In my 70's and still playing out, but can tell I am not as good as I was the year before. This happens each year. Still hanging in there and played a...
These videos do have inspirational fiddling. There is something about violins that other instruments can't make. Tone, tamber, sonority, call it what...
Back when I was playing in bands I usually ended up being the driver, because I was the one with the van, and I also was the one who booked the gigs,...
Welcome from another happy Girouard owner and well done on two great first mandolins! Nice instruments definitely facilitate learning, great to have...
As David says, if the endpin stays in I wouldn't worry about it. I am thinking they added glue to keep it in, in which case I would plug the hole and...
It seems to me that if there's a percentage of people who clearly feel like irish trad sessions are elitist/unwelcoming/set too high a bar regarding...
If the "Tree" is denser it may sound more like Koa, which is also a good sounding tone wood. I have a couple Mahogany topped guitars and a Koa. They...
Sessiuns historically have been a local social activity. Nowadays we'd be lucky to meet the same people again at the same sessiun. Moreover we are in...
A learners session usually just means that the tunes are played at a much slower pace, and that they're of a more straightforward nature vs. a "tune...
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