Amazing Slow Downer, created by Roni Music is software that allows musicians to slow down music playback without distortion. Amazing Slow Downer has been available for quite a few years now (it was first released in December 2000), but it wasn't until...

As I have reviewed the stats for my blog and the search queries that have sent people my way, I have come to realize that there are many beginning fiddlers out there who are confused by drones and double stops. They want to know, What is a drone?What...

Are Corelli Alliance Vivace the perfect violin string? Well, with a recent change to the Corellis my fiddle does sound awesome and if their longevity is a good as their sound this may, as the saying goes, be the beginning of a beautiful...

It's most definitely time for a new tune! Since I'm flying solo here without a teacher to pull my next tune out of his expansive repertoire, I opted for suggestions from my significant other - who is a darn good fiddler in his own right. He suggested...

Sounds like the name of a fiddle tune, huh? Well, whatever it sounds like it simply means that change is in the air. I am without a teacher at this point - you may have noticed a gap in my lesson postings and, well, that is the reason. My teacher...