey folks, I hope this finds you all well.

If you are subscribed to my Fiddle Jam Institute YouTube** channel (see below if not), you maybe have seen a notice in your “feed” that I did my first live streaming Fiddle Jam Session test last week, with the intention to do one each Wednesday about the same time.

…well… the best laid plans, sometimes can take unexpected twists and turns if seems.  Yesterday I tested positive for COVID… no worries, I only seem to have had one day of flat out in bed with fever symptoms, and feel that I am on the down-side of it now.  But I did already miss week #2!

Wisdom tells me that I should have 1 or 2 of these sessions pre-recorded and in “the can” for when life throws in a curve ball.  At least I could post those in that case as a default.

I think it’s fun to do them live if possible, and will eventually get the hang of seeing and responding to chat streams if you have questions or comments in real-time, but for now, send me your questions, and wish-list of things you’d like me to cover and I will be happy to do my best to accommodate you!

The general intention I am putting forth, is a more immediate and personalized jam session that we could not fit on the Fiddle Jam Book’s CD, where I spend more time on inner ear and groove training using “call and answer” and slowing down the cool stuff riff by riff so you can develop a useful jamming vocabulary on your fiddle for a featured key each week.  Though, if there is interest, I can do other things too.  One thing that was mentioned to me was breaking down the famous jazz song, “All of Me” into smaller bites that a jazz novice could handle more easily.  I’m open to your suggestions!  What I cover does not HAVE to be the basics.  Any topic is fair game.  Send me your ideas and votes!

Happy Jams!

Fitz

To subscribe to the Fiddle Jam Institute YouTube channel: simply go to ANY of my videos, say… like last week’s live stream session test HERE or below (in case you missed it ;-), and if you are logged in to your YouTube account (it’s free to start one), just click on the SUBSCRIBE button below the video and it will add anything new that I post into a notification for you.  This can come to your email or just show up as a priority in your video list “feed” along with other videos from providers that you might have subscribed to or show interest in.  Pretty easy stuff.  Let me know if you need any help!