Casey Willis

Great thread, Oliver. Merry Christmas to all! So many great tunes to choose from!!! I don’t know how I’d pick a favorite…How about something non-fiddle…for folks not aware of this talented man, enjoy:

Hi, Oliver. You’ve hit upon one of the areas I plan to expand this site, sir. I was in talks with an amazing bluegrass player to see if he was interested in joining up on the site…that fell through for now, but I’m interested in working with someone…

I think I’d be able to tackle a number of standard bluegrass fiddle tunes, but I don’t…[Read more]

Hi, Rick. I’m really glad to hear that feedback. Yep – we have a ton of additional lessons from Andre to publish. We also have a new instructor to publish, and then I’ll be producing new lessons from each instructor in turn throughout 2018.

I’ll add that reel onto his request list for his next session…

Cheers!

C

Good tune, JW. Added to the list for the future. RW is right…too many tunes not enough time!!!

C

Hi, Shepsj. Thanks for chiming in. We wrapped Kevin’s recording session up on Sunday, so these suggestions are just a day late, I fear. However…

Is the Pigeon on the Gate tune this one? Or is it a different tune? I think I heard that there are multiple versions of the tune, so the one Hanneke taught might not be the one you are after. I…[Read more]

As promised, here is the update with the listing of tunes recorded this weekend by Kevin Burke. It will be a while before production is complete on these, but it’s nice to have a backlog of good tunes to offer going forward. Keep your eyes out…here are the tunes from this weekend’s session:

The Old Torn Petticoat
Stack of Barley
Garret…[Read more]

Ok, folks. Thanks much for the input!

I’ll pass this feedback over to Kevin. We’re all set to start cutting tracks tomorrow evening through Sunday.

I’ll post the final list of lessons recorded in this thread once we wrap.

Cheers!!

C

Hi, Tundra. We looked at that a while back when the site first launched. At that time, the tech wasn’t available to serve up audio files via web with the ability to slow them down….that may have changed. I’ve never really been thrilled with the SoundCloud embedded players, so maybe it’s time I revisited this to see if there is a good web-b…[Read more]

Hi, SSulzman. That’s a good thought. I have a player or two in mind…It looks like the 2018 studio/production schedule is filling up, so it may be a while. Great idea, though!

C

OK, folks. Kevin just provided the below list of tunes he thought of for next week’s sessions…any votes on these?

I’m still pulling together other tune suggestions for him to review, but I figured I’d post this to see if anyone saw something that they wanted to advocate for…

Hornpipes
The Long Acre
“Cuz” Teahan’s

Reels
The Boys of Malin…[Read more]

I second the vote for Cleartune. I used to have a really expensive tuner, and that app does better…never used it to try to practice drones, though…good thought, Andrea.

Hi, Alan.

Good news on the first one…it’s also know as Lafferty’s Reel, and Kevin already taught it in his last recording session. I will bump it up the list to produce, but it will be a little bit.

Galway Bay is another common request…hopefully he’ll cut it this time.

Good suggestions, all.

That’s exactly what I was going for when I selected that one, Andrea. Andre’s stuff is really technical, so I thought it would be good to do a slower one to mix it up.

In general, Andre’s reel lessons will be more advanced…but there are a handful of slower marches/waltzes which will appeal to players of all levels.

Glad you enjoyed!!

C

Awesome, Oliver.

Sounds like you are on the right path, sir! I can’t wait until I have time to practice myself!!

Keep up the great work…glad to hear the site is helping advance your playing…but as you know, it’s all up to you!!

C

Good point on focused practice, R.

Too funny on the mute/marriage link, O.

Hi, Oliver.

Good question. All three are a valuable use of time!

Based on your experience level, I would recommend trying to include a little technique work every time you have a practice session. If you have a 30 minute time frame to practice in, I’d probably start out on 10-15 minutes of technique/exercise work on whatever particular…[Read more]

Hi, Rorylaney.

Andre isn’t on the site very often, but I’ll pass your comments onto him. I’d love to get him back in the studio…maybe later next year. We’ll be pulling together a request list at that time, and I’ll make sure this tune is on the list.

All the best!!

C

The new instructor is Niall Murphy, PM. And yep!

Niall’s Website

Niall’s Facebook

You bet, guys. Thanks much for the kind words. Andre is amazing. I’ll edit out several more of his lessons and then start working on our other new instructor’s material!! Fun times!

C