A couple of tools which have been really handy for me in managing the monthly virtual jams are OBS Studio and an Airturn BT200S-6 bluetooth foot pedal. Here’s how I’m using them: In OBS, I’m creating two scenes. The first …
Starting in August, 2020, and continuing until the pandemic threat is reduced enough for jamming in person to be safe, Slower Than Dirt is going virtual. We’ll be meeting on Zoom or Jitsi on the fourth Saturday of each month, …
Two quick updates: First, Slower Than Dirt jams are moving online starting this month and continuing until it’s safe to meet in groups indoors again. That might be a while. Jams will be held using a teleconferencing app such as …
I’ve recorded a few more of the core tunes: Cripple Creek Eye of the Beholder Freda (from Carthy Sisco) Girl I Left Behind Me Hollow Poplar Jeff City Johnny Don’t Get Drunk Lily of the Valley Little Billie Wilson Mace …
I’ve added recordings for six more tunes! NB: Unless I fail egregiously, I’m only doing one take per tune, so as to get these uploaded sooner, so you’re getting them warts and all. Once I’ve got them all recorded I’ll …
I just updated the downloadable core repertoire tune book for the jam, its first change since mid-2017. If you use the tune book at the jam, you’ll want to download and/or print the latest version. Major changes include: Removed Turkey …
I’m just about ready to release a new version of the core repertoire tune book for 2020, the first change since mid-2017. I’ve removed three tunes — Boatman, Golden Slippers, and Turkey in the Straw — because I’ve decided that …
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 …
(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 …
I’ve been bad about posting the list of tunes played at jams for the last few months; sorry about that! Rather than make a new post for each of them, I’m just going to do an omnibus update. May 2016 …