by Christine | Aug 28, 2015 | Welcome Column
Words are tricky little things. They can seem so unimportant and yet sometimes even tiny words can have huge meaning. “Fiddle” for instance is the biggest word I know and yet it only has 6 letters. The interesting thing about words is that songs are full of them....
by Christine | Sep 26, 2019 | Welcome Column
I’m happy when readers send me questions about topics they are wrestling with, especially if the answers might interest other folks as well. Long-time Bay Area musician Tomás Enguídanos wants to know about combining acoustic and electric instruments for a...
by Christine | Mar 31, 2020 | Welcome Column
Working with acoustic and electric instrumentsI focused much of last month’s column on questions raised by Bay Area musician Tomás Enguídanos. Tomás said he’d had difficulty blending the sounds of acoustic instruments with electric instruments while producing...
by Christine | Jun 25, 2018 | Welcome Column
I like to drop in on workshops when we’re at a festivals. Many well-organized events schedule a series of hour long workshops conducted by well-known and highly skilled musicians designed to teach and/or demonstrate a few skills to less skilled people eager to...
by Christine | Mar 28, 2017 | Welcome Column
I like to drop in on workshops when we’re at a festivals. Many well-organized events schedule a series of hour long workshops conducted by well-known and highly skilled musicians designed to teach and/or demonstrate a few skills to less skilled people eager to...
by Christine | Apr 10, 2010 | Welcome Column
I like to drop in on workshops when we’re at a festivals. Many well-organized events schedule a series of hour long workshops conducted by well-known and highly skilled musicians designed to teach and/or demonstrate a few skills to less skilled people eager to...
by Christine | Dec 11, 2018 | Welcome Column
I like to drop in on workshops when we’re at a festivals. Many well-organized events schedule a series of hour long workshops conducted by well-known and highly skilled musicians designed to teach and/or demonstrate a few skills to less skilled people eager to...
by Christine | Nov 3, 2007 | Welcome Column
The International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) knows how to produce a convention and throw a party and Bruno and I registered early in the year to attend. We did not know at the time of registration our daughter would be producing a grandchild in October, the...
by Christine | Feb 25, 2008 | Welcome Column
Dear friends, I guess we all survived the stormy weekend, eh? Sure will be nice to check into Hotel Springtime, but I guess we can always use more rain to fill up our aquifers and build up that snow pack. Come summertime the carwash-and-lawn-watering-police won’t be...
by Christine | Sep 3, 2014 | Welcome Column
Some of the musical things I do are so regular, they could be called routine. I have weekly rehearsals, and there’s a twice-a-month gig that’s been part of my life for about 10 years now. Like any routine, there are days when I don’t actually want to go. I’ll have a...
