George Bretz

Hard one! Will pass on to Casey

Kayli,

You can download the “performance” versions of all the tunes. They have fiddle and guitar on them. Look for the MP3 logo below the videos.
If you want only guitar. You can’t download those. However, the chord progressions are on the sheet music. You could have a guitar playing friend record those for you. Or, if you subscribe to st…[Read more]

That’s way cool and beyond me. But Tom and Jerry is pretty cool even when simplified.
Thanks for sharing.
George

Kate,
I had to look this one up. Never heard of it before. Nice drive in the Alasdair Frazier version.
I randomly ran into Casey last night, we don’t even live in the same town. He said he has a bunch of material coming from Kevin Burke and Hanneke. Maybe we will get lucky.
Otherwise, we can add it to the wish list.
Thanks,
George

👍. Will pass it on

Welcome Bradley,
Lots of Celtic sounds here. Sounds like Titanic influenced you in a couple of ways.
George

Gifford,
I bet there is a chance we could get Megan to teach The Banks Hornpipe. Just not sure when/ how often she connects with Casey.
I’ll move your request over to the tune request forum.
Thanks,
George

Sylvia,
I’ll check in with Casey on Kevin Burke. I believe there are some videos of Kevin in post production.
Casey is usually pretty busy with various projects but he’ll get back to us.
Thanks for your inquiry.
George

Roger,
My wife’s maiden name is Spencer so my interest is piqued. Maybe Mr. Ricky wrote that tune, it sounds like like 100 other fiddle tunes I’ve heard.
Brings a joke to mind: “you know why fiddle tunes have names?” “So you can tell them apart!”
George

Kevin is the King!

Welcome Ency,
Casey asked me to help with moderating his site. As you probably know, Kevin is based here in “West Coast Portland”.
It has been a treat to see him over the years. He has been less active lately. Fortunately, we have great content here on the site.
Enjoy,
George

Greetings,
You and I are almost neighbors.
Terrebonne
George

Darren,
Casey has me helping out with forum moderation.
I’ll add your tunes to the request list. Production takes some time. Casey is juggling a few projects.
In the mean time, you better put that lifetime membership to use and dig into some of the great content on the site.
Thanks,
George

Chris,
I wish I lived in Carmel Valley, it’s beautiful.
I used to wonder why people waited until retirement/senior age to learn an instrument.
When I retired, I realized it’s the free time that liberates people to take new life endeavors.
Best wishes,
George

Jackie,
Welcome, as you know lots of Celtic music here.
Thanks,
George

Hi Kim,
This site will certainly stretch you.
You might try fiddlehangout.org. There is very little learning opportunity there.
However, there is decent networking opportunity. You can use it to to find out what’s happening in areas of the States you might be visiting.
People often post “I’m going to be in XXX on his date, any jams?” Usually…[Read more]

Ansgar,
What you are doing with viola is so cool. I’m envious of every classically trained musician I’ve ever met.
I’m not that disciplined.
At a bluegrass jam I attend we have a viola player who plays with the community symphony.
When she attends the jams she plays a five string violin. So she has both a viola and violin? I guess.
She has m…[Read more]

Guillaume,
I saw Andre perform at Wintergrass in Seattle earlier this year.
While, the videos on Fiddlevideo highlight his talents, I was completely blown away to see him live.
He really has tremendous rythemic skills and sings wonderfully and of course he is a wonderful fiddler.

The board he used looked like a piece of plywood with a frame to…[Read more]

Welcome Deborah and Patti. I’m just making the blind assumption you are new here. Forgive me if I’m wrong.
Portland is one of my favorite cities. I lived in Silverton for many years.
Patti, it seems you are kind of near the heart of bluegrass music in the Carolinas. I’d love to visit that area.
George