OTJunky Says:
Sunday, April 6, 2008 @3:11:58 PM

Well there's nothing wrong with your fiddling - and the fiddle sounds nice too.

I've been at it 2 1/2 years now.  Sure hope I sound as good as you do now when I finish the next six months... ;-)

--OTJ

ladymuse Says:
Sunday, April 6, 2008 @7:43:43 PM

one man's mediocre is another woman's "Dang! I wanna get up and dance!!!"  (didn't even hear the lawnmower -  LOL!
Both tunes great!

Responsive Yes! Sounds like it's got an underlying great thrum vibe in the wood - really tight!!! Nice!

jen!

KCFiddles Says:
Sunday, April 6, 2008 @9:06:38 PM

Thanks, Paul - Gotta  thank Fiddlerdi for a lot of the progress I've made, but I've got SUCH a long way yet to go!

Jenny - Thanks a lot!  That's what OT is about to me - if it doesn't make your feet move, it's just not working!  The more progress I make, the more I can see there is to do.  Gotta lighten up the touch, get smoother, put some character in the notes, but if I'm makin your feet twitch (and not  just to run and hide), I'm at least to step One.

You sure that underlying thrum isn't just the neighbor's lawn mower?

fiddlerdi Says:
Sunday, April 6, 2008 @10:49:16 PM

Hey Michael, these are sounding pretty good. Lots of improvement. I couldn't hear the lawnmower either and I was kind of disappointed. LOL.  That fiddle does sound really good on here. I'm proud of you for posting them!

KCFiddles Says:
Sunday, April 6, 2008 @11:41:17 PM

Hey, Diane - How'd your post get above mine? 

Thanks for the compliments.  I play rotten in the middle of a work day, but your coaching has been a big help, nonetheless.  'Taint easy unlearning stuff and then learning anew, especially  when you're getting a little older..

fiddlebob Says:
Monday, April 7, 2008 @12:40:56 PM

Really good job.

fiddlebob

peerke112 Says:
Tuesday, April 15, 2008 @5:35:37 PM

Hey!!!!  Where's the lawnmower??  {:)

Great tune !! Good sound....

bellawaltz Says:
Thursday, July 17, 2008 @12:52:42 PM

Very nicely played!

Ozarkian DL Says:
Sunday, September 7, 2008 @5:01:46 PM

Recording sounds excellent to me Michael. Now if ya wanna hear some squeeks...squalks... & squelches.....mine has em.
( LOL ).

graham Says:
Wednesday, October 22, 2008 @4:14:13 AM

Great playing of a great tune!
This tune was a standard of Canadian fiddle legend, Don Messer. It's contained in his Anthology of Favourite Fiddle Tunes.

JCB Says:
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @5:33:26 PM

Very good Michael! I was looking for this tune as I've been working on it and stumbled on yours. Not so sure about your novice rating.

KCFiddles Says:
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @6:09:19 PM

Thanks! That was two years ago. I've been working hard, and improved a little, but I'll always be a novice. Don't have enough years left to be anything more.

I need to post some more tunes - I've got a lot of them that aren't here, and some very different versions, as well.

PeterG Says:
Tuesday, June 1, 2010 @3:15:00 AM

Hey, I enjoyed that. I like those old Ned Landry tunes.Its a bit different than the way I play it but very true to the original, and you certainly have a better sound than me. If you are a novice I think I need to find a lower grade for myself.

HawksEye Says:
Thursday, December 8, 2011 @10:20:59 AM

break out the new tunes, you're fans are waiting to hear 'em! you made fantastic progress in the first 2.5 years.

Ky fiddler Says:
Saturday, October 20, 2012 @7:46:36 PM

I really like that version of yours Woodwiz! I've been meaning to lean that tune myself. I'm startin to like those Missouri tunes. Have you heard John Hartford's rendition he does on his CD "Hamilton Iron works" ~Ky Fiddler