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Searching for Composer Contact Information

2013-05-21T12:12:01-07:00

Clyde Curley and I are working on a third Portland Collection fiddle tune book. We are well underway, in fact and have recently mailed out requests for permission to print tunes to around 80 composers. However, there are several we are unable to locate, having exhausted our usual sources and resources. If anyone here can put me in touch with any of the following composers or their estates (several are deceased), please write to me off list with that information (songer at portcoll dot com). If you know someone who might know how to find these people, that is also [...]

Re: Digital Audio Recorders (again)

2013-05-21T14:18:17-04:00

I have an old Zoom H4 but like the Tascams better. I have a DR5 it is cheap and good and all I need.

Bob
On May 21, 2013, at 2:15 PM, Josh Johnson wrote:

> I've got the H2 and the H4n - and the Recording levels are adjustable while
> recording. The Recording Level on both of these models is labeled as such,
> but on the H2n it appears it's referred to as the Mic Gain/Input Level.
>
> The H2n manual mentions the use of Hold button that locks the controls
> during recording, except for [...]

Re: Digital Audio Recorders (again)

2013-05-21T14:15:35-04:00

I've got the H2 and the H4n - and the Recording levels are adjustable while
recording. The Recording Level on both of these models is labeled as such,
but on the H2n it appears it's referred to as the Mic Gain/Input Level.

The H2n manual mentions the use of Hold button that locks the controls
during recording, except for that of the Mic Gain, then mentioning setting
the MIC GAIN to around -12db (which would need to be done during recording
to active the db/sound level meter). Based on that I'd say you can change
the recording levels during recording. [...]

Digital Audio Recorders (again)

2013-05-21T10:51:06-07:00

I'm now in the market for one of these to record voice and music. (I held out and never bought a minidisk, and my Sony Walkman Pro no longer functions.) I've read the previous discussions and comparisons. I have narrowed down my choice to the Zoom H2N and the Edirol R-05. (The H4N and R-09 have more features that I doubt I would need or use.) The biggest difference I saw in the H2/H4 vs. R-09 comparisons is whether you could change the recording volume while recording (yes for R-09 and no for H2/H4). Does anyone know if that can [...]

Rolex Sport Model

2013-05-12T19:56:39+03:00

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Rolland Fiddle Camp June 23 - 29, 2013

2013-05-06T02:07:01-07:00

Rolland Fiddle Camp #3 is scheduled for June 23-29, 2013 at the Hermit Basin Conference Center, in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo mountains about 7 miles west of Westcliffe, Colorado. It's a small intimate camp with lots of 1-on-1 and small group interaction.
Please check www.peterrolland.com for full details on the camp.
Here are the teachers and their teaching focus at camp:
Dan Levenson (www.clawdan.com): old-time banjo and fiddle
Mike Cirillo (www.fiddlermike.com): jazz, swing, progressive, rock, country & blues fiddle
Lynne Denig (www.chinrests.com): staff expert violin teacher: fundamentals, remedial training, Paul Rolland string methods, custom chinrest fitting
Peter [...]

Free Fiddle Workshop in Nebraska

2013-05-05T09:59:37-05:00

Dear Fellow Fiddlers,

I'm giving a free fiddle workshop on Saturday, May 25, and I wanted to make sure you folks knew about it. Let me know if you have any questions!

Sincerely,
Debby-in-the-Schoolhouse
www.greenblattandseay.com

On Saturday, May 25, at 10 AM, there will be a FREE fiddle workshop at the National Homestead Monument in Beatrice, Nebraska. The workshop will be led by championship fiddler and fiddle book author, Deborah Greenblatt. Deborah was the first woman to win the Nebraska State Fiddle Championship, and the first woman to win the Mid-America Fiddle Championship. She is a Master Artist with the [...]

Kentucky State Fiddle Championship June 7th & 8th

2013-05-05T14:22:35+00:00

New Location: Elizabethtown, Ky. Freeman Lake Park. Four Divisions: Pee Wee, Junior, Intermediate & Senior. More info at KYfiddler.com Paul

Re: FIDDLE-L Digest - 11 Apr 2013 to 15 Apr 2013 (#2013-62)

2013-04-16T08:32:12-07:00

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Anything for bucks!

Bob Loomis
Concord CA USA

Bob Loomis
Concord CA

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Help! Nervous Breakdown

2013-04-16T07:59:22-04:00

I am looking for an MP3 of Buck Ryan playing "Nervous Breakdown". I think
that I had a copy years ago, but I can't find it -- perhaps I lost it in a
computer breakdown. I'd be happy to trade for any recording I have that
somebody is looking for.

Joel

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2013-04-16T06:53:58+06:00

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2013-04-11T18:55:02-04:00

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fact of life on the internet) Just delete it and don't get upset about it.

BTW, we just had our 31st annual Florida Old Time Music Championship at the
Pioneer Florida Museum in Dade City. Had a great time with our Guest of
Honor Mac Benford. Check out our FaceBook page and www.fotmc.org for
pictures, winners list, etc. [...]

2013-04-11T18:20:14-04:00

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2013-04-11T13:35:48-07:00

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UPDATED - Fiddle Jam in Nashville Georgia, May 18th

2013-04-10T21:57:59-04:00

We have updated our website to show the list of performers that will be
on hand May 18th, Nashville, Georgia.

http://berriencountyga.wix.com/fiddle-jam#!fiddle-jam-performers

http://berriencountyga.wix.com/fiddle-jam#!

Wenda Gaile Bailey
New Harmonies Planning Committee
Berrien Historical Foundation

A Fiddle Jam will be held in Nashville, Georgia, as a part of the
Smithsonian Exhibit, "New Harmonies, Celebrating American Roots Music."

We have set up a website here: [...]

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2013-04-11T04:03:04+01:00

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Re: AEAC# International

2013-04-09T08:26:32-04:00

At 12:00 AM 4/9/2013, you wrote:
>Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2013 13:56:51 +0000
>From: "Gifford, Paul"
>Subject: AEAC# International
>
>Don't know if there might be any connection to other tunes in this
>tuning, but it's interesting nevertheless.

Paul,
Scandinavian fiddling
http://www.fiddlingaround.co.uk/scandinavia/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardanger_fiddle
and last year you talked the fact that it AEAC# was found in
Scandinavian fiddling.
http://listserv.brown.edu/archives/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1201&L=fiddle-l&F=&S=&P=7159
Often, things like are independently invented and there may be no
relationship between the fact that the tuning is found in Scandinavia
and the Crimea.
Carl

Fiddle Jam in Nashville Georgia, May 18th

2013-04-08T13:52:22-04:00

A Fiddle Jam will be held in Nashville, Georgia, as a part of the
Smithsonian Exhibit, "New Harmonies, Celebrating American Roots Music."

We have set up a website here:

http://berriencountyga.wix.com/fiddle-jam#!

and, a Facebook for New Harmonies, here:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/New-Harmonies-Celebrating-American-Roots-Music/148793788612468?ref=hl

Wenda Gaile Bailey
New Harmonies Planning Committee

Rocky Mountain Fiddle Camp April Newsletter

2013-04-08T11:48:02-04:00

Hi Everyone,

The RMFC e-newsletter went out Saturday. If you would like to be on the
distribution list, please either send me note, or go to our website _www.RMFi
ddle.com_ (http://www.RMFiddle.com) and sign up on "Join Email List."

Great lineup this year as always, including Randal Bays, Andy Stein,
Brittany Haas, Sandy MacIntyre, Ryan McCasson, and many more! [...]

AEAC# International

2013-04-08T13:56:51+00:00

Hmm... now I know where this tuning came from. The Crimean Tatars!

Not that Crimean Tatar traditional music is all that easy to come by, but there is a dance, Tym-tym, which is accompanied by a tune in this tuning. Examples are numerous, e.g.:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeUsz1PKRWc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jl8grqobrJ4

Don't know if there might be any connection to other tunes in this tuning, but it's interesting nevertheless. [...]

Noah's Ark in Nebraska

2013-04-06T23:21:54-07:00

Wow, that should be great fun. I wish I could be there! Maybe another year, if it becomes a tradition.

Dave Barton

BTW, Deborah, the first time I saw your name on a notice of the tunesmithing contest, I realized it was famiar. Later, it hit me. I played violin in Pat Isham's string ensemble here in San Jose for many years. And we played some of your arrangements for string orchestra. One, a medley of Irish reels, worked very well; our audience loved it. [...]

Noah's Ark in Nebraska

2013-04-06T19:25:32-05:00

Dear Fellow Fiddlers,

If you are in the neighborhood on Sunday, April 14, come to a performance of our mini-musical, "Noah's Ark". The performance will be in the Old Avoca Schoolhouse, in Avoca, Nebraska, and will be followed by a jam session.

Let me know if you have any questions!

Sincerely,
Debby-in-the-Schoolhouse
www.greenblattandseay.com

“Noah’s Ark” is a lively adaptation of the story of Noah and the great flood. This unique Greenblatt & Seay production explores the fate of the humans and other animals on the ark, from the day they boarded, to the day they disembarked. The words, by David [...]

Seattle First Wednesday Jam for May

2013-04-04T12:44:12-07:00

13 fiddles, 2 banjos, 2 mandolins, 2 guitars, and a brace of button
accordions played tunes from hither and yon in our living room last
night. Here's what we played (as usual, spelling and accuracy not
guaranteed):

St. Adelle's Reel (Vivian), Possum's Tail is Bare (Martha), Go Home with
the Girls in the Morning (Ken), Julie Delaney (Phil K), Dubuque (John),
Lady of the Lake (Rick), Andy's Jig (Stuart), Campbell's March (Vivian),
Murray River Jig (Brid), Lucky Trapper (Sono), Chinese Breakdown (Phil
W), Lass of Patie's Mill (Allen), Meg Gray (Jeff), Boggy Road to Texas
(Ramon), Over the Waterfall (Shaun), [...]

Re: Australian Musicians

2013-04-01T21:06:29-04:00

Jacques: it looks like Jenny Gall lives in Canberra. That should
narrow it down a bit. I found that out here:
http://www.yarraranges.vic.gov.au/Events_Calendar/Irish_Fiddle_Camp

Maybe you can write to the sponsors of that camp and have them fwd
your email to her.

Graham McDonald is a musician and instrument maker near Canberra. If
you are anywhere near there he may be able to find some folks or know
of other trad musicians. He has a whole section on his site about
Australian dance music: http://www.mcdonaldstrings.com [...]