Year: 2017
Boil Them Cabbage Down
The version of this tune in the core repertoire is as taught by Sarah Comer. In her version, there’s a B section which I don’t think I’ve heard anyone else play (except for people who learned it from her or …
Anytune loop tutorial
I couldn’t quickly find a good tutorial on how to use the loop controls in Anytune, so I made a quick one. It turns out YouTube disabled their annotation tool a few months ago, which is a pain, because I’d …
May 2017 Jam
The May jam is in the meeting room of the Northeast branch of the Seattle Public Library, 6801 35th Ave NE, from 2pm to 4pm on Saturday, May 20th. Tunes from the core repertoire to be played in May are: …
International Women’s Day
(Cross-posted from Josh’s blog.) In honor of International Women’s Day, here’s a post about women who play old-time music. There’s a perception that old-time is a genre mainly for and by old white men. I’ll grant that the old-time scenes I’m …
Lily of the Valley (from Luther Davis)
I’m thinking of including this tune in the Slower Than Dirt core repertoire. It’s a lovely tune which sounds good slow, and it has a predictable structure without being boring. I think I first heard it on the podcast Get …