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Thank you. I enjoy writing music. Not too good at adding lyrics, so I stick to tunes, mostly waltzes, but have done a few others along with some songs with lyrics. Retirement is great!

Gorgeous!

That was very frickin’ cool!

Thanks Joanne! I dig your profile picture!

Thanks Owen!

Wow – really excellent. Great bow control and rhythm.

Well done, Joanne! That is certainly a toe tapper.

Nice! Well played!

Yup, recording often sounds different than what we hear; pretty much for all of us. I liked the song and how you played it!

Thanks Debbie! I struggle with intonation… While I’m playing, what I hear in my head sounds better than what I hear listening back. Recording myself has been a powerful tool. Thanks for your comment!

Nice! I think people notice what they themselves struggle with. Your bow angle is perfect throughout!

Marg, Star Wars Day has become quite a big thing in the UK so I can’t claim the joke! Though it makes me laugh every year!

Thank you for watching our concert, Marg. We have started live concerts here in Long Beach, Wa. We have 2 performances coming up in June. I just finished directing and acting in our local communist theater musical which ran 3 weekends. We had to shut down 2 years ago, 3 days before we were to open. So nice to be back to live entertainment in…[Read more]

Rita, I finished watching your band’s concert video. So polished, you must all have worked very hard to put that together. Beautiful vocal harmonies, what a great thing to be able to sing so well. I think that would be very helpful for audiation as a fiddle player.
I hope the Oyster Crackers will soon be able to do live gigs again, I’m not sure of…[Read more]

Thanks for your kind comments Michael.

That’s a nice bit of fun Joanne and I like the joke…May the 4th be with you. Very good. 🙂

The first link didn’t work, but the Dropbox did. Well done, Diane, it’s a beautiful song and you paced it really well. It looks like you’ve learnt it by memory – very good, as I find it a tricky one to remember. Thanks for posting.

Hi Sally, I couldn’t see your video as it was no longer available on YouTube. You may have deleted it. If you’re having difficulty with posting, this is what I do:

1. Record yourself on video on your phone or ipad.
2. Go to YouTube (if you haven’t already got an account, just create a basic one – you don’t need a premium). When I open the YouTu…[Read more]