My admiration for those with clever use of good technique speaks for itself.
It's being compensated by an absolute and radical rejection of any prescribed obligations.
I like to play in FREEDOM.
With the proviso that I've never listened to much American Old Time, and don't know what Drunken Hiccups is "supposed to" sound like - what you're doing sounds fine to me. I really do like the sound you're getting out of that fiddle. I would say, Keep doing what you're doing ... !
Old Scratch, thank you for the encouragement! It's been a long road for me so far. One of the biggest obstacles was feeling totally lost more than once as a European fiddler, exploring Appalachian fiddling from the other side of the Atlantic. I was venturing into territory that felt largely uncharted to me.
But honestly, I live for those moments of euphoria when, after struggling with something for a very long time, I suddenly discover the truth about itβ and, even better, when I find that I can actually apply it in my own playing.
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