Video Blog Post- Changing Voicings Within a Jig Pattern
Another video blog post! This post is an extension of this blog post. Be sure to use good headphones or speakers. Enjoy!
Video Blog Post- Voicing Exercises w/ Double-Down Stickings in Jig Time
This video explains one of my favorite voicing exercises using double-down sticking. Be sure to use good speakers or headphones. Enjoy!...
Get Good Gear II- The Tipper Edition
In a previous blog post, I wrote about the importance of using quality instruments. Simply put, using better gear can give you a better...
Get Good Gear
I am a music educator by training, and one important lesson that I received in the area of instrumental music education was the...
Craiceann 2017- An Overview
(Photo courtesy of Jeremy Sibson.) I was fortunate to once again to participate in this year’s Craiceann Bodhrán Summer School on the...
Off to Learn
I can honestly say that the single most important influence on my playing has been my trips to the Craiceann Bodhrán Summer School on...
Some Notes About the Session...
One of my favorite things to do in this genre is to partake in the collective music making opportunity known as the session. Although my...
Metronome Games
Link for RecoLive MultiCam : https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/recolive-multicam/id576184759?mt=8 Link for Benny Greb's The Art and Science...
Down the Rabbit Hole
To go “down the rabbit hole,” in the sense of Alice in Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, suggests going down an unknown or uncertain...
The Importance of Getting Dropped
One of my interests away from music is cycling. When I started riding and training in earnest in Spring of 2016, I regularly consulted my...