Originally Posted by
JeffD
This challenge was brought up at a party, and I thought I would put it up here.
Here's the idea.
Take an old war horse of a tune. Preferabley something you have heard a thousand times more than you ever want to hear it. Something that makes you fidget when a newbie plays the tune with enthusiasm.
Take that tune and find a way to make it interesting again. No big changes to the tune, but can we play it in a way that the tune shines again, and will make the most jaded of old fiddlers want to play it.
Pick any tune you want, but make it something very common, something we all probably know, and have stopped listening to. Something that has become trite, and dorky. Then add your own style or technique or enthusiasm to bring out the tune in a way you think will make others take a new interest in the tune.
I would like to share them here, but the challenge of course goes beyond the cafe into your home jam sessions.
I am presently working on Angeline the Baker. I have some cool sounding ideas. I will share when ready.
Lets see what we can do to pump some sunshine into dead horses.