Here it comes. The 2013 old time festival season!  Up next: The Black Creek Fiddlers' Reunion. I'll be holding down the Welcome Tent again this year. Anyone and everyone is welcome to join in the jam there. There probably will be some good players informally sharing their wares. But, don't be shy. Have a seat and have at it. And, when I say 'have a seat', I mean bring your own. A good thing to have at an OT festival.

NEFFA workshop 2013

Thanks to all who came to my How To Jam By Ear workshop. Great enthusiasm and motivation! Sorry that I didn't have enough handouts for everyone. So, you can print these PDFs - The Rectangle Of Fifths and the outline for the discussion. And, here's a version of Sinclair's Mandolin from a workshop at Greendale, Victoria Australia in 2012.

What a fun weekend. Congrats to all the NEFFA staff and volunteers. Let's do that again sometime, eh? I especially liked the rooms designated as Jamming rooms. A nice opportunity to meet new people and play tunes that we knew and didn't know.

Stone Ridge - April 13th

Part presentation, part concert, part dance lesson, part dancing. What could be better?

Marbletown Community Center, 3775 Main Street, Stone Ridge

Bring the kids

Here's another poster for the Family Jam.

More instrument classes at Old Songs

There will be a new round of How To Jam classes at Old Songs in Voorheesville, NY, starting in March. Also, fiddle, uke, and more! And, an after school program for the younger folks. Here's the complete list.

Family Jam in March

Just thrilled to be helping out on this project! Save the date, March 17th. Pretty easy to remember, eh?

Had a great time at the Flurry Festival in Saratoga Springs this past weekend. If you came to my workshop and you're looking for that handout, click on the 'Ter's Tunelist' link to your right. Let me know if you have any questions.








 

I was going to write a new tune

to commemorate the apocalypse. But, time got away from me. I'll have another chance, I guess. But, seriously folks, I've gone and got myself a day job. So, my time is somewhat spoken for. I'll still be available for workshops and Skype rendezvous evenings and weekends though.

I was wondering what sort of newsy bits I could put up here, and a workshopper gave me some verbiage just in time. Some really nice news coming out of our Fiddle Hell workshop...

 "Been working a lot on droning in the past year but usually only on tunes that I felt I could do so successfully. However, I was inspired by the last beg-Int OT jam at Fiddle Hell where you had us all replay Soldier's Joy but with drones. I had given up playing that tune for awhile, but that little exercise rekindled the fun I can have with it. Now, I try to throw in drones and chords on all tunes I play, if I can. Some are still too hard just to get the notes, but most have plenty of opps for me to grab a 2nd string or throw in a chord. It's been paying off. It's made playing Soldier's Joy fun to play again, and I have gotten comfy playing light drones (where I want them) on Moses, Hoe Your Corn (from Lake Genero)." 

 Always nice to hear that I've helped someone get a boost. Thanks for writing!