Musicians and The Road
Like many of us in the music-making profession, it’s been about two years since my last big tour. Since the age of 10, I have performed for part if not all of my income. Before the pandemic, taking a break…
Notes from the Road
WHY BLUEGRASS MATTERS
Why Bluegrass Matters in the Public School Music Classroom The International Bluegrass Music Association holds it’s annual conference in Raleigh, North Carolina each fall. Drawing over 200,000 people to this 5 day conference and music festival, it is one of…
2020: Accepting the Things I Cannot Change
I have been asking my teaching friends the big question, “what are you able to do now that you were not able to do before last March?” Their answers run the emotional gamut from despair to elation that they are…
Free the Strings!
As a string teacher, I often reflect on the joy my fellow string players experience at bluegrass jams, folk festivals, and rock concerts. These are all genres based on instruments that include strings that are widely popular. I often wonder…
The Savage Hearts Trio is ON THE LOOSE!
Well friends…in the interest of Total World Domination Through Vibrating Wooden Boxes…we are hitting the road and hard-like this month! We would love to see you at one of our shows and feel free to reach out with any questions…
Bluegrass Violin? Why Bluegrass Matters in the Public School Music Classroom
As string educators, we must be aware of more than a few changing realities in both the classroom and the job market that our enthusiastic, diverse and technology driven students will pour into. Here are three critical shifts in the…
10 Lessons Learned in a Life of Music
My band, The Savage Hearts, is headed to Raleigh, North Carolina, to play a series of showcases at the International Bluegrass Music Association Ramble and Business Conference. The following is a series of observations I have had in a 30-some…
Core values
Core values. Strategic plan. Standards and benchmarks. This is the dry language of the profession that is infused with perhaps the most love of all professions: teaching. I remember the first time I realized that I was a teacher. I…
Why Jamming?
There is a story that I often share in the “fiddle” community (otherwise known as “alternative strings” and a host of other clunky names that seem to connote that we are opposing the dominant paradigm). It is based the observation…
Convergent VS Divergent Thinking
Hello! It’s been a while since we last connected and a lot has transpired in the world of string playing AND at Savage Fiddler! One of the biggest developments is that I have a band that performs both in it’s…
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