Probably best (infamously) known for being the violinist to fall down the stairs and break his $1 million Guadagnini Violin (often mistakingly reported as a Stradivarius), David Garrett plays some familiar tunes and then goes on to break the world record for playing the popular piece, “The Flight of the Bumblebee.” The piece normally [...]

Many musicians are afraid of the dreaded metronome- but learning how to operate one will make things incredibly easy! Just watch the video below!

Willie Hall displays an incredible act of comedy, mastery, and comfort with the violin! Don’t try this at home!

Charming Sirena Huang (11 years old in the video) displays amazing technique and speaks about the sound and technology of violin. Video was taken at Technology Entertainment Design Conference in 2006. With such speakers as former U.S. President Bill Clinton and the founders of Wikipedia and Google attendending these conferences, it is certainly impressive to [...]

We have been having some crazy polar weather in Chicago and I guess my body doesn’t like having to go from 50º to below freezing every couple days
Watch your feeds for the delayed Lesson 8.
For your viewing and listening pleasure, I have included 2 (well 3, one is split into two parts) videos [...]

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On Sunday I drove with one of my friends [from Chicago] to Nashville, Tennessee to catch a performance by Secret Chiefs 3 on Monday. Secret Chiefs 3 has been around for quite a few years now, as I have grown up listening to them. The group consists of musicians from all over [...]

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When you remove the shoulder rest from the box you’ll see that it is in three pieces. There is the shoulder rest pad itself and two legs. The taller of the two legs will be screwed into the skinnier of the [...]

By request, here is a quick tutorial on the violin solo from Alison Krauss’ song, “Now That I Found You.”

The Foo Fighters held a concert called, “My Grammy Moment,” Allowing 20 musicians to audition to play with them at the Grammys. While I didn’t make it, one of my best friends (and fellow player in 8 Bit Trio), Andrew Pearson, did!
Check out this local article and help cheer on Andrew Pearson as he makes [...]

Wish me luck as I try out to be a part of the Foo Fighters special event at the Grammys!