Ric Talerico - Posted - 10/23/2007:  20:26:57

Ok.....Kinda of new at this..first time to post,excuse the mistakes...Just a Little Cajun Tune from down Lafayette,Louisiana....Hope you like it...!

Like to hear what ya think..as a newbie

Thanks!!!!
Ric

If a man does his best.....what else is there!!!!!-----**-George S. Patton**

bsed - Posted - 10/23/2007:  20:40:44

Ric,
How long you been playing?
I can tell you've been listening to a lot of Cajun music. A good rendition (I'm familiar with the tune), you got the slides real good (both down & up), you also have really good tone, so I'm going to assume that you are also controlling the bow well too. Actually, I can hear that you are, as there are no squeaks or other extraneous bow sounds. Just keep bowing from the elbow (not from the shoulder), use your wrist more.

"I can, and do, cut my own hair."
-Dwight Shroot

Ric Talerico - Posted - 10/23/2007:  20:52:18

Hey Bruce..........THANKS!!! Really only been playing a short time....Got my first Fiddle first of the 1st of 2007....April of 2007 started taking lessons twice a month..working really hard at it......and luv it!! Hooked on this Cajun Music!!
Yea like my teacher tells me....LISTEN.......LISTEN......LISTEN TO IT...OVER AND OVER...I think He's right!!

bsed - Posted - 10/23/2007:  21:25:16

You listen to your teacher.
Well heck, I wish I had progressed as fast as that when I started fidllin'. Took me a lot longer to get to soounding that good.

"I can, and do, cut my own hair."
-Dwight Shroot

kyfiddler1 - Posted - 10/23/2007:  21:31:16

Ric, you are coming along fine. Sounds really good to me.

Practice only on days that you eat!!

Kyfiddler1

oldtimer - Posted - 10/23/2007:  23:42:38

Ric, I just listened to it three times. I'm amazed that someone who has been fiddling such a short time can play so well. Your timing of the slides, phrasing, internal pulse (of the tune), tone, projection....all are excellent, and so is your bluesy feel.

Very very good stuff! And I like your hat a lot.

stay tooned....
Glenn Godsey

"Time passes unhindered"

Ric Talerico - Posted - 10/24/2007:  12:17:06

Mr. Glenn,

THANKS! for the kind words, I still have a long way to go...but having so much fun!!! I wish I would have started years ago. Lots & Lots of practice 3 to 4 hours a day and twice that on the week ends...I luv every minute of it, and my wife not complaining anymore..LOL...Just when I start learning a new tune over and over till it comes together.

doublestop - Posted - 10/25/2007:  10:23:28

Good one, Ric ! I've been playing (and singing) that tune for years and haven't got the feel for it that you have. I first heard it on the movie "Southern Comfort" back in the '80's, Dewey Balfa playing it, and learned it from there. It's not your stereotypical Cajun tune, with the modal feel, rather than major key shuffle bowing that's more common. You do a great job.
Jim

Ric Talerico - Posted - 11/24/2007:  00:00:32

Hey Paul.............THANKS!!

Thanks!!!!
Ric

If a man does his best.....what else is there!!!!!-----**-George S. Patton**