Marg Sherringham

Wow, that’s a strong sound you have there James, great playing! You’re inspiring us all to work on our double stops, I really struggle with them.I like how you play them and keep the flow of the tune going, that must have taken a lot of practice.:)

Great job Deb! I’m really impressed with how you maintain a consistent pressure on the bow playing long notes. That can be really hard to do, but your notes stayed sweet from one end of the bow to the other.:)

Sounds great Joanne, really funky with that backing and well played. Spot on the beat!:)

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. 🙂

That was great Michael, we can see all the work you’ve done, there’s a lot to pull together and you’re doing it really well! Yep, we can all relate to the co-ordination of technical challenges you mentioned, but isn’t it such a good feeling when things come together? Then there’s the next new thing to layer in, or the next new tune, it’s always…[Read more]

Thanks Rita, I’m so happy I found this online community.

Thanks Kate, I was very nervous relying on my memory and hoping I could move through the variations smoothly. I can’t take credit for the ideas, they were from Jason’s Practice Journey replay, but I did enjoy the challenge! That’s great that you have Strum Machine now, it’s saved a lot of time for me, as I used to make all my own backings with…[Read more]

Hi Rita,
I’m away for a few days too, for my Grandaughter’s birthday. I’ve managed to watch a little of your concert on YouTube so far and looking forward to watching more. Thanks for sending info about it.

Thanks Joanne, I’ve enjoyed your videos too!

Thanks Owen, yes the swaying came naturally once I eventually relaxed. I’m pushing myself out of my comfort zone to make these videos, but I know they’re a good tool for our practice.

Rita,I just noticed that you wrote this tune, and harmonies too! It would be lovely to see a video of the Oyster Catchers playing it. I have a deep interest in ensemble music, have written some harmonies for a composer of folk tunes, these were published in her book. Also arranged one of them as a classical guitar solo, but I would love to write…[Read more]

Hmmmm, Sorry to muck this up so many times, trying to submit the video a different way this time, fingers crossed.

Whoops I don’t think that last link worked, sorry.

Wow, that is such a lovely tune Rita and played beautifully, nice vibrato. You seem right at home on the fiddle, have you been playing a long time?

Beautiful playing Sally, you have a nice rich tone there.
I think we would all agree that recording ourselves is confronting, but you did a great job. It’s so encouraging to know that there are others out there who are doing the same thing and we’re all learning and challenging ourselves together. 🙂

Great work Rita, and fast too!:)